All concrete articles
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NewsOut of sight, out of mind? Decarbonising cement manufacture in the Peak District
Each year Tunstead quarry and cement works in Derbyshire quarries six million tonnes of limestone and can make up to a million tonnes of cement. When I went to look round the plant I found a team dedicated to decarbonising – but facing economic headwinds, Nimbyism, competition from cheap imports, ...
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NewsThe future of concrete – experiments in material hope
We met the man with the best job in concrete to find out about the latest advances in the most promising decarbonisation technologies, from 3D-printed buildings to carbon-negative concrete
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Information - BDCPD 09 2026: Building better with concrete – decarbonisation, performance and the power of early engagement
Sponsored by Tarmac, this module looks at the many innovations being used to decarbonise concrete – from supplementary cementitious materials to AI automation of production – and explains how early engagement with manufacturers can identify the decarbonised product that will deliver the right performance for each job
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NewsMeta injects cash into low carbon concrete in the US
Tech giant Meta has moved into investing in low carbon concrete production in an attempt to reduce the embodied carbon used to build its data centres. Facebook’s parent company announced the agreement with CarbonBuilt, a company that has developed a concrete product replacing high-carbon Portland with a proprietary low-cost cement ...