2/2024

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Preface: Climate anxiety
BETONI-VERKKOLEHTI | ISSUE 2/2024

Preface: Climate anxiety

The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra has posted on its website a lifestyle test you can take to calculate your own carbon footprint. When completing the test, I noticed it is...

Timeless cast-in-place housing architecture
BETONI-VERKKOLEHTI | ISSUE 2/2024

Timeless cast-in-place housing architecture

Cast-in-place housing cooperative Panorama completed in Kauklahti area of Espoo comprises three similar apartments with slightly different facilities. Each apartment is 113 square metres in size, consisting of a living...

Spore initiative – a multifunctional building & cultural center in Berlin Neukölln
BETONI-VERKKOLEHTI | ISSUE 2/2024

Spore initiative – a multifunctional building & cultural center in Berlin Neukölln

The ‘Spore Initiative’ was completed in 2023, designed for the non-profit foundation Spore Initiative and is located in the bustling urban neighborhood of Hermannstraße in Berlin-Neukölln. Serving as a community...

LOIKKA – Halving CO2 emissions of concrete
BETONI-VERKKOLEHTI | ISSUE 2/2024

LOIKKA – Halving CO2 emissions of concrete

LOIKKA was research & development project aiming at 50% reduction of CO2-emissions of concrete. According to the targets, the reduction should be achieved in year 2028. The project consisted of...

New guidelines for steel fibrereinforced concrete
BETONI-VERKKOLEHTI | ISSUE 2/2024

New guidelines for steel fibrereinforced concrete

The existing guidelines for the design of steel fibre-reinforced structures in Finland need to be clarified. However, the official design guidelines are now on the way! The second-generation Eurocode (SFS-EN...

An update completed to Concrete Association’s 2007 publication Concrete Floor Moisture Management and Coating
BETONI-VERKKOLEHTI | ISSUE 2/2024

An update completed to Concrete Association’s 2007 publication Concrete Floor Moisture Management and Coating

Moisture management of concrete floor structures has been under development in Finland since the 1990s. Further development is needed to improve the productivity of construction and this guidebook brings together...

Round-robin tests of concrete testing laboratories in 2023
BETONI-VERKKOLEHTI | ISSUE 2/2024

Round-robin tests of concrete testing laboratories in 2023

Round-robin tests have been organized annually for accredited concrete testing laboratories. In 2023, compressive strength and protective pore analysis with thin and polished section were tested. Totally 15 testing units...