Sources: Converge, London; CMCM staff Officials of Converge, U.K. developer of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for concrete practitioners, and Stanley Black & Decker Inc. tool brand DeWalt are teaming to assist producers, engineers and contractors in portland cement-optimized mix design plus accelerated pour schedules. A partnership they announced at World Read more…
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CM2 staff NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete reports rapid membership growth during its first few months, underscored by Breakthrough Energy and Meta Platforms joining as sustaining members. Founded by Microsoft’s Bill Gates, the former is committed to scaling Read more…
Sources: Cemex USA, Houston; CP staff Cemex USA has delivered more than 1 million yd. of Vertua for public and private projects in California, where the lower carbon mix recently debuted as part of the producer’s Future in Action program. When measured on embodied carbon metrics, Vertua offers carbon dioxide Read more…
Sources: Graniterock, Watsonville, Calif.; CM2 staff Northern California’s top independent aggregate and ready mixed concrete producer has deployed 15,000 photovoltaic panels on a low-profile, 20-acre parcel at its flagship quarry in Aromas. Installed away from public view, the 5-megawatt capacity solar farm will provide more than 50 percent of the Read more…
Sources: Sulzer, Winterthur, Switzerland; CMCM staff Sulzer Chemtech is among participants in the latest funding round for California-based Blue Planet Systems Corp., whose carbon dioxide capture technology yields mineralized, concrete-grade aggregate. The Swiss fluid engineering specialist joins prior round investors, including North American cement, aggregate and concrete producers Holcim Group Read more…
Sources: Glenwood Management, CarbonQuest, New York City; CMCM staff Brooklyn-based Glenwood Mason Supply will source “Sustainable CO,” processed from New York City apartment building mechanical flue exhaust, for concrete masonry unit (CMU) production augmented by CarbonCure carbon dioxide mineralizing technology. After a 2022 pilot installation at The Grand Tier (1930 Read more…
Sources: Holcim US, Chicago; CMCM staff Amazon Web Services (AWS) has approved ECOPact-branded concrete mixes for northern Virginia data centers—facilities whose electrical and mechanical infrastructure typically spells inordinate concrete mass. Holcim US ready mixed operations design ECOPact orders with cementitious material blends, optimizing portland cement dosages and lowering concrete slabs Read more…
New Dodge Construction research reveals how building interests are actively seeking to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete construction. Data shows that 81 percent of structural engineers and 69 percent of contractors working with concrete are tracking the embodied carbon on their projects, and about one third taking action to Read more…
Sources: AICrete, Richmond, Calif.; CP staff Billed as the only recipe-as-a-service platform optimizing local materials for cleaner and more cost-efficient concrete, AICrete has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by CLEAR Ventures and VoLo Earth Ventures, with participation from Cortical Ventures plus a multinational materials producer. The Read more…
Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia; CP staff CarbonCure Technologies has launched a namesake service, Express EPD, with which concrete producers can expedite preparation of verified environmental product declarations (EPD). It streamlines the complex life cycle assessment process declarations require by automating much of the data collection. Concrete producers can generate Read more…