Items filtered by date: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Basilisk debuts Basilisk Self-Healing Concrete in the US 02 October 2024
US: Netherlands-based Basilisk has launched its bacterially-enhanced Basilisk Self-Healing Concrete in the US. The product self-heals cracks with new limestone, sealing them shut without the need for additional maintenance.
Japan: Taiheiyo Cement says it is progressing with its C4S project to develop a novel concrete imbued with CO2 from direct air capture (DAC). The project is a collaboration with the University of Tokyo, with support from the Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO). Taiheiyo Cement says that concrete developed by the partnership aids faster CO2 capture via DAC, increasing strength, confirmed seismic resistance and carbon neutrality per full life-cycle assessment.
Taiheiyo Cement says that the eventual certification of DAC-carbonated concrete will play a significant role in the decarbonisation of the Japanese construction sector.
India: Research institution Sasthra Vedhi has developed a method for the disposal of hazardous wastes like nickel-cadmium batteries and flourescent light bulbs in hollow concrete blocks called Blue Blocks. Blue Blocks can contain mercury leaks and other hazards while meeting strength standards by transferring the entire load into the solid concrete of the block.
