CQ Focus: Innovation

Published:2026
Publisher:MPA The Concrete Centre
Price:Free

Since 2019, Concrete Quarterly has been profiling innovators who are pushing the boundaries of possibility in the design, manufacture, use and reuse of concrete. Here are some of their stories, on the exhilarating – and challenging – path from idea to implementation.

Contents include:
Lowering carbon
Electrically recharged cement 
Scaling calcined clays 
Magnesium-based cement 
Binding with bacteria

Enhancing performance
Digitally optimised moulds 
The self-forming dome
Printed post-tensioned bridges 
Variable density concrete 
Graphene additives 
Anti-corrosion concrete

Reimagining waste
Charcoal as a sponge 
Carbonated recycled concrete 
Shells in permeable paving 
Steel fibre reinforcement

Supporting nature
Crevices for crustaceans 
3D-printed reefs