by GCO | May 16, 2022 | Podcasts
Episode Info Rick Bohan, vice president of sustainability for the Portland Cement Association, explains the fifth link in the PCA Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality value chain: using concrete as a carbon sink. He talks to us to clear up some confusion surrounding the...
by GCO | May 13, 2022 | Materials
Author(s) Hao Wang, Mohammad Habibi, Riadh Marzouki, Ali Majdi, Morteza Shariati, Nebojsa Denic 6,Aleksandar Zakić, Majid Khorami 8,Mohamed Amine Khadimallah and Ahmed Abdel Khalek Ebid Insight Abstract Despite cement’s superior performance and inexpensive cost...
by GCO | May 13, 2022 | News
Brief With concrete being a major contributor of carbon emissions, a team led by the Eindhoven University of Technology is researching whether flax could be used as a greener building material, and to this end has completed a sensor-packed footbridge. Insight...
by GCO | May 13, 2022 | Materials
Author(s) Hongmei Wu, Kai Liu, Fang Yang, Bo Shen, Kejian Ma, Jiyang Zhang and Bo Liu Abstract In this paper, we show the influence of stone powder content on the mechanical properties of concrete by experiments and numerical simulations. In numerical...
by GCO | May 13, 2022 | experts
Brief Rising material costs have made 6-inch-wide concrete masonry units an attractive option for interior and exterior wall construction for schools or mixed-use and residential properties, Philippe Ledent writes. Ledent covers many of the benefits of 6-inch CMUs,...
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