A method of manufacturing a pre-stressed beam or panel and the resulting beam or panel are described. The method includes providing a timber-based component (1); providing a pre-stressing member (9) arranged along the timber-based component; applying a tensile force to the pre-stressing member (9); providing concrete anchors (11a, 11b) at locations that are spaced apart along the timber-based component (1); coupling the pre-stressing member (9) to the concrete anchors (11a, 11b); and releasing the tensile force on the pre-stressing member (9) to transfer a compressive force to the timber-based component (1) through the concrete anchors (11a, 11b) to form a pre-stressed beam or panel.

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 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 method of manufacturing a pre-stressed beam or panel and the resulting beam or panel are described. The method includes providing a timber-based component (1); providing a pre-stressing member (9) arranged along the timber-based component; applying a tensile force to the pre-stressing member (9); providing concrete anchors (11a, 11b) at locations that are spaced apart along the timber-based component (1); coupling the pre-stressing member (9) to the concrete anchors (11a, 11b); and releasing the tensile force on the pre-stressing member (9) to transfer a compressive force to the timber-based component (1) through the concrete anchors (11a, 11b) to form a pre-stressed beam or panel.

A method of manufacturing a pre-stressed beam or panel and the resulting beam or panel are described. The method includes providing a timber-based component (1); providing a pre-stressing member (9) arranged along the timber-based component; applying a tensile force to the pre-stressing member (9); providing concrete anchors (11a, 11b) at locations that are spaced apart along the timber-based component (1); coupling the pre-stressing member (9) to the concrete anchors (11a, 11b); and releasing the tensile force on the pre-stressing member (9) to transfer a compressive force to the timber-based component (1) through the concrete anchors (11a, 11b) to form a pre-stressed beam or panel.

A steel-structure building envelope includes a building body, floor slabs, and external walls. The building body has H beams and decks. The decks are assembled onto the H beams. The floor slabs have RC slabs laid on the decks. The external walls each have an RC curb formed on the RC slab by means of casting, two steel C profiles, one of which is installed on the RC curb with an opening thereof facing upward, and the other of which is mounted on the deck with an opening thereof facing downward; and an outer wall panel and an inner wall panel, attached to opposite sides of the RC curb and the two steel C profiles, respectively, so that a hollow space is formed between the outer wall panel and the inner wall panel. Thereby the external walls have a two-layer structure and are affixed directly to the floor slabs.

A steel-structure building envelope includes a building body, floor slabs, and external walls. The building body has H beams and decks. The decks are assembled onto the H beams. The floor slabs have RC slabs laid on the decks. The external walls each have an RC curb formed on the RC slab by means of casting, two steel C profiles, one of which is installed on the RC curb with an opening thereof facing upward, and the other of which is mounted on the deck with an opening thereof facing downward; and an outer wall panel and an inner wall panel, attached to opposite sides of the RC curb and the two steel C profiles, respectively, so that a hollow space is formed between the outer wall panel and the inner wall panel. Thereby the external walls have a two-layer structure and are affixed directly to the floor slabs.

An edge protection system including a first expandable armoured joint to protect a first joint extending in a first direction, a second expandable armoured joint to protect a second joint extending in a second direction and an intersection module including a cover plate located at an intersection of the first expandable armoured joint and the second expandable armoured joint.

An edge protection system including a first expandable armoured joint to protect a first joint extending in a first direction, a second expandable armoured joint to protect a second joint extending in a second direction and an intersection module including a cover plate located at an intersection of the first expandable armoured joint and the second expandable armoured joint.

An armoured joint for protecting an edge of a first component formed of settable material and an edge of a second component formed of settable material at a joint, wherein the apparatus includes a first anchorage part for anchoring to the first component and a second anchorage part for anchoring to the second component, a first plate coupled to the first anchorage part, a second plate coupled to the second anchorage part, the first plate defining a first edge, the second plate defining a second edge, wherein the first edge and the second edge are shaped to facilitate bringing together of the first edge and the second edge, and wherein the second anchorage part is adapted to be movable relative to the first anchorage part from a close configuration in which the second edge is brought together with the first edge to a spaced configuration in which the second edge is spaced relative to the first edge, wherein the first anchorage part or the second anchorage part has a support section, the armoured joint including a bracket for supporting the armoured joint relative to a ground surface, the bracket comprising an angled upper leg and an angled lower leg, wherein the bracket is fixed to the support section by the angled upper leg and the angled lower leg, the angled upper leg being fixed to the support section to extend downwardly from the support section at a first angle and the angled lower leg being fixed to the support section to extend upwardly from the support section at a second angle of the same magnitude as the first angle.