Right before the holidays we posted our first ever Hi-Con Christmas Quiz. The interest of the quiz was huge and therefore, we have decided to write a follow-up post to sum up all the right answers that you could find in earlier posts. So, here it goes … Question 1 Hi-Con … More Following up on the Hi-Con Christmas Quiz
Three of four cast elements for the Experiment R project amidst other elements in the finishing section of the production area at Hi-Con in Hjallerup. I hope You had a Merry Christmas, and a festive New Year’s Eve, and on behalf of all of us here at Hi-Con I would like to welcome you back … More Experiment R update
Soon the Christmas Holidays are here and therefore, we would like to stop for a moment and thank all of our readers and followers for their continued interest in our blog. Because of you, we maintain our motivation of writing about our experiences with our own material CRC i2® high performance concrete and the application … More Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Typical minor damage (chipping) of an edge of a CRC element. After the recent post on repairs, chance was that one of my UK clients called because of chippings of a few edges and corners on some beam elements, asking for specific directions on how to repair them. Hence, I decided to add an … More Guidelines for minor repairs of CRC i2® elements
Completely avoiding damage to UHPC elements is not possible – accidents do happen – so how to repair them? When considering using UHPC elements for a project, a recurring concern from the contractor is whether it is possible to make repairs to UHPC elements damaged or soiled during installation or the subsequent building process. This … More Repairing UHPC elements
For every purpose, there is one or more well-suited materials. UHPC is not always the right choice for the job and we are very much aware of saying so early in the process and refer to other materials and suppliers if we think that UHPC is not the right material. This depends mainly on … More Considering high performance concrete
Back in September we introduced you to the advanced casting of Experiment R – The 21 meters long, 8 meters wide, 3,5 meters high and 19 tons heavy artwork, which we have been working on together with Aarhus School of Architecture since 2012. As mentioned in the blogpost 1,5 months ago, the sculpture consists of 6 … More Do you remember Experiment R?
Selecting the right steel fibre alloy for the application is essential to achieve a good aesthetic performance One of the frequent questions during project negotiations is why it is necessary to use expensive stain inhibiting steel fibres. To answer this, I will show some examples of how different fibre types look after a … More CRC i2® fibre types
On October 2nd to October 4th I had the pleasure of attending a Symposium on UHPFRC (I expect that if you are reading this blog you are familiar with the acronym) held in Montpellier, France. And I do mean “pleasure” – leaving damp and chilly Denmark in the autumn for sunny South of France … More First impressions from a UHPC conference in Montpellier, France
Since april we have continuously posted on our blog and written about technical issues and application cases when using CRC i2®. In this weeks blogpost we have gathered the top 5 of all our posts so far for you to dive into. Maybe you already read some of them, maybe you are going to read … More Your top 5 blogposts
Staircase at Copenhagen Plant Science Center – Created using CRC JointCast® In his most recent post, CRC JointCast – Joints that are small, strong and simple, Bendt Aarup presented the origin and the idea behind JointCast – Hi-Cons special ‘super glue’ for on-site merging of elements into monolithic structures. In this post I’ll use a few … More CRC i2® application cases – JointCast
Concept Visualization of the coming expansion of Hi-Con’s main office in Hjallerup (DK) – Model and concept by Frier Architecture. Last week I reported on the difficulties in casting very complex shapes for the Experiment R project. But advanced design and production concepts are not limited to experimental sculptures – at Hi-Con we are … More Hi-Con main office expansion
