Fresh Concrete 2023: Exploring new approaches to making and using concrete
Produced in partnership with The Building Centre, this online series of talks showcases some of the innovative practice and new types of concrete emerging to address climate mitigation and adaptation. Fresh Concrete is intended to be a platform for knowledge sharing for all construction professionals, bringing a fresh approach and fresh thinking for concrete.
Fresh Concrete 2022 was a huge success, drawing large audiences from a wide range of technical backgrounds. Topics covered in the 2022 series included carbon-sequestering concrete, innovative concrete construction, new uses of concrete and innovative concrete manufacture. Recordings of those events are available here.
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The first event of the Fresh Concrete series 2023: Shaping better places - Creating habitat for biodiversity using concrete – with Nigel George, Director of Artecology.
Live streamed from Artecology’s workshop on the Isle of Wight, Nigel will demonstrate their range of hand crafted, eco-engineered concrete products. This will include projects developed, in collaboration with local communities, to enhance the beauty and biodiversity of artificial coastal structures, river flood defenses and inner city spaces.
The event recordings are available here
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Join us online for the second event of the Fresh Concrete series 2023: Low carbon 3D-printed concrete structural beams – with Andy Coward, Founder, Net Zero Projects and MinimassTM
MinimassTM is a patented manufacturing technique which uses a hybrid of 3D-printed concrete and prestressed steel to produce ultra-resource efficient structural beams. Andy will provide an explanation of the principle of the system, its benefits and low carbon credentials, and an update on product development, testing and its future potential.
The event recordings are available here
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Join us online for the third event of the Fresh Concrete series 2023: Karbonite – innovative low carbon magnesium-based concrete.
Rajeev and Thomas will present the principles and processes developed by Karbonite to utilise naturally-abundant magnesium silicate and agricultural by-products as alternative ingredients in the manufacture of concrete. This will include the innovation’s potential low carbon credentials and progress towards deployment.
The event recordings are available here
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The final event in this years’ Fresh Concrete series will feature Liv Andersson CEO and Founder of BioZeroc talking about their Bioconcrete solution.
Biozeroc have developed a form of Bioconcrete using naturally- occurring bacteria to transform waste streams into calcium carbonate to create cement free concrete. Their patent pending process aims to enable the rapid production of thick, high strength concrete. In this talk Liv will explain more about using Biotech for the creation of potentially a carbon negative concrete.
Photo credit: paulburroughs@mac.com
The event recordings are available here