Concrete Day and ‘ Betondag’ a huge hit, both in Belgium and the Netherlands!

October 21^st2010 – Brussels. The 30^eConcrete Day is a fact. A little smaller than in previous years, but no less interesting. The E-concrete theme perfectly suits the image of the future.

Also striking was the amount of GREEN! Durability is high in esteem nowadays, in the world of concrete as well.  

How do you capture history in a public space? Nothing is more permanent than the past, but nothing is more fleeting than the present and more uncertain than the future. The answer is found at the Vlaardingen Veerplein. There is stretched out, from baseboard to baseboard, the New Vlaardingen Carpet. Lied down to stay there, laid down with a lot of dedication and a lot of terrazzo. [quote Mebest August September ‘10]

Schollevaar - Hibex

Project: Capelle Schollevaar

Kokon Architecten Rotterdam

Ballast Nedam Bouw commissioned by SGBB / Ballast Nedam Bouw West

Wednesday November 19^th 2008 marked the first pole in the ground for the construction of new senior housing.

The city center of Geleen has been renewed completely. Geleen used to be a popular city for shopping purposes, modern and easily accessible. Unfortunately, this function has degraded. The center lost its attractive force. The urban restructuring and redesign have reversed this process.

The concrete paving of this new center consists of five shades of grey. This gradation in paving material, determines the image of the center in a light-hearted way.

Golden artwork for Cadier and Keer:

“....don’t pass this without thinking about vacation....”

Scholz Benelux BV delivered the blue pigment to VDE Beton for the sky-blue base of the artwork. This concerns the lightfast pigment  G2828, blue.

The text below was written by the artist responsible for the design.

Principal: Cabane
Architect: n/a
Manufacturer: n/a
Contractor: Vlasco Bouw
Location: Vrijthof 31 in Maastricht
Market segment: Showroom
Floor type: EternoTerrazzo
Size: 192 m²
Realization: April 2007
 

Ebema Mega Tiles with liquid black HS 16013 F

The creation of space and peace is central in the design of today’s living environments. The application of Mega Tiles, surprising in size and with a smooth shape, fit this concept perfectly. The size of the tiles increases spatial perception, creates peace and ensures a design with a distinctive and different ambiance.

For the Mega Tiles in the image, liquid black HS16013F was used.

In the Netherlands, bicycle paths are usually brick red. This red color is suggestive of nature (people are used to bicycle paths and bicycle strips being red) and has no legal basis.

In the municipality of Sittard-Geleen red pavers have been used, manufactured by Facade Beton Maastricht BV for the construction of the Rijksweg Boulevard. The pigment used for this is Bayferrox^®red 130.

Who thinks of Maastricht thinks of the Sint Janstoren. The colourful reddish tower rises high above the rooftops of the city. This was nevertheless not always the case; the reddish red from a decade ago had faded out and there were plenty of grey parts. This is why the Sint Janstoren was rinsed about a year ago; and now the reddish pride of Maastricht once again towers above all other buildings. This “rinse” consisted of the Scholz colour pigments, namely Bayferrox^® 120 M...

Concrete Canoe Competition 2010 in Utrecht

As the second best of the world, the Netherlands are turning more and more orange. From orange flags, vuvuvzelas and clothing to orange modular floors.

Yes, that’s right, the orange frenzy has even penetrated the building branch.

Dycore Systeemvloeren in Lelystad is the manufacturer of prefabricated modular floors for commercial and industrial building, for ground level floors as well as multi-storied floors.

Colorpigments - natural beauty

The Hanze line, the new railway connection between Lelystad and Zwolle, will be completed by the end of 2012. This project also involved constructing a railway tunnel underneath Drontermeer (a lake). Other key features of this particular section are the tunnel buildings which not only house the technical installations, but also function as escape route terminals.

The project was commissioned by the railway management company Prorail.

June 11^th was the kickoff of the opening match of South Africa versus Mexico in the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg.

The Soccer City stadium, designed by Boogertman Urban Edge and Partners from Johannesburg, has a capacity of 95.000 spectators.
The stadium, made of 30.000 m2 fibreC in various typically African colors, will be a world wide eye catcher for the opening match but certainly a thrilling final as well.

Daylight is reflected by the functional terrazzo floor.

Just outside of Eindhoven, not far from the busy arterial road Highway A2, is the technology centre of (amongst others) the electronic concern Philips, named the “Hightech Campus”.

It is impossible to image society today without architectonic concrete. The same applies for this new project for the competency centre VDAB in Menen (B) constructed by SVK NV by order of Wyckaert Bouwonderneming.

Theatre Square Antwerp – a modern meeting place to be proud of

The Theatre Square in Antwerp has undergone a complete metamorphosis. The design is from the Italian architectural firm Secchi-Viganò. The transformation of the Theatre Square exists of a green square of which a third is covered by a transparent roof.

Rokade (Castling) – a special move during chess, a special move in the colour play!

Brown cycle path in the surroundings of Zoutleeuw (Liema NV)