Bamburi Cement launches new rapid concrete solution

Bamburi Cement has launched a ready-mix concrete that will speed up construction time  by enabling continuous concrete pour in projects of more than 2000t in under 48h. Pours of this volume usually take almost a month using traditional methods.

The new product, Poweraft, is designed for the construction of foundations for skyscrapers, bridge piers and generally all applications requiring mass delivery of fresh concrete.

Bamburi Cement’s Managing Director, Seddiq Hassani, said that Poweraft is a unique offer that includes benefits such as three dedicated high capacity concrete production plants, 21 transit mixer tracks and six boom concrete pumps for rapid transfer of concrete from the mixer trucks among a host of other benefits.

Moreover, the solution includes proprietary LafargeHolcim software and testing tools to predict and control temperature build-up in mass concrete to guard against thermal cracks. The software outputs detailed simulated thermal imagery and temperature gradients of placed concrete.

Poweraft will be provided by Bamburi Special Products and includes the provision of a mobile concrete laboratory with highly-trained staff to conduct onsite tests.