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.
Dates for your diary:
Live events are programmed to take place on Wednesday lunchtimes from 13:00-13:30 on the following dates. More details and booking information will be available shortly.
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Wednesday 26 April 2023 | 13:00 - 13:30
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.
13:00 Introduction and welcome – Elaine Toogood, Director, Architecture and Sustainable Design, The Concrete Centre
13:05 Shaping Better Places – habitat and biodiversity creation using concrete - Nigel George, Director of Artecology
13:25 Q&A
13:30 Close
The event recordings are available here
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Wednesday 24 May 2023 | 13:00 - 13:30
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.
13:00 Introduction and welcome – Elaine Toogood, Director, Architecture and Sustainable Design, The Concrete Centre
13:05 Low carbon 3D-printed concrete structural beams - Andy Coward, Founder, Net Zero Projects and MinimassTM
13:25 Q&A
13:30 Close
The event recordings are available here
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Wednesday 28 June 2023 | 13:00 - 13:30
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.
13:00 Introduction and welcome – Elaine Toogood, Director of Architecture and Sustainable Design, The Concrete Centre
13:05 Low-carbon magnesium-based concrete
Rajeev Sood, Founder and MD, Karbonite
Prof. Dr. Thomas Brück, Co Founder, Karbonite and Werner Siems, Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology, Technical University of Munich, Germany
13:20 Q & A
13:30 Close
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