Australia: Otway Precast has supplied 3000t of precast concrete structural elements for the construction of a bioreactor as part of Wannon Water’s US$60.7m upgrade of the Warrnambool sewage treatment plant in Victoria. Inside Construction News has reported that the bioreactor is 7m deep with a rectangular 57 x 57m footprint, giving an 18Ml treatment capacity.
UK: Admixtures producer Oscrete has launched Concrete Plans, a guide designed to help concrete users to reduce the embodied CO2 of their mixes through the substitution of cement with alternative binders. The guide sets out cost-benefit analyses for alternative binders based on compliance, performance and CO2 sequestration.
India: An 18-year-old man died after falling into a mixer at a ready-mix concrete batching plant operated by Krishna Kala Developers at Arivali in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on 16 August 2026. Police have registered a first information report against the operator and are investigating possible negligence.
UK: Cemex UK has carried out a contract for the supply of reduced-CO₂ concrete for the redevelopment of 20-storey mixed-use building 65 Crutched Friars in the City of London. The producer supplied 13,000m³ of lower-CO₂ concrete for the project, including 1000m³ of slipform slab pours. The concrete used in the slab pours comprised CEM II/A-L Portland limestone cement combined with 25% ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS). Contractor McAleer & Rushe Contracts UK selected Cemex’s concrete to help achieve a Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) Outstanding rating for the project.
