The current design practice of precast buildings is based on a frame mode, where the peripheral cladding panelsenter only as masses without anystiffness. The panels are then connected to the structure with fastenings dimensioned with a local calculation on the basis of their mass for anchorage...

Low-rise buildings are used for industrial and commercial activities. Most of these buildings are built by prefabricated-concrete elements characterised by low efficiency of connections and a lower ductility performance when subjected to earthquake loading. The proposal aim is defining...

Robust addresses the renovation and improvement of existing residential, industrial and commercial buildings using steel-based technologies, focusing on techniques such as over-cladding, over-roofing and roof-top extensions. Steel-intensive renovation techniques currently on the market were...

Bridges are of vital importance to the European infrastructure and composite bridges already became a popular solution in many countries and a well established alternative to concrete bridges. To improve the competitiveness of composite bridges, as a consistent next step not only the steel...

Holz spielt in vielen Bereichen unseres Lebens eine bedeutende Rolle. Durch den verstärkten Einsatz von nachhaltig erzeugten Holzprodukten können positive Beiträge für Klimaschutz, Ressourcenschonung und Beschäftigung erzielt werden. Das Prinzip der nachhaltigen Nutzung des Waldes und...

In the framework of the SAFECAST Project, a full-scale three-storey precast building was subjected to a series of pseudodynamic (PsD) tests in the European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA) at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The mock-up was constructed in such a...

Outlines the development of the construction sector in the period 1980-2001, e.g. the employment in collective-owned vs. state-owned enterprises, the influx of rural workers, role of labour contractors, and the impact of using pre-fabricated concrete and interior fittings such as doors, flooring...

International trade statistics and input-output tables are analyzed in order to test the hypothesis that international production networks have become more relevant. The share of imported inputs in the gross output value of the motor vehicle industry has grown significantly during the last two...