This paper deals with an evaluation of long-term experimental work carried out in cooperation with concrete suppliers and a specific company (named Sobriety). The key part of this work is focused on the experimental determination of secant modulus of elasticity and Poisson's Ratio of special concrete (self-compacting concrete, steel fibre reinforced concrete, polymer fibre reinforced concrete, specific high-strength concrete). Two different real-time approaches were used to detect modulus of elasticity. In parallel, both approaches - the (European) standard approach and the DIC (2D DIC; 3D DIC with varying lengths in the vertical direction) - were applied.