Testing of CarbonCure Technologies’ carbon dioxide injection method for cement optimization and imparting strength development in ready mixed concrete has proved compliant with American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials M194, Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete. Verification by SGS TEC Services provides state transportation agencies, engineers and contractors with confidence to integrate the CarbonCure process into their…
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CarbonCure, Heirloom pave path for Direct Air Capture, storage of CO2
Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Heirloom Carbon Technology, Brisbane, Calif.; CP staff CarbonCure Technologies and its concrete producer licensees will mineralize and permanently store atmospheric carbon dioxide from Heirloom Carbon Technology Direct Air Capture (DAC) assemblies under an agreement through early 2025. The plan advances the DAC-to-concrete storage pathway demonstrated earlier this year at the Central Concrete Supply headquarters…
Read MoreCarbonCure CO2 injection process meets AASHTO M194 admixtures standard
Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, N.S.; CP staff Testing of CarbonCure Technologies’ carbon dioxide injection method for cement optimization and imparting strength development in ready mixed concrete has proved compliant with American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials M194, Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete. Verification by SGS TEC Services provides state transportation agencies, engineers and contractors with confidence…
Read MoreSwiss investor leads syndicate behind blockbuster CarbonCure funding round
A major investment by Blue Earth Capital of Switzerland, concurrent with a broader collaborative funding round north of $80 million, positions CarbonCure Technologies to accelerate a plant process and information technology roadmap driving carbon dioxide utilization and sequestration in concrete. The capital infusion was announced days after Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure surpassed 750 CO2 metering and dosing equipment installations at concrete…
Read MoreInvestors turbocharge CarbonCure concrete, CO2 management pursuits
Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia; CP staff A major investment by Blue Earth Capital of Switzerland, concurrent with a broader collaborative funding round north of $80 million, positions CarbonCure Technologies to accelerate a plant process and information technology roadmap driving carbon dioxide utilization and sequestration in concrete. The capital infusion was announced days after CarbonCure surpassed 750 CO2 metering and…
Read MoreOrganizations – May 2023
The Concrete Industry Board of New York has elected AECOM Tishman Senior Vice President, Civil and Structural Engineering Maggie Kwan to a two-year term as president, succeeding Benjamin Pimentel. She will advance CIB’s mission, support its members and grow the organization’s presence within the industry. In her AECOM Tishman capacity, she is involved in the construction of every tower project…
Read MoreMANUFACTURERS – February 2023
St. Louis-based Afinitas, a leader in concrete plant product machinery and equipment, has appointed of Jason Duncan to its executive leadership team as Afinitas Forming Systems Division president. He succeeds Jamie Wegner, who will remain on the Afinitas executive leadership team, focusing on strategic and organizational initiatives. Prior to joining Afinitas, Duncan spent more than 16 years with Forterra, serving…
Read MoreCommand Alkon rounds out senior leadership team with three appointments
Continuing a senior leadership transition that began in 2021, Birmingham, Ala. information technology services provider Command Alkon has named John Pumpelly as chief financial officer, Brett Bertz as senior vice president of Global Professional Services, and Steve Cox as vice president of Customer Success. “John is a proven CFO with a superior record of delivering results and creating value,” says…
Read MoreSuperior Block turns to Big Apple towers as CarbonCure process CO2 sources
Brooklyn-based Glenwood Mason Supply Company Inc., a concrete masonry unit producer equipped to deploy CarbonCure Technologies’ carbon dioxide mineralizing process, will source “Sustainable CO” extracted from New York City apartment buildings’ mechanical system flue exhaust. After a 2022 pilot installation at The Grand Tier (1930 Broadway), Glenwood Property Management (unaffiliated with the producer) plans Q1 deployment of modular CarbonQuest Building…
Read MoreCentral Concrete, CarbonCure loop Heirloom-captured, atmospheric CO2
Sources: Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Brisbane, Calif.; CP staff San Francisco Bay Area leader Central Concrete Supply has joined partners Heirloom Carbon Technologies and CarbonCure Technologies in a first for ready mixed concrete: Permanent storage of carbon dioxide gas extracted by the Direct Air Capture (DAC) method. A February 1 demonstration at the Central Concrete San Jose headquarters operation saw CO2 from…
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