A panel insert is provided which is installed in a concrete wall form and secured at an intended location such that when the concrete is poured into the form and cured, the panel remains in place and through which holes or openings can be readily formed after the concrete wall has been constructed. The panel insert comprises a box or enclosure made of a suitable plastic or other material and having an interior filled with a structural and thermally insulative foam or other material. At least one gasketed flange is provided around the periphery of the enclosure which forms a watertight seal between the concrete and panel.

A method of fabricating panels includes providing an insert having an interior portion with a top portion and a positioning stop opposite the top portion, and an exterior portion including a fastener hem. Further, the method includes placing the insert in a mold such that only the fastener hem and the positioning stop contact the mold and centering the insert in the mold with the top portion and the positioning stop. The method also includes filling the mold with a casting material such that the interior portion is submerged in the casting material including the top portion, but some of the positioning stop is not submerged in the casting material, curing the casting material to form a panel on the insert, and removing the panel form the mold.

A multi-component inorganic anchoring system, for chemical fastening of anchors and post-installed reinforcing bars in mineral substrates, includes a curable powdery aluminous cement component A and an initiator component B in an aqueous phase for initiating a curing process. Component A further includes calcium carbonate and component B includes an accelerator constituent and water. The calcium carbonate in component A has an average particle size in the range of from 0.5 to 150 m. Methods can be utilized for using calcium carbonate having an average particle size in the range of from 0.5 to 150 m in a multi-component inorganic anchoring system to increase load values. Methods can also be utilized for chemical fastening of anchors, such as metal anchors and post-installed reinforcing bars, in mineral substrates, such as structures made of brickwork, concrete, pervious concrete, or natural stone.

A gypsum board (10A), including: a gypsum panel (58); and a plurality of anchors (28) fixed to the gypsum panel (58) and sunk within for not protruding therefrom, the anchors (28) being hidden by a first side (47B) of the gypsum panel (58).

An anchoring member (15) capable of being integrated into a facing element (10) for the creation of stabilized earth structures, comprising a shell (21) that defines a recess (18) with a mouth (13). An anchoring bar (20) extends transversely within the recess (18) in such a way that, in use, an elongated stabilizing member for stabilized earth structures, such as a strip or similar, can be made to pass around it by inserting it into the mouth (13).

A concrete anchor point includes an internally threaded member and a spacer. The internally threaded member and the spacer are cast in a volume of concrete. The internally threaded member terminates in an open end. The spacer has a hole extending therethrough which provides a through-hole in the volume of concrete extending from the opening in the exposed face to the open end. The spacer functions to space the open end away from the exposed face at a non-zero depth within the volume of concrete.

The disclosure relates to a formwork device for manufacturing a construction element, in particular a plate-shaped precast concrete element, said formwork device comprising a formwork element and a transport anchor for positioning within the construction element, the transport anchor having a connecting part for connecting a lifting device and a shear force part for introducing a shear force into the construction element, the transport anchor having a first connecting element for connecting the transport anchor to the formwork element and/or a second connecting element for connecting the transport anchor to a support element for supporting the construction element.

A recess former assembly (200) for creating a recess surrounding a cast in situ lifting element (60) in a cast concrete pipe (1) having a cast outer surface, is disclosed. The assembly has a frame (180) having locating lugs (183) engageable with components (81) of a reinforcing cage (80) to be positioned within the mould (70). The engagement of the lugs with the reinforcing components locates the frame in a rest position spaced from the mould. A removable recess former (150) is releasably retained in the frame. A lifting element (60) is retained within the recess former and has an anchor portion (64) extending therefrom. A non-rigid interconnection (182, 182A, 190, 191) between the lugs and the frame biases the frame and recess former to be urged towards the mould into an operative casting position in which at least a portion of the recess former substantially abuts the mould.

A reusable lifting apparatus includes a first mount assembly embedded within a first layer of a concrete sandwich panel and a second mount assembly embedded within a second layer of a concrete sandwich panel. The reusable lifting apparatus includes a lifting insert insertable within a void in one or more insulation layers between the first layer and the second layer. The reusable lifting apparatus includes a lifting bolt couplable to at least one of the first mount assembly, the second mount assembly, or the lifting insert through a hole in the first layer. The lifting insert is pivotable within the void about an axis through the lifting bolt. The lifting insert and the lifting bolt are removable from the concrete sandwich panel so as to eliminate thermal bridging between the first layer and the second layer via the lifting insert and the lifting bolt.

A method of forming a faucet includes providing a waterway comprised of a polymeric material, supporting the waterway within a mold cavity formed with a shape of the faucet, overmolding a non-metallic material, such as a concrete material, onto the waterway within the mold cavity, and curing the concrete material.