Sisk has successfully completed testing of a new low-carbon technology to decarbonise concrete at its Wembley Park project site in London. Initial test results demonstrate over 70 per cent of carbon savings compared to standard concrete.

The demonstrator project was based at NE02/NE03, Wembley Park, where Sisk has been working on the redevelopment of Wembley Park for its long-term client, Quintain for the past 20 years.

The two-storey project used a range of different construction methodologies and concrete mixes. From floors to precast concrete stairs, columns and walls, the initial feedback on the performance of each element was described as very promising. In each case the concrete made with Ecocem’s low-carbon concrete technology ACT met the design specification for each application assessed and delivered a significant carbon saving.

Ecocem has recently announced that it ha started construction on its first production facility dedicated to ACT at its Dunkirk facility in Northern France, where it will invest over £42m and have an initial capacity to deliver 300,000 tonnes of ACT annually.

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