Facing brick Interior wall Load-bearing floor Services Sustainable development Company Distributors Contact Jobs @ NL / FR / IN Find a distributor Search The brIQ brings together all the technical services of Ploegsteert. NewsContactReception Blocks Facing bricks Floors Home > Advice information We present to you: the brIQ "Research, Innovation and Quality Office" BrIQ is the collective name for all Ploegsteert construction engineering support services. It is under this brIQ label that these services will assist clients as well as our own staff with specific technical advice or relating to building in general. The following are part of the brIQ: the soil testing service, foundation and stability studies, the quality control of our products in the laboratory; advice on load-bearing masonry (including Verbo walls), ... How do I import the XML file with the Ploegsteert material library into the ILL software? In the PEB 3 regions software, you have the possibility to work with central libraries. To help you as much as possible, Ploegsteert has developed a central library for you, in which all the quick building blocks from Ploegsteert have already been saved. For you, this saves a lot of time, and ensures that you are using the correct Lambda values. We have also set up a step-by-step procedure for loading the central Ploegsteert library into the ILL software. Download the Ploegsteert material library Download the manual Why survey a field? The sounding makes it possible to know the depth at which the stal layers are located in the basement. If a house is erected without this prior geological examination, then it is impossible to judge whether this house will be built on a sufficiently stable load-bearing layer. Otherwise, there is a good chance of having cracks, cracked facades or sagging foundations ... Read all about the Ploegsteert survey service Instructions for drilling / drilling in floors On ne peut pas forer n’importe où dans les planchers. Le percement d’une armature peut avoir pour conséquence de réduire nettement la fonction portante d’une dalle de plancher. Il est dès lors important de demander préalablement des informations ou d’étudier soigneusement le plan de pose. Lire la suite Explication du concept de 'confort thermique' Une des principales caractéristiques des produits en terre cuite est leur confort thermique ou l’impression de température agréable ressentie dans l’habitation. Nous vous expliquons comment ce confort thermique est atteint. Directives pour le chargement et l’arrimage de la cargaison The Ploegsteert Brickworks attach great importance to safety. That is why we ask our carriers to load and secure the goods in a safe way, in accordance with the legislation and standards in force and we advise our customers who use their own trucks to do the same. To help you comply with current legislation, we have developed several guidelines. Read more Useful websites Belgian Brick Federation BBRI (Scientific and Technical Center for Construction) ( C3A-net Ceratec Weber color charts for jointing mortars and adhesive mortars Acrobat Reader (free) DWG TrueView (Free Autodesk viewer)