How can new scientific findings be transferred to construction practice? And how can modern processes further develop or even replace traditional methods? The Dresden Concrete Day, which is organized annually by the Betonzentrum Dresden, the Bauakademie Sachsen and the TU Dresden, successfully contributes to bringing new innovations deep into the industry. The conference is aimed in a targeted manner at civil engineers, designers, technicians and experts from planning offices, construction administrations and companies.

Focus: Change in reinforced concrete construction

The focus was on the transformation of traditional reinforced concrete construction. In view of scarce resources, modern composite concretes that do not require steel reinforcement were presented. These materials not only enable material-saving construction, but are also suitable for the 3D concrete printing process.

Presentations by renowned experts

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Marx from TU Dresden was one of the top-class speakers. In his presentation, he analyzed the collapse of the Carola Bridge and emphasized the need to rethink prestressing steel structures. His investigations identified hydrogen-induced stress corrosion cracking as the main cause of the bridge collapse.

Dr.-Ing. Frank Schladitz, Managing Director of C³ - Carbon Concrete Composite e.V., presented current applications of carbon concrete in new construction and repair. He presented the various advantages of this material in a very differentiated way, depending on the respective application.

Further contributions and discussions

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In addition to the keynote speeches, the conference offered further contributions from experts such as Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Mechtcherine, Dr.-Ing. Frank Jesse, M.Sc. Jan Eska, Dr.-Ing. Christoph Hahn, Dipl.-Ing. Martin Spindler and Dipl.-Ing. Frank Halm. They discussed current research results and practice-oriented applications in concrete construction.

The 19th Dresden Concrete Day emphasized the importance of the continuous integration of research results into construction practice and promoted the exchange of ideas on future-oriented technologies in concrete construction.