News

4. March 2024

Welcome C+P Modulbau

The CBI is pleased to welcome C + P Modulbau GmbH &  Co. KG as a new member of the Centre Building and Infrastructure Engineering on the RWTH campus. Thank you very much for joining the community and for the…

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29. February 2024

Welcome, Amand Bau

The CBI is pleased to welcome AMAND Bau GmbH as a new member of the Centre Building and Infrastructure Engineering on the RWTH Campus. Thank you very much for joining the community and for the trust you have placed in…

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Projects

Planing Guide to Modular Bridge Construction

In the consortium project "Practical Guide to Modular Bridge Construction", the CBI, together with the consortium partners Nesseler, Hochtief, Echterhoff, Filigran, Heitkamp and Hentschke, as well as the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt), the Landesbetrieb Straßenbau NRW, Deutsche Bahn and Autobahn GmbH, will develop a fundamental document on the requirements, possible areas of application, technical approaches to solutions and public procurement law issues of modular bridge…

Serial refurbishment

In the consortium project "Serial Refurbishment", the CBI, together with Echterhoff, Frauenrath, Leviat and Nesseler, is working on a systematic basic investigation of the serial refurbishment approach. From the scientific side, the project is supported by the Institute of Steel Construction at RWTH University and the Institute of Structural Concrete at RWTH University.

Energy Generation Infrastructure

In the consortium project "Energy generation and infrastructure", the CBI, together with Hochtief and Eurovia, will identify possibilities for regenerative energy generation in the area of road infrastructure. Based on this, suitable application scenarios (locations, consumers) will be developed for selected applications and examined with regard to a practicable application (load curves, grid savings, utilization). The goal is the development of economic application concepts. The project is scientifically supported by the Institute of Highway…

Sustainability assessment of transport infrastructure out of town

In the consortium project „Sustainability assessment of transport infrastructure out ouf town“ the CBI will work together with the DGNB, Hochtief, Echterhoff, Heitkamp and Nesseler to develop findings on the sustainability assessment of road construction infrastructure. These findings will later lead to holistic sustainability criteria that will be incorporated into a certification system for sustainable transport infrastructure. Scientific support for the project is being provided by the Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering und…

Standardisation Prefabricated Buildings

In the consortium "Practical guide modular construction" the CBI is working with representatives of Type 1 (CONTAINERWERK), Type 2 (ALGECO, AMTRA, BOLLE, ELA, FLADAFI, KB Container, KLEUSBERG, Moravia Containers, PROCONTAIN, Zeppelin Rental), Type 3 (ALHO, BOLLE, CADOLTO, Moravia Containers, SÄBU, KLEUSBERG, C+P Modulbau) and the fire safety experts from BFT Cognos, together with the Ministry of Regional Identity, Communities and Local Government, Building and Gender Equality of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia develops a…