Volume 101 (2026), Edition 01-02

Historic masonry buildings are a characteristic feature of the European building stock and are particularly vulnerable to seismic effects due to their construction. The earthquake of March 22, 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia (ML = 5.5, IEMS = VII), caused...

In the current Muster Holzbau Richtlinie (Model Directive of Timber Structures) of September 2024 the timber-concrete-composite (TCC) structures are included up to building class 5 and for special buildings with rooms and room groups up to 400 m²...

As part of the UpCement research project, a joint project between the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, a mobile technology for reactivating cement paste is being developed. An analysis of the cement...

In conventional construction contract execution, there are incentives that encourage confrontational behavior. In contrast, collaborative project delivery models incorporate specific partnership elements designed to promote collaboration and...

This article analyses the demand values and actual consumption of three representative residential portfolios of smaller residential property owners in Germany with a total of 8 451 residential units in 1 250 buildings. The demand values are...