October 12, 2021 – Concrete Products

LafargeHolcim, ECOncrete shape offshore wind turbine scour protection

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Concrete News

Sources: LafargeHolcim, Chicago; CP staff LafargeHolcim and specialty precast developer ECOncrete Tech Ltd. are teaming to design and fabricate scour protection units equal to offshore wind turbine foundations’ hydrodynamic loads, configured to facilitate marine organism growth, and meeting seabed stabilization standards. Their three-year research & development effort envisions a pilot project to evaluate units’ ecological performance in an offshore environment,…

Cement producers formally approve carbon neutrality roadmap

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Concrete News

Sources: Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C.; CP staff True to a timeline announced in late 2020, the Portland Cement Association has adopted a Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality, billing it as an ambitious journey to low carbon dioxide emissions across the cement and concrete value chain by 2050. The document demonstrates how the U.S. cement and concrete industry, along with parties…

Nucor to add net-zero steel option to Harris Rebar stock

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Concrete News

Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff Nucor will make a new net-zero carbon steel available in 2022 across its product lines, including bar sold through concrete reinforcement fabrication, distribution and installation subsidiaries Harris Rebar and Harris Supply Solutions. The net-zero billing reflects the absence or offsetting of carbon dioxide emissions as measured in Environmental Protection Agency-designated Scope 1 (production)…

Holcim veteran takes helm of low carbon and QC driven Concrete-AI

October 12, 2021October 11, 2021 Concrete News

Sources: Concrete-AI, Los Angeles; CP staff Alex Hall has been named chief executive officer of Concrete-AI, a cloud-based, artificial intelligence and machine learning platform that applies data analytics to mix design and quality control. Concrete-AI premiered at World of Concrete 2021 amid transition to an independent business from University of California, Los Angeles Samueli School of Engineering incubator.