Building rubble is made up of demolished structural concrete and masonry rubble. The latter is heterogeneous, i.e., it is made up of clay bricks, mineral bonded masonry blocks and various minor...
Reducing emissions and the associated CO2 is an issue championed by the EU. It is becoming increasingly important to find the right answers to this problem.
The paper examines the relationships...
Rieter’s DTP roofing tile accessory press has been used successfully for more than 30 years and is one of the market leaders in the production of roofing tile accessories. Over these years, the...
At KI Keramik-Institut GmbH Meißen, lots of experience has been gathered in the study of defect patterns on industrially manufactured, glazed and engobed structural ceramics.
The paper documents a...
The clay brick and roofing tile industry produces vertically perforated bricks whose structural properties make them some of the leading products among the building materials used in housing...
The current regulation on the electricity tax peak relief as stipulated in § 10 of electricity tax law will expire at the end of 2012. In the German clay brick and roofing tile industry, around...
Following a few years’ respite, the subject of respirable silica dust is back on the agenda of the Würzburg Brick and Tile Training Course. There are several reasons for this. First, a European...
The Lisbon-based architects Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus have won the Brick Award in the category “Residential Building” with their Alcácer do Sal retirement home. They have designed a...
Under this heading, our new annual “Bricks I Ziegel” will be published in November. We have turned the old Zi Annual on its head, and with the new edition we not only want to reach the clay...
On 1 September 2012, Dr Frank Herrmann was appointed CEO of the Schiedel Group, a company of the Monier Group. He succeeds Mario Wallner, who after 14 years as CEO is taking on the role of Chairman of...
