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2 minHow building inspection can literally save lives
Whether an industrial production hall, an office or a residential tower, a building must be safe for people to work and live in. In Germany, the VDI 6200 Directive is the comprehensive building inspection guideline. Kiwa Germany’s Engineering team is intimately familiar with it.
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0 minFort Alamo: Raba Kistner preserves a historic American landmark
Since 2019, Raba Kistner’s Cultural Resources team have been working on The Alamo, a historic Spanish mission and fortress founded in the 18th century, located in San Antonio, Texas. The objective of the project was to assess the condition of the Church and the Long Barrack, the oldest buildings on the Alamo historic site and where many Texian rebels made their last stand in the 1836 battle for Texas’ independence from Mexico.
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3 minKiwa’s Raba Kistner Expands Drilling Services in the US Gulf Coast region
Raba Kistner Inc. (a member of the Kiwa group), recently expanded in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, adding six offices and nearly 60 employees. As part of their growth strategy for the region and the energy sector, they have reintroduced drilling services to meet the needs of their clients in the planning, design, and construction phases of their projects.
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3 minAll hands on deck for safety
With the Safety Culture Ladder (SCL) organizations can gradually increase their employees' safety awareness and reduce the number of accidents in the workplace. This is still necessary, even in civil engineering, where Dutch infrastructure specialist Van Vulpen is active. The company has been certified at SCL level 4 for several years. Jaco van der Ree, a safety expert at Van Vulpen, explains more about it.
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4 minBuilding a circular construction industry: the role of certification
As circularity becomes more prominent in the construction business, we will need ways to measure and monitor its effectiveness – including through testing, inspection and certification.
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2 minWide Range of Services for More Sustainable Concrete
Concrete is the world's most common building material. Most of the carbon dioxide emissions of concrete are from the original binder, Portland cement. In addition to cement, concrete affects the environment like manufacturing, the use of natural resources and transportation. Learn about Kiwa's commitment to quality, certification services and more in our latest article.
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2 minVinçotte Uses Robots to Inspect Belgoprocess Storage Tanks
Vinçotte, member of the Kiwa group, was recently contracted by Belgoprocess for visual inspection and thickness measurements of bunkered storage tanks at their wastewater treatment plant. Vinçotte's robotics partner hibot supplied the Floatarm, an articulated arm robot for multifunctional NDT inspections as a solution.
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