CO2 and the built environment - The positive role of concrete

Eastern Scheldt Barrier

Country: The Netherlands
Type: Storm surge barrier
For the Eastern Scheldt Barrier, which was designed and built in the early eighties, the durability requirements were, for the first time, expressed in terms of time: a service life of 200 years. As this was not feasible for the concrete cover, a mean service life of around 85 years was accepted.
Gotthard Base and Railway Tunnel
JRC report focuses on safety and sustainability in buildings

At the end of March 2015, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission released a report covering “Building design for safety and sustainability”.
Liberty Bridge

The Concrete Initiative @ the European Circular Economy Conference

On 5 March 2015, The Concrete Initiative had the opportunity of participating in a panel debate on the hot topic of the Circular Economy. As readers are aware, a Circular Economy package was launched in the summer of 2014. However, with a new Commission comes a new perspective, resulting in the scrapping of the existing package infavour of a new, much broader initiative due by the end of this year.
Turku Bridge

Country: Finland
Type: Bridge
The newly developed CEM II/B-M (S-LL) 42,5 N cement was used for the construction of a road bridge in Käärmekallio near Turku airport, commissioned by the city of Turku.