Eiffage inks deal to leverage Google AI technology for concrete projects

Contractor Eiffage has inked a partnership deal with the aim of taking artificial intelligence (AI) solutions from Google Cloud and applying them...

Industry News

Breedon enters US market with $300mn acquisition of BMC

Breedon has acquired readymix supplier BMC Enterprises as part of its entrance into the North American market, the company has announced. The...

Technology

Balfour Beatty Vinci adopts digital concrete testing on HS2

A digital measuring system for concrete, Verifi, has been successfully trialled by Balfour Beatty Vinci across the HS2 project. The firm said...

Industry News

GCCA announces new President

Fernando Gonzalez has been appointed as the President of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA). The organisation’s various members have committed...

Experts

Decarbonising construction with Graphene

Watching concrete dry may not be the most exciting pastime - unless it’s Graphene enhanced. Graphene – first isolated by researchers at The...

Construction

GCCA’s goal to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050 backed by United Nations

The Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) has announced that the United Nations (UN) has backed its plan to achieve Net Zero...

Construction

Start-up develops solution to enable use of standard pumpable concrete for 3D printing applications

California-based start-up SpaceCrete has said that it has developed an admixture and inline-delivery system that allows 3D printing (or rapid slip forming)...