The firm and civils partner A E Yates have teamed up with Finnish specialist Hyperion Robotics to deliver 90 high-strength concrete pipe support bases for a flagship carbon capture project on Teesside.<\/p>\n
The components \u2013 known as sleepers \u2013 will support 1.3km of pipeline forming part of the East Coast Cluster carbon capture network.<\/p>\n
Hyperion\u2019s robotic 3D printing process eliminates the need for traditional formwork while producing precise, repeatable units offsite.<\/p>\n
Compared with conventional precast, the approach cuts concrete and steel use by 40% and reduces embodied carbon by up to 50%.<\/p>\n
The sleepers are also engineered to be up to ten times stronger while weighing up to 60% less, enabling faster installation with less plant and labour on site.<\/p>\n
Manufacturing will take place at Hyperion\u2019s new Forge I facility near Scunthorpe, underlining a growing shift towards UK-based advanced manufacturing for infrastructure components.<\/p>\n
Momentum is now building behind printed concrete across major civils jobs.<\/p>\n
Murphy has already deployed Hyperion\u2019s technology on National Grid\u2019s Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement programme, using printed structures for substation foundations at Overton and Monk Fryston.<\/p>\n Earlier schemes have also seen Severn Trent Water use the technology for pipe support foundations, later installed by Mott MacDonald Bentley at the Strongford Net Zero Hub.<\/p>\n The Teesside job marks another step towards scaling the technology, with contractors increasingly turning to 3D printing to cut carbon, reduce materials and speed up delivery on complex infrastructure builds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"-\"](\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/First-batch-of-low-carbon-foundations-for-National-Grid-delivered-to-University-of-Sheffield-1024x723-1.png\")
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