Low-carbon concrete: separating greenwash from reality

Tales of low-carbon concrete abound, but what exactly does that mean? Kristina Smith looks at what’s in the mix. The post Low-carbon concrete: separating greenwash from reality appeared first on Construction Management.

McAlpine bags £1bn Sellafield concrete structures deal

Contractor signs 17-year concrete structures and groundworks framework

Heavy material sales slow as starts decline

The Construction Products Association’s latest state of trade survey indicates growth for sales of light building products but a decline for heavy materials like bricks and concrete.

Park Built Over Interstate; 3 Innovative Bridge Projects Win National Awards

The projects, which used precast concrete, were named winners of the 2023 PCI Design Awards.

Contech firm Built Robotics acquires Roin, eyes expansion

The acquisition adds Roin's automated concrete power trowel to Built's retrofit excavation automation tools.

Engineering World - How Cement Is Made? 23092022

This video from Engineering World shows the production process for making cement and the quality checks carried out

Engineering with Rosie - Turning CO2 Into Building Materials: Mineral Carbonation International Tour, 22092022

There are a really wide range of technologies that you can use to take captured CO2 and turn it into a useful product, carbon capture and utilisation or CCU. Rosie visits Mineral Carbonation International's pilot plant facility.

Engineering Management Institute - Reducing Embodied Carbon in Construction: How Structural Engineers Can Help, 09122021

Megan Stringer SE, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Principal at Holmes talks about embodied carbon reduction and how engineers can help reduce embodied carbon in building construction

ASFB Webinar - Structural Passive Fire Protection, 06012022

This webinar looks at fire protection to structural components of buildings and in particular steelwork. Reference is made to current legislation and regulations. The webinar highlights the importance of structural design and third party certification

Vox - Why Jakarta is sinking 19022021

The 400-year curse dragging Indonesia's capital into the sea: Like many coastal cities around the world, Jakarta is dealing with sea level rise. But Indonesia's biggest city also has a unique problem: Because of restricted water access in the city, the majority of its residents have to extract groundwater to survive. And it's causing the city to sink.

Are Geopolymer Concrete and Cement the answer to taking carbon out of our structures?

Is this the route to a greener concrete?

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