Futurecrete® is Hy-Tec’s range of lower carbon concrete designed and manufactured in accordance with the performance requirements of AS1379 and AS3600, with a minimum of 30% lower embodied carbon compared to conventional concrete with no cement substitution.
Futurecrete® can be used in a wide range of project applications delivering equivalent performance to conventional concrete in most applications. Watch how we’ve partnered with Eifers™ on the construction of Melbourne Airport’s new T4 Uber canopy.
This partnership highlights the value of more sustainable construction materials, and how we’re working together to Build a Better Australia.
The Adbri technical team was engaged by Fulton Hogan to customise our 50MPa general purpose concrete mix to reduce its embodied carbon for the Tram Tracks Renewal project in Victoria. As the project owners, Yarra Trams considered a 25% cement substitution and other optimisation opportunities for both sustainability and performance benefits.
The Adbri team created a bespoke mix by replacing a portion of this cement with slag, a byproduct which can be used as an SCM. SCMs can lower embodied carbon without lowering the strength or performance of concrete mix.
By replacing up to 25% of the cement content with slag, Yarra Trams made the sustainable choice to Build Better with Futurecrete®. Their choice resulted in a reduction of up to 70,000 kg CO2 equivalent per year of supply, compared to conventional concrete, as evidenced in Adbri’s concrete EPDs.*
*Comparison between Victorian manufactured 50MPa 20mm 25% Slag concrete and the National Life Cycle Inventory Database (AusLCI) equivalent ready-mix concrete with no cement replacement.
Hy-Tec’s Victorian concrete team recently supplied Ironside Constructions with over 600m3 of concrete for a new apartment complex in Box Hill, 14 kilometres east of Melbourne’s CBD.
To meet the needs of the customer and support the construction schedule, concrete was supplied out of our Mitcham and Hallam plants at a rate of 100m3 per hour. Two pumps were used to place the concrete which is being used to construct the basements and underground car park that will service future residents.
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Hy-Tec can specifically design concrete solutions utilising a range of raw material combinations that are specially tailored to your project performance requirements.
