{"id":20433,"date":"2023-08-06T14:52:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/heathrow-paves-the-way-with-low-carbon-concrete-trial\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T14:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:52:41","slug":"heathrow-paves-the-way-with-low-carbon-concrete-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/heathrow-paves-the-way-with-low-carbon-concrete-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Heathrow paves the way with low carbon concrete trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The trial has been designed to test the concrete\u2019s durability and longevity in a true-to-life airport setting and is one of the first of its kind at any airport in the world.<\/p>\n

It is the first of a number being planned that will test and trial other low carbon concrete materials on the market.<\/p>\n

It is intended that the outcomes of these trials can be used to reduce embedded carbon in a number of projects being delivered by Ferrovial Construction and Dyer & Butler at Heathrow<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The project, led by Jacobs and implemented by Cemex and Ecocem will see four different applications trialled in a pouring site located close to the control tower.<\/p>\n

These will replicate use in a range of typical airport infrastructure applications, including airfield pavements, encompassing runways and taxiways as well as reinforced pit cover slabs and other ancillary concrete types.<\/p>\n

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Initially two low carbon solutions will be tested: a Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) equivalent mix containing 50% Ecocem GGBS, and Ecocem Ultra \u2013 a lower carbon binder.<\/p>\n

Nigel Milton, chief of staff and carbon at Heathrow<\/span> said: \u201cHeathrow<\/span> is once again serving as a testbed for ground-breaking technologies, demonstrating global leadership with regards to sustainable travel.<\/p>\n

Richard Moore, Europe aviation engineering lead at Jacobs said: \u201cThis is the culmination of four years of research and planning towards these initial trials.<\/p>\n

\u201cTesting the materials in a range of airport infrastructure applications, not just runway and taxiway pavements, allows us to maximise the opportunity to reduce embedded carbon in a wide variety of concrete types.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding on the success of today, we look forward to upscaling to usage in airfield projects being delivered by Ferrovial Construction, Dyer & Butler and other major programme partners across the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n

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