Cement News tagged under: concrete
Titan America wins five awards at ConcreteWorks 202305 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsTitan America picked up five awards at the National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA)'s ConcreteWorks 2023 event held in Nashville this week. The company was recognised for its safety, energy efficiency, innovative technologies, and quality. Titan's Pennsuco facility in Medley, Florida, won the award in the innovative technologies category in the Portland Cement Association (PCA)'s 2023 Energy & Environment Awards in recognition of its use of artificial intelligence (AI) and mac... |
Holcim boosts renewable energy at Fort Totten RMC plant28 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim US has installed new solar arrays at its Fort Totten ready-mix concrete plant in Washington, DC, helping to both offset the industrial load in a major metropolitan area and replace the fossil fuel-generated electricity on site with renewable energy. “This summer showed why everyone, including a concrete supplier in the middle of a large city, is responsible for reducing energy consumption,” said Cedric Barthelemy, senior vice president and general manager of Holcim US’ Mid-Atla... |
Saint-Gobain to acquire Adfil NV28 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsSaint-Gobain has entered into an agreement to acquire Adfil NV, a specialist in fibres for concrete reinforcement. Adfil operates two plants in Belgium and generated revenues close to EUR40m in 2022. In addition to Chryso and GCP’s admixtures, Adfil’s performance fibres contribute to the reduction of reinforced concrete’s CO 2 footprint, the improvement of lead times and productivity for construction projects, and an increased lifespan for concrete. Adfil will be consolidated within Saint... |
GGBS unlikely to reduce GHG emissions, warns IStructE27 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe use of ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in concrete needs to be carefully considered, recommends a new paper from UK-based The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE). For many years GGBS has been specified as a partial replacement for clinker in concrete due to its technical properties. More recently, reducing clinker with GGBS has become the ‘go-to’ method for decreasing the carbon intensity of concrete in the UK, as the product... |
Lafarge Greece uses Artevia® for Smart Park landscape19 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe discount Smart Park in the Spata region of Attica is the first hybrid discount park in Greece with a total surface area of 9.1 acres, of which three have been landscaped into green areas. The industrial aesthetics and the innovative design of the space were highlighted with the architectural Artevia ® Desactive concrete, which covered more than 10,000m 2 . “The Artevia ® architectural / decorative concrete range exceeds the limitations of traditional building materials by combinin... |
RAAC failures serve as a warning to new cements15 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsThis week's newsletter looks at the recent warnings about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), which was in heavy use over the 1950-90s, but is now the subject of safety warnings across the UK, with hundreds of buildings at risk. RAAC was a convenient building material used in the second half of the 20th century as it was cheaper than traditional concrete to produce, quicker to use and easier to construct with. It was also lighter than traditional concrete with its aerated bubbl... |
US DOE awards C-Crete Technologies US$950,000 for green concrete funding12 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe US Department of Energy has awarded C-Crete Technologies US$950,000 to expand the types of materials it can use to make its revolutionary cement-free concrete. The use of locally-available feedstocks will eliminate the need for long-distance shipping, allowing the company to further decrease CO 2 emissions associated with its already exceptionally eco-friendly concrete. The DOE funding follows on the heels of C-Crete's announcement in July that its innovative cement-free concrete ha... |
MPA voices concerns over UK government housebuilding plans01 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Mineral Products Association (MPA) has written to the UK government voicing concerns over the government’s recent announcements regarding housebuilding. Two differing policy proposals designed to boost housebuilding, put forward by the current government and the Labour opposition, support plans to deliver new homes but, according to the MPA, fail to recognise the importance of the construction supply chains in realising their housing ambitions. Robert McIlveen, director of public affa... |
Sika concrete recycling technology receives US$11m in funding30 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsSika has received CHF10m (US$11.34m) in funding for its innovative reCO2ver ® concrete recycling technology. ReCO2ver involves a novel concrete recycling process that allows old concrete to be entirely reused while facilitating the sequestration of CO 2 . To support the use of the technology, Switzerland’s Climate Cent Foundation is guaranteeing the purchase of CO 2 certificates from the programme for an initial amount of CHF10m. Sika’s reCO2ver technology not only separates old concret... |
New Zealand's concrete industry launches its net zero roadmap15 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsNew Zealand’s concrete industry has launched its roadmap to net zero carbon by 2050 - A Net Zero carbon concrete industry for Aotearoa New Zealand: Roadmap to 2050 . Concrete New Zealand (NZ) CEO, Rob Gaimster, described the Roadmap as a pivotal moment for the concrete industry and the country’s built environment. "We must provide adaptive solutions that address and help ease the impacts of climate change in a country that is also at risk of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes," Mr Gaim... |