Selected chapters from the German concrete yearbook are now being published in the new English -Beton-Kalender Series- for the benefit of an international audience.
Since it was founded in 1906, the Ernst & Sohn -Beton-Kalender- has been supporting developments in reinforced and prestressed concrete. The aim was to publish a yearbook to reflect progress in -ferro-concrete- structures until - as the book's first editor, Fritz von Emperger (1862-1942), expressed it - the -tempestuous development- in this form of construction came to an end. However, the -Beton-Kalender- quickly became the...