Concrete is the world’s most popular construction material—it allows you to design and build with complete confidence.
It is used everywhere from high-rise towers, residential houses and commercial buildings to infrastructure projects such as solar, wind and hydro power generation, tunnels, dams, airports, highways and roads.
Concrete is fluid and can be engineered and formed to exact design and then sets strong for life.
Across all aspects of construction, concrete allows architects and engineers to design and plan, quantity surveyors to estimate and cost, builders to construct and regulators to ensure compliance with confidence.
As well, concrete is sustainable now and into the future. Across its whole life cycle, concrete is a remarkably sustainable construction material from the sourcing of raw materials, the design and operation of buildings and to end-of-life re-use or recycling.
Concrete is locally manufactured which supports the local industry, community, and employment and is highly efficient with minimal onsite waste which reduces the impact of transportation.
Concrete is 100 per cent recyclable and uses recycled materials in manufacture.
It naturally absorbs carbon from the atmosphere throughout its life, with global studies demonstrating up to a third of the original CO2 emissions are re-absorbed.
With concrete you are futureproofing your build and futureproofing Australia.
Concrete is Australia’s locally manufactured, proven, durable and resilient construction material that just gets stronger over time.
It is trusted to build the places in which we live, work and play and to construct the infrastructure that we rely on now and into the future.
Importantly, concrete is a safe and secure construction choice. Concrete is futureproof against natural deterioration, extremes of weather and climate, the ravages of fires, floods, and cyclones.
Concrete offers excellent fire resistance, it does not burn or give off toxic fumes and when exposed to fire has a slow rate of heat transfer, protecting the building.
With concrete you know you are building something that is safe and solid, not only for today but for future generations to come.”
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