A thermally insulating construction element for use in a separating joint between load-absorbing parts of a building, in particular between an intermediate floor and a balcony slab, has an insulating body. The insulating body has mutually opposite longitudinal sides which extend in a longitudinal direction. The insulating body has compression shear bearings which are designed to take up horizontal forces and vertical forces. The compression shear bearings protrude through the insulating body in a transverse direction and project beyond the insulating body on both longitudinal sides of the insulating body. The compression shear bearings are spaced apart from one another with respect to the longitudinal direction of the insulating body. In order to allow good adaptation to forces to be taken up, the insulating body includes at least one compression bearing designed exclusively to take up horizontal forces and extends in the transverse direction of the insulating body.

A structural element for thermal insulation between two building parts, particularly between a building (B) and a projecting external part (A), including an insulating body (2) to be arranged between the two building parts and including reinforcement elements in the form of at least tensile reinforcement elements (3), which in the installed state of the structural element (1) extend through it essentially horizontally and perpendicularly in reference to the essentially horizontal longitudinal extension of the insulating body, and respectively project in the horizontal direction beyond the insulating body and here can be connected to at least one (B) of the two building parts preferably made from concrete, with the tensile reinforcement elements (3) comprising an anchoring element (6, 16, 26, 36) in an area of at least one building part (B) surrounding its radial exterior, with the anchoring element at least including an anchoring bushing (6a, 16a, 26a, 36a) made from a concrete material and a profiling (6b, 16b, 26b, 36b), provided at the radial exterior of the anchoring bushing and projecting outwardly, particularly in the radial direction.

A precast thermally separated cantilevered balcony system includes a concrete slab, a thermal separation component and a plurality of reinforcing bars. The concrete slab has an inside edge and a plurality of reinforcing bars extending therethrough generally orthogonal to the inside edge. The thermal separation component is an elongate member extending along the inside edge of the concrete slab. The plurality of reinforcing bars extend through the thermal separation component and extend inwardly from the thermal separation component. A method of constructing a building having at least one precast thermally separated cantilevered balcony system is discussed.

A deck board support bracket includes a drainage channel in a top surface of the bracket and deck boards are secured in an end to end manner with a space between two deck board ends centered over the drainage channel. Water presented on the deck surface at two deck board ends passes therebetween and to one side of a supporting joist. The deck board support bracket can be used with various deck board fastening arrangements and preferably is made of an injection molded plastic material.

An element for thermal insulation between two building parts, particularly between a building (A) and a protruding exterior part (B), comprising an insulating body (2) to be arranged between the two building parts and reinforcement elements in the form of at least tensile elements (3), extending in an installed state of the element (10) essentially horizontally and perpendicular to an essentially horizontal extension of the insulating body through said body, and respectively projecting in the horizontal direction from the insulating body and here allowing a connection to one of the two building parts preferably made from concrete. Here the tensile reinforcement elements (3) are formed as multi-part composite elements such that at least in the proximity of the insulating body (2) they have a central rod section (3a) made from fiber-reinforced synthetic material and have a separate anchoring rod section (3b) in an area outside the insulating body (2) with geometric and/or material characteristics at least partially deviating from the central rod section (3a), with the anchoring rod section (3b) and the central rod section being arranged at least essentially aligned to each other and at least indirectly fixed to each other, and with the anchoring rod section (3b) cooperating with an interior anchoring element for fixing at the central rod section (3a), which interior anchoring element engages a radially interior area of the central rod section. The central rod section (3a) comprises on its radial exterior an annular radial support element and/or a radial support area (3ab) with fibers (3f) extending at least partially in the circumferential direction of the central rod section (3a), with the interior anchoring section (3v) and the radial support area (3ab) at least partially overlapping each other.

An element for thermal insulation between two building parts, including an insulating body to be arranged between the two building parts and reinforcement elements in the form of at least tensile elements, extending in the installed state of the element essentially horizontally and perpendicularly to the essentially horizontal extension of the insulating body through said body, and respectively projecting in the horizontal direction from the insulating body and here allowing a connection to one of the two building parts preferably made from concrete. The tensile reinforcement elements are formed as multi-part composite elements such that at least in the area of the insulating body they exhibit a central section projecting from the insulating body and at least partially being made from fiber-reinforced synthetic material. The tensile reinforcement elements have in an area outside the insulating body at least one anchoring section with geometric and/or material characteristics at least partially deviating from the central section, with the anchoring section being connected to the central section in a connection area. The connection area is arranged distanced from the insulating body. The central section is made from a cylindrical rod-shaped and/or tubular material and is provided on its radial exterior, at least in an area between the insulating body and the connection area, with an essentially smooth wall.

A device and method for anchoring an overhanging element to a construction, which device includes two coupling parts, one coupling part of which is suitable to be connected to the overhanging element whereas the other one is suitable to be connected to the construction, and whereby the coupling parts are provided with mechanical coupling and whereby at least one of the coupling parts includes a freely protruding element whose maximum length is larger than ten centimetres.

A device for thermally insulating, force-transmitting retrofitting of a second load-bearing construction element to a first load-bearing construction element has an insulation body to be arranged in a construction joint between the construction elements. The insulation body has a casing filled with insulation material. The casing has a first longitudinal side to be arranged at the first construction element and an oppositely positioned second longitudinal side. The casing has a length direction, a transverse direction, and an upright direction perpendicular to length direction and transverse direction. A compression element for transmitting compressive forces between first and second construction elements extends from the first to the second longitudinal side. First tension rods project into the casing at the first longitudinal side and second tension rods project into the casing at the second longitudinal side. A connection arrangement is arranged in the casing for force-transmittingly connecting the first and second tension rods.