Peculiarities of African cement and concrete markets: challenges and opportunities
- Today's African concrete construction environment differs greatly from that in Europe, Japan or North America. Europe can look back on a concrete tradition of more than 150 years. Standardising documents and guidelines have existed for over 100 years, and formed the foundation of modern Standards adopted and applied in many regions of the world. Technological developments in cement production are also strongly influenced by environmental conditions of the Northern hemisphere. In contrast, with the exception of South Africa, most countries of sub-Saharan Africa started cement production in the 1950s to 1960s, followed by a period of political and economic upheaval. As a result, there have not been serious approaches towards customised Solutions for concrete construction for conditions specific to sub-Saharan Africa; in most countries overseas Standards are applied, as a matter of course.
MetadatenAutor*innen: | Wolfram SchmidtORCiD |
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Dokumenttyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
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Veröffentlichungsform: | Verlagsliteratur |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Concrete trends - Journal of the African cement and concrete industry |
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Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2013 |
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Verlag: | Hypenica |
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Jahrgang/Band: | 16 |
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Ausgabe/Heft: | 4 |
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Erste Seite: | 1 |
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ISSN: | 1560-2710 |
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Verfügbarkeit des Dokuments: | Datei im Netzwerk der BAM verfügbar ("Closed Access") |
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Datum der Freischaltung: | 20.02.2016 |
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Referierte Publikation: | Nein |
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