Tag: cement
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Preparing the Fleet for Green Cement
Although green cement was invented in the late ‘90s, it hadn’t managed to gain much traction. Over the last few years, however, you may have heard the term “green cement” gaining ground as a method of reducing carbon emissions associated with cement manufacturing. The concrete industry accounts for roughly seven percent of CO2 emissions globally.…
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Skanska to use 3,000 slag cement slabs in ‘ultra-sustainable’ London project
Skanska is using 3,000 precast planks made from 50% ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) in its 105 Victoria Street scheme, which the contractor calls “London’s most sustainable office building”. Laing O’Rourke is designing, manufacturing and supplying the precast slabs for Skanska through its pre-assembly concrete manufacturing facility near Worksop, called Explore Manufacturing. Severfield, which is…
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Skanska to use 3,000 slag cement planks in ‘ultra-sustainable’ London project
Skanska is using 3,000 precast slabs made from 50% ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) in its 105 Victoria Street scheme, which the contractor calls “London’s most sustainable office building”. Laing O’Rourke is designing, manufacturing and supplying the precast slabs for Skanska through its pre-assembly concrete manufacturing facility near Worksop, called Explore Manufacturing. Severfield, which is…
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Near-Zero Carbon Cement Powers Sustainable 3D-Printed Homes
Eco Material Technologies and Hive 3D have unveiled the first 3D-printed homes using near-zero carbon cement as part of a housing project called The Casitas @ The Halles. The homes, ranging from 400 to 900 square feet, are constructed using Eco Material’s durable, longer-lasting cement called PozzoCEM Vite®. The cement replaces 100% of traditional Portland…
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In Search of Cement Replacements
Could we replace cement as the vital element in concrete some day? We look at two alternative answers to this question. The Problems with Cement Portland cement dominates in the construction and road building industries. From an environmental point of view, cement is not the perfect solution. The cement industry accounts up to 7% of the…