Cutting carbon emissions for construction giant

The University of Sheffield AMRC worked with the University of Cambridge to help construction giant Laing O’Rourke cut its carbon emissions from concrete by 28% – a 14.4m kgCO2e saving, the same as planting 120,000 trees.

The long-term research programme, co-funded by Laing O’Rourke and Innovate UK, proved that a low-carbon concrete alternative can be used in place of traditional concrete.

The AMRC developed a simulation of the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Excellence for Modern Construction facility, in Nottinghamshire, to understand its process flows and investigate potential changes without affecting real-life production lines.

Rossella Nicolin Head of Sustainability for Europe at Laing O’Rourke, said:

Very soon all our new projects will only use low-carbon concrete. I want to thank the team whose hard work has made it possible.