Construction industry

For most people, chairs not only have to be comfortable, they also have to look good. The portal schoener-wohnen.de now shows owners and tenants the wide selection of chairs available for the dining room and kitchen. Whether made of wood, plastic or fiberglass, simple or colorful, expensive or inexpensive - chairs are available in numerous materials, colors and designs.

Which architect has created the best high-quality, innovative and sustainable façade between 2020 and 2022? The Building Materials and Components Association for Rear-Ventilated Facades (FVHF) is now finding out. Interested architects have until Friday, May 20, to apply for the "German Façade Award 2022", which is endowed with 5,000 euros. For participation...

Anyone interested in "Public Building with Wood" can take part in several online events organized by the Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) this year. The series of events will kick off on Thursday, March 24 (9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.) with the topic "Building in existing buildings". The program includes presentations by architects, construction managers and lawyers such as...

Who is the best carpenter in Europe and the world? That will be determined from July 5 to 8, 2022 at the European Carpentry Championships in Cologne and from October 12 to 17, 2022 at the WorldSkills in Shanghai. The team management and coaches have now announced the German squad. Journeyman Philipp Kaiser from Rot an der Rot will be competing as a candidate for both the European and World...

The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) is forecasting rising sales in the construction sector - despite the coronavirus pandemic, capacity bottlenecks and high prices for construction services. After the nominal construction volume already rose by 10% to €488 billion in 2020, the DIW expects construction output to increase by a further 13% this year and by around 10% in the coming...

Wismar University of Applied Sciences, the Technical University of Braunschweig, the German Timber Industry Association (HDH) and Haas Fertigbau GmbH want to jointly develop an open standard timber construction system for public buildings by the end of 2024. According to the Agency for Renewable Resources, the aim is to create a standard timber construction system that can be used by planners and small to medium-sized carpentry and...

Since January 1, 2022, new buildings must be equipped with higher chimneys. According to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, "newly built pellet heating systems, tiled stoves or fireplaces must now have a chimney whose outlet opening protrudes so far above the roof that exhaust gases can be carried away by the natural air flow". The aim of the...

More prefabricated timber houses were built in Germany in 2021. This is according to the Federal Association of German Prefabricated Construction (BDF). The trend is continuing, especially for apartment buildings. In prefabricated timber construction, wall and ceiling elements are put together on the construction site in a short time - a house is built. According to the BDF, 14,043 new houses were built nationwide from January to September...

The Federal Chamber of Engineers (BIngK) regrets the end of new construction funding for the Efficiency House 55 standard and calls for a postponement of the funding freeze. New funding for the Efficiency House 55 standard will be discontinued on February 1, 2022. After that, only other building renovations and efficiency house levels will be subsidized, for example the "Efficiency House 40" level. The reason for this, according to...

The Association of Private Builders (VPB) criticizes the fact that there are still considerable deficits in the awareness of consumer rights in connection with turnkey construction. In its third study on construction contract law entitled "The new construction contract law - turnkey construction for consumer builders - investigation into implementation in 2020", the VPB found that...