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