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but it’ s also what sets architectural precast concrete apart from other manufacturing businesses. Our site teams erect our panels to the structures, achieving weather tightness in a much faster way than with traditional building methods.
“ We work mainly in large scale residential and commercial, but also in various other sectors such as healthcare, justice and education. Many of our working relationships with our contractors span decades and we complete multiple projects with some of them each year. We pride ourselves on the close relationships that we have formed over the years with our customer base and became known early on for having the expertise to tackle the most complex façade designs.”
With a continuing commitment to innovation, Techrete is constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility and pioneering exciting products to transform the construction sector. Its most recent release is a big win for sustainability: a new lower-carbon concrete range designed to achieve a 50 per cent reduction in embodied carbon. This launch was the result of a strategic R & D programme, supported by Enterprise Ireland, and involved a significant upgrade to Techrete’ s Dublin batching plant and the implementation of new, state-of-the-art technology.
Low-carbon concrete
“ In anticipation of the release of the new standard for concrete in 2023, which allows up to 65 per cent cement replacements, we have been running multiple R & D programmes concurrently to develop new mixes in our lab which reduce embodied carbon by up to 50 per cent. These recipes include a wide range of powders, admixtures ccemagazine. com 35