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Logistics and implementation
With your information on the volume of building materials, we will gladly create a non-binding rough estimate for you early on. If you include Pneumatit® in the invitations of tenders, you will receive more favorable offers for its admixture, allowing you to make a more informed decision.
We have experience with a wide range of technical conditions and methods.
In direct coordination with construction companies and concrete plants, we guarantee professional and streamlined implementation – in structural concrete, screeds/subfloors, mortar, plaster. In all materials based on cement and anhydrite.
Properties and procedure
Form
Pneumatit® is liquid and has a blue coloration. Delivery in individual dosages tailored to the techniques used by you during mixing and casting at the concrete plant or on-site.
Delivery
In glass or polyethylene containers between 250 ml and 1000 liters. Delivery by mail or freight forwarding.
Storage
As a purely biological additive, Pneumatit® must not be stored with chemical additives/agents but should only be combined during mixing in fresh concrete! This particularly applies to air entraining agents. Accordingly, all system components must be thoroughly cleaned before using Pneumatit®. However, cleaning afterward is not necessary.
Dosage
1 liter of Pneumatit® per 8 m3 of fresh concrete or 125 ml per 1 m3 of fresh concrete. Attention: Flexible solutions as needed; for example for the requirements of concrete plants or when plastering.
Open PDF Dosing quantity table DIN A4
Application
For on-site and factory concrete. The more consistently Pneumatit® is used, for example, including foundations, masonry (mortar) and plastering, the better the indoor climate.
Admixing
Add to fresh concrete or fresh mortar in truck mixers, batch mixers or drum mixers at the concrete plant or construction site. Mix for about 4 minutes: done. Longer mixing (e.g., in a rotating truck mixer from the factory) is possible but not necessary. – Attention: As a purely biological additive, Pneumatit® must not be stored with chemical additives/agents but should only be combined during mixing in fresh concrete! This particularly applies to air entraining agents. Accordingly, all system components must be thoroughly cleaned before using Pneumatit®. However, cleaning afterward is not necessary.
Shelf Life
Pneumatit® should be stored cool but frost-proof and protected from light. In this way, it remains durable without loss of quality for at least 3 years. Exposure to light can cause color loss that does not diminish its effect (see also above: Storage).
Precautions
No special protective measures are necessary; Pneumatit® is chemically inert, non-flammable and non-toxic. A safety data sheet can be downloaded.
Open PDF Safety data sheet
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Certifications
Pneumatit® is chemically inert. The technical properties of the building material during mixing, casting, setting and afterward are not affected. Physics, chemistry, statics, color, haptics etc., remain completely unchanged. There are also no interactions with other additives.
The effects of Pneumatit® occur specifically and exclusively at the biological level (life forces). This is evidenced by our approvals in the EU and Switzerland based on strict standard tests.
Open PDF Overview: Approvals, Tests, Proof of effectiveness
All original documents are available for download here.
Switzerland: Approval according to SIA standard
SN EN 206:2013 + A1:2016 approved by the SIA 262 Building with Concrete Norm Committee as Type I additive for the production of concrete. Consistency, bulk density, and air content of fresh concrete, compressive strength, water conductivity, and carbonation resistance were tested and evaluated. The application for approval was submitted by the certification body S-Cert AG Wildegg. Documents:
Open PDF TFB Test Report
Open PDF Excerpt from SIA Register
EU-wide approval and certification
Pneumatit® meets all requirements of the European norms EN 1008 (corresponds to mixing water), EN 12620, and EN 12878. It is authorized and certified as a Type I additive for concrete, mortar, and screed mortar (aqueous solution) according to CE ETA-16/0551 throughout Europe. Chemical and physical criteria such as suspended solids content, odor, color, pH value, content of chlorides, sulfates, alkalis, lead, and zinc, setting time, and compressive strength were tested and evaluated. Documents:
Open PDF VBE Test Report (german)
Open PDF European Technical Assessment
Germany: Proof of usability not necessary
The German Instutute for Construction Technology DIBt (approval and licence body for building products in Germany) confirms that the addition of Pneumatit® has “no concrete-related influence”. Therefore, “no proof of usability is required” for Pneumatit®.
Pneumatit® has drinking water quality: this is confirmed by the Eurofins Analyses laboratory in Saverne, France. A large number of parameters were tested.
Open PDF Eurofins Analyses (german version)
Other important documents
Declaration of performance in accordance with Regulation (EU) 305/2011
Open PDF Declaration of performance
Safety Data Sheet in accordance with regulation (EC) 1907/2006
Open PDF Safety data sheet
Technical Leaflet
Open PDF techn. Leaflet
Factory Production Control (FPC) and Auditing We have a continuous, strict factory production control (FPC). This is monitored and regularly audited by the notified certification body Wien-Zert (NB 1139) according to EU Regulation No. 305/2011.
Open PDF Current Report (german)
Open PDF Certificate original (german)
Other tests
Fresh concrete control and water penetration depth by IMP Bautest AG, Oberbuchsiten CH: “The average water penetration depth of 16 mm clearly meets the requirement of <50 mm for a watertight concrete structure according to SIA 272. The concrete has a low w/c ratio of 0.48, which has a positive effect on shrinkage.”
Open PDF Fresh concrete control
Open PDF Test water penetration depth
Fresh and hardened concrete testing by Holcim (Switzerland) AG, Allschwil CH: “The comparison of fresh and hardened concrete test results showed no significant differences between the concrete mixtures without Pneumatit® and with Pneumatit®.” Investigated were concrete compressive strengths, hardened concrete bulk densities, water permeability, critical water absorption, etc.
Open PDF Holcim test report (german)
The alkali-silica reactivity of the building material is not changed by Pneumatit®. This is the finding of the Association for Building Material Testing and Development VBE in Pöchlarn AT.
Open PDF AKR/AAR resistance (german)
Eco 1
This award confirms that Pneumatit® meets the highest ecological and health requirements of eco-bau and Minergie-Eco for building materials.
eco-bau is an association of public builders and architecture and construction universities in Switzerland.
Open PDF Original-Dokument eco 1 (german)
Conditions
Current as of 01.01.2015
Pneumatit® list prices
Price for the Swiss market:
| Per liter (for 8 m3 building material): | CHF | 200.- | |||
| per m3 building material (125 ml Pneumatit®): | CHF | 25.- |
Price for the EU area:
| Per liter (for 8 m3 building material): | € / CHF | 180.- | |||
| per m3 building material (125 ml Pneumatit®): | € / CHF | 22.50 |
Prices for other regions: upon request
Plus packaging, shipping costs, VAT / Sales Tax
Minimum price is € / CHF 50.-
Please note: We keep Pneumatit® prices stable for many years. We have to compensate for currency risks and changes in the exchange rate. Sales prices to other regions have nevertheless fallen in real terms in recent years.
Quantity discounts
| From | 25.0 liters of Pneumatit® | / | 200 m3 building material: | 7% |
| From | 62.5 liters of Pneumatit® | / | 500 m3 building material: | 10% |
| From | 125.0 liters of Pneumatit® | / | 1000 m3 building material: | 15% |
| From | 250.0 liters of Pneumatit® | / | 2000 m3 building material: | 20% |
| From | 500.0 liters of Pneumatit® | / | 4000 m3 building material: | 25% |
Special conditions are agreed for large quantities.
Based on your information on the building material volume, we will be happy to create a non-binding rraw offer for you early on. If you include Pneumatit® in the invitation of tenders, you will receive more cost-effective offers for its admixture, and you will be able to make a more informed decision.
And is it worth it?
Your place of power. Those who choose Pneumatit® think from the whole – and into the future. Because Pneumatit® is not just another chemical additive used during the casting and the setting of the concrete. It is an entirely biological additive – designed to enhance life in the years and decades that follow.
Those who build must calculate costs.
Your decision
You determine the balance.
You are the one who establishes the added value that a pneumatized place of power signifies for you – in terms of vitality, emotional and organic well-being, regenerative capacity, inspiration, and satisfaction – with all their consequences.
In all our experiences, the additional costs for Pneumatit® remained below 1% of the total construction costs.
This means that, given the usual cost uncertainty of ± 10% at the start of construction, the cost center for Pneumatit® amounts to a maximum of 10% of the general cost uncertainty at the beginning of your project.
Financially, Pneumatit® hardly has any impact. Nevertheless, it requires a separate decision.
A decision-making aid to download:
Open PDF Construction cost examples and concrete costs
An entrepreneur
Berthold Leibinger, who diversified the formerly medium-sized machine tool company Trumpf and built it into the world leader in laser technology:
We also try to build cost-effectively, but ultimately the price per square meter is not decisive. The desired quality always takes precedence. It is a simple fact that we spend the best hours of our lives in the working world. Every effort to design this environment technically and aesthetically well is therefore justified. We demand exceptional performance from our employees. These are easier to achieve in a good environment.
In “Who would want a different time than this? A Life Report”, Hamburg 2010
Construction Costs and Pneumatit®
Pneumatit® requires your decision. However, financially, it hardly affects the budget.
To our knowledge, the costs for Pneumatit® in any realized project never exceeded 1% of the total construction costs.
We are happy to show you real cost examples from five different construction projects using Pneumatit®.
Price increases and cost uncertainty have severely affected the construction sector in recent years. Please note: We keep Pneumatit® prices stable over the long term.
Construction cost examples
The following five real-life examples were determined in collaboration with the respective architects. The cost of Pneumatit® in these cases ranges between 0.5% and 0.78% of the total construction costs.
The blending costs of max. 3.- CHF / 2.50 Euro per m3 are included in the Pneumatit® costs.
Calculation of total construction costs: with excavation, excluding outdoor facilities and furnishings.
Example 1: Settlement
69 residential units with commercial spaces. High-rise building made of concrete and longhouse in wooden construction. Medium level of interior finish.
Total pneumatized building materials 7’471 m3
Total construction costs 27.18 million CHF
Of which Pneumatit® costs 136’937 CHF
Share of Pneumatit® in total construction costs 0.5%
Share in the cost uncertainty at the start of construction 5%
Example 2: Residential development
16 residential units in row house typology with unclad, aging-capable building materials, exposed concrete interior. Pneumatit® in living areas and screed floors.
Total pneumatized building materials 1’427 m3
Total construction costs 13 million CHF
Of which Pneumatit® costs 32’660 CHF
Share of Pneumatit® in total construction costs 0.25%
Share in the cost uncertainty at the start of construction 2.5%
Example 3: Community center
Compact, three-story reinforced concrete construction with large glazing and 1,315 m2 floor area, of which 810 m2 is usable surface.
Total pneumatized building materials 958 m3
Total construction costs 7.83 million CHF
Of which Pneumatit® costs 23’300 CHF
Share of Pneumatit® in total construction costs 0.29%
Share in the cost uncertainty at the start of construction 2.9%
Example 4: Multi-family house
8 residential units ranging from 29 m2 to 124 m2. Community room, studio cottage. Solid construction (single stone masonry) with ground heat exchanger.
Total pneumatized building materials 480 m3
Total construction costs 2.75 million CHF
Of which Pneumatit® costs 11’400 CHF
Share of Pneumatit® in total construction costs 0.41%
Share in the cost uncertainty at the start of construction 4.1%
Example 5: Two-family house
Residential development with 16 units in row house typology with unclad, aging-capable building materials, exposed concrete interior. Pneumatit® in living areas and screed floors.
Total pneumatized building materials 400 m3
Total construction costs 1.75 million CHF
Of which Pneumatit® costs 13’950 CHF
Share of Pneumatit® in total construction costs 0.78%
Share in the cost uncertainty at the start of construction 7.8%
Concrete prices and Pneumatit®
Concrete prices and Pneumatit®
Each construction project has its own cost structure. In addition, there are economic fluctuations and general price disparities.
Therefore, it is only possible to give a limited general answer to the question of the anticipated additional costs.
Overview
Every few years, we survey a number of concrete companies in Switzerland and Germany about their list prices for standard ready-mix concrete (norm C25/30). The figures shown here were collected in November 2020.
For the sake of comparability, the euro prices were also converted to Swiss francs (CHF) according to the annual average exchange rate of the Swiss Federal Finance Department. The prices have been rounded only slightly. For Pneumatit®, the list price (without quantity discount) of CHF 25.– was used, and for the examples from Germany, the same conversion method was applied.
Price Ranges for Standard Ready-Mix Concrete (CHF/m³)
| Switzerland | Germany | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| without Pneumatit® | with Pneumatit® | without Pneumatit® | with Pneumatit® | |
| Lowest price | 178.– | 203.– | 138,– | 159,– |
| Average price | 191.– | 216.– | 150,– | 171,– |
| Highest price | 197.– | 222.– | 170,– | 191,– |
Conclusion
The aim of this small survey is not completeness, but rather to provide the big picture. And this is always the same:
In Switzerland, inexpensive concrete with Pneumatit® is almost identical in price to expensive concrete without Pneumatit®.
In Germany, the price for average-priced pneumatized concrete is still below the price for expensive concrete without Pneumatit®.
Pneumatit® buildings
Pneumatit® has been used in 15 European countries as well as in Israel, Dubai and Canada to date: in large to small-scale projects with various functions.
Locations
On our overview map, you will find the locations of all Pneumatit® applications with more than 50 m3 of building material. The map is interactive. Please follow the instructions in the text field at the top left. When you click on the map, the journey begins.
Our Partners
Pneumatit AG has started to establish a network of partner companies. You will find the addresses sorted by field and country (by postal code within the country). Please make your selection by clicking on the checkboxes.
Reference projects
You can download a representative list here.
Open PDF Reference projects with Pneumatit®
Most of the buildings, of course, are not publicly accessible. Please contact us if you would like to arrange a viewing.
Building types
Pneumatit® is used in foundations, floors / screeds (cement and anhydrite-based), walls (concrete and mortar), beams, ceilings, plasters and paints, furnishings (furniture, art objects), Flowforms for water treatment, and outdoor facilities.
And this in buildings of various purposes:
- Private residential homes and housing developments
- School buildings
- Nature centers
- Training and seminar buildings
- Assisted living homes
- Kindergartens and children’s playgrounds
- Doctors’ and midwives’ practices
- Grocery stores and food storage facilities
- Other retail stores
- Banks
- Hostels and hotels
- Senior living apartments
- Restaurants
- Office and administrative buildings
- Cheesemaking facilities
- Workshops and technical constructions
- Cultural centers
- Barns and other agricultural buildings
- Seed storage facilities
- Nurseries
- Butcher shops
- Art studios
- Greenhouses
- Wind power plants
- Roads
and so on.
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