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)...

Sustainability

Cemex France and Ecocem to research low-carbon products

A deal to carry out research into lower-carbon construction products has been inked by Cemex France and Dublin-based Ecocem, a supplier of...

Industry News

ACI establishes new centre of excellence for concrete industry productivity

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has announced PRO, which is billed as a ACI Centre of Excellence for advancing the concrete industry’s...

Construction

GUtech 3D prints three structures in eight days in Oman

The German Technology University of Oman (GUtech) says it 3D printed three structures in record time in Duqm, the special economic zone...

Construction

MoU between Partanna and Red Sea Global will see firms explore carbon-negative concrete developments

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed by carbon negative concrete pioneer Partanna with Saudi-based developer Red Sea Global. The MoU...