News Riyadh to get carbon-negative concrete plant Saudi developer Roshn and US concrete maker Partanna plan to build a carbon-negative concrete factory near Riyadh. Partanna’s method uses a brine activator to cure concrete at room temperature, consuming…
News Mace, Jacobs oversee Greece’s ‘largest concrete pour’ Mace says it has made history in Greece, overseeing with JV partner Jacobs “the single biggest concrete pour in the history of the country” to lay the foundations for the…
News Carbon-negative concrete maker Partanna inks deal with Diriyah giga project US carbon-negative concrete maker Partanna says it will set up a factory in Saudi Arabia after signing a collaboration agreement with the developer of the $63.2bn Diriyah tourism giga project.…
News MIT team discovers simple way of using concrete to store energy Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered that adding water and carbon black (soot from partial burning of hydrocarbons) to cement turns concrete into an energy storing…
News New York trials porous concrete on Rockaway transport corridor A recently completed $17m traffic corridor in Rockaway, Queens, has used porous concrete on the pavement to improve drainage. The Beach 108th Street project was designed to accommodate increased pedestrian…
News “No time to lose”: UN urges concrete manufacturers to plan for net zero António Guterres, the UN secretary general, has called on cement makers to eliminate their carbon emissions by 2050. Speaking at a meeting in Zürich, Guterres and Thomas Guillot, the chief…
News Red Sea tourism scheme pilots carbon negative concrete Saudi tourism developer Red Sea Global (RSG) has agreed to lay carbon-negative concrete pavers at its large landscape nursery in Saudi Arabia. The pavers are made by Partanna, which claims…
Innovation Researchers find way to make carbon-negative concrete Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have discovered that adding charcoal to cement can result in a concrete that absorbs more carbon than is created by its production thanks to…
Innovation US states line up to see how ‘talking concrete’ can cut repairs Nine US states with concrete interstate highways will test sensors developed by Purdue University that tell engineers when a section of road is ready for heavy traffic. Attached to rebar…
Innovation Harvard and MIT rediscover secret of ‘self-healing’ Roman concrete Researchers from the US, Switzerland and Italy claim to have discovered the secret to the longevity of Roman concrete. The team looked at whether, as has been proposed, it owes…