Drive for sustainable construction with concrete & concrete components
Under the motto Shaping transformation, the annual BetonTage took place from May 14 to 16, 2024 with around 1,800 people, a fully booked exhibition with 140 exhibitors from the supplier industry, 10 start-ups and more than 120 presentations at the Congress Centrum Ulm.
Challenges and prospects
The industry event was opened by Friedrich Gebhart, Vice President of the European umbrella organization BIBM and President of the initiating trade association Beton- und Fertigteilwerke Baden-Württemberg, for whom the motto was “to present concrete solutions for significantly reducing the CO2 footprint of construction at the BetonTage”.
With a decline in building permits and incoming orders, up to -30% in residential construction, a peak in cancellations, canceled subsidies, burdensome interest rates and high construction costs, it is precisely the participants and exhibitors from the supplier industry who offer the opportunities for the construction of the future. The BetonTage are the platform for discussing ideas for shaping the transformation together. Research and practice, start-ups and committed “leaders” in the industry are just as much in demand as key players from the materials side: cement, alternative binders, digitalization providers and concrete chemistry.
All of the aforementioned and other indispensable stakeholders such as architecture and engineering firms were present and responded to the call in terms of content across all days of the event: The presentations from science and practice focused on sustainability and decarbonization, resource efficiency and recyclability as well as sustainable prefabrication as the future of construction.