Concrete.ai mix optimization platform arrives at beta stage

Sources: Concrete.ai, Los Angeles; CP staff Mix design optimization specialist Concrete.ai has launched a beta version of its pioneering data science platform that reduces the cost and embodied carbon intensity (CO2e) in concrete construction. The new Software as a Service product debuted at AI DevWorld, a late-October conference in San Jose, Calif., and was selected as one of the top…

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Bank of Montreal, CarbonCure ink emissions credit agreement

Sources: BOM Financial Group, Toronto The Bank of Montreal has committed to purchase carbon credits over five years, representing 5,750 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal and reductions, via an agreement with Halifax-based CarbonCure Technologies. The credits are expected to be delivered on September intervals through 2026.  Carbon neutrality-minded BMO is the first North American bank to purchase CarbonCure carbon…

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ASTM International, ACI’s NEU team on low carbon concrete

Sources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa. A just-signed memorandum of understanding will see ASTM International and NEU, An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon-Neutral Concrete, work to lower the carbon footprint of concrete in the built environment and minimize redundant efforts toward that goal. The organizations jointly plan to: • Foster and support technologies for cast-in-place and manufactured concrete;• Develop, promulgate,…

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