The importance of BIM and the digital building process has grown in recent years. The picture of BIM is widening from a digital design and planning method to a digital tool for managing information...
After ceramitec having been cancelled twice because of Covid, the industry is at last meeting again in Munich. A talk with trade fair director Robert Schönberger on the relaunch of the in-person trade...
At this year’s Annual Meeting in Berlin, the members of the Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry (BVZi) appeared optimistic and combative. President Stefan Jungk saw the industry...
In October, the Association of the Bavarian Brick and Tile Industry (BZV), the Builders‘ Guild for the district of Traunstein-Berchtesgadener Land and Association of the Bavarian Building Industry...
For the twelfth time, Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich, a machine engineering company, joined up with ECREF European Centre for Refractories gem. GmbH to present the Gustav Eirich Award (GEA) at the...
Currently the Dutch industry for bricks, rooftiles and wall and floor tiles faces many challanges on decarbonisation, while simultaniously being confronted with continious increased emission reduction...
Laying pavers in a mortar bed with a fixed joint offers planners and architects very special design and application possibilities. However, the bonded construction of pavers makes special demands on...
The model example of the conversion of Gut Maarhausen, a country estate, shows how heritage-sympathetic refurbishment can succeed from design to realization. “Here, despite the conflicting priorities...
Dear ReadersIn the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we, that is the clay brick and roofing tile industry, have again proven ourselves to be an anchor of stability in Germany and Europe. In light...
