Concrete in general is the single building material of the world with the highest potentials in all respects – and UHPC is the ultimate tool for unlocking the potentials… In history concrete has always had the role of being the cutting edge of design freedom to meet both functional and structural dreams. One of … More The Infinite Potentials of Concrete – and UHPC
Designing feasible structures in High Performance Concrete means designing at the limit of what’s possible. The reason (as always) is money. HPC isn’t cheap so we have to use as little as possible. At Pieters we’ve been designing HPC structures since 2008 and still it sometimes feels like we’re designing with gold. Engineering heroes like … More Considerations when using High Performance Concrete
In last week’s post I showed how CRC i2® elements had performed during a real fire at the Heilig Harn project in Den Helder in Holland. This time I’ll complete the mini-series on the topic, describing two more projects and the unfortunate incident with a charcoal chimney starter directly on a CRC i2® balcony… The … More CRC i2® in actual fires – Part II
As Bendt mentioned in his latest post, CRC i2 elements have been used in projects that experienced fire on three occasions, luckily all during the construction phase without any serious injury to people, and in all cases, the CRC i2 elements could be used after the fire with only minor repairs or cleaning. In addition, a … More CRC i2® in actual fires – part 1
