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Mining Report Special Issue
cover story: The art of working efficiently fitting-out three gravity-fed coal bunkers consecutively is described in the article ‘Three bunkers at a single stroke’.

Professor Jacob Wardenier reaches 70
Prof. Dr. Ir. Jacob Wardenier, known to his colleagues and friends worldwide as Jaap, is 70 years old on 27 May 2013.
With the groundbreaking innovations at the pinnacle of his achievements, he still continues unabatedly with research and publications as well as continuing with his thriving consultancy work.

Carriers in construction
Career opportunities: Civil engineer (m/f), Building physicist (m/f), Structural engineer (m/f), Bridge engineer (m/f), University professor...

Mauerwerk - not just a German journal
Mauerwerk - sounds German is German, but not always in German. Frequently we publish articles in English in order to provide our English readers with important and interesting information regarding masonry.

fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010: a landmark in an ongoing development
Find here the editorial from Joost Walraven (Convenor of fib SAG5) and György L. Balázs (President of fib 2011–12) about the fib Model Code for Concrete Sturctures.

Mauerwerk 2/13: New Article in English available
Reinforced Concrete-Gap-Element against earthquake - experimental and numerical study
In this article it will be shown how masonry walls with arranged notched reinforced concrete beams behave as a typical bearing wall in a masonry building. A special pseudo-dynamic algorithm was developed in order to simulate the boundary conditions of the masonry wall in a building and during an earthquake closely to reality.

Prague Metro
Article from Geomechanics and Tunnelling 02/2013
Authors: Ing. Otakar Hasík, Ing. Jiri Růzicka

Urban tunnels in the Czech Republic
Article from Geomechanics and Tunnelling 02/2013
Authors: Ing. Alexandr Butovic, Ing. Pavel Sourek, Ing. Vlastimil Horák

Mining Report - first Issue published!
Ernst & Sohn Publishers, Berlin, and VGE Publishers, Essen, have agreed on the transfer of some of VGE’s publications.