Tag: Building material
Wood. Even high-rise buildings are already being built from the renewable raw material.
Wood as a building material The Roots in Hamburg is to be Germany’s tallest wooden skyscraper. It should be completed in 2024. (Photo: Garbe Immobilien Projekte GmbH) Frankfurt “You can…
E-Commerce: Hornbach – faster growth than Amazon
Dusseldorf If you want to know which large online shop in Germany grew the fastest in the past year, you shouldn’t look at Amazon. Or the Otto Group. Or the…
Start-up Alcemy wants to use AI to make concrete more climate-friendly
Robert Meyer (left) and Leopold Spenner With their software, the Alcemy founders want to improve the degree of automation and quality properties of the concrete. (Photo: Alcemy) Berlin The mere…
Private equity firm sells former construction chemicals business
Zurich The Swiss specialty chemicals group Sika is buying in Germany: Sika is acquiring the Mannheim-based construction chemicals group MBCC for 5.2 billion euros, as the company announced on Thursday.…
Private equity firm sells former construction chemicals business
Zurich The Swiss specialty chemicals group Sika is buying in Germany: Sika is acquiring the Mannheim-based construction chemicals group MBCC for 5.2 billion euros, as the company announced on Thursday.…
How Japan wants to promote climate protection with concrete
Asia Techonomics In the weekly column we alternately write about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Tokyo Concrete fans will get their money’s worth on the homepage…
Ifo survey: Shortage of skilled workers weighs on the construction industry
building 34.1 percent of building construction companies complain of a shortage of skilled workers. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a survey, the shortage of skilled workers among German building construction…
That is why building is still worthwhile
A construction site in Bavaria The high raw material prices make house building more expensive. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The economy is recovering from the corona shock, the construction industry is…
Insight Green Investments: Do you want to make returns with forest plants?
Forest owner Günther, zu Löwenstein, Lürssen Also emotionally tied to their forest. (Photo: Pantheon, Andrea Grotheer, argum, Getty Images) A sunny morning at Löwenstein Castle in Kleinheubach, a village in…
Environmentalists launch seals of approval for climate change efforts by large corporations
Orsted wind farm The wind power producer supports the first independent test standard for CO2 targets for companies. (Photo: obs) Zurich There is no shortage of climate protectors – at…
Strongest rise in producer prices since 1974
wood The price increases for sawn coniferous timber and wooden packaging materials were particularly high. (Photo: dpa) Wiesbaden The price increase at the manufacturer level in Germany has accelerated. In…
Highest inflation since 1974: producer prices are rising steadily
wood Sawn softwood cost 124 percent more than a year earlier. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The German manufacturers raised their prices more sharply in August than they have done in almost…
Is recycling house now worthwhile for builders?
Dusseldorf A house made entirely from recycled materials: This is how it is in Hanover in the Kronsberg district. Sauna benches, crown caps and old farm doors are built in…