Prevention "and" cure: solutions for challenging environments

Damian Thomas, Commercial Development Manager, Infrastructure, Imerys

With an increased focus on sustainability and ageing existing infrastructure, the construction industry needs materials with better durability, offering long term solutions that also allow the rehabilitation and reuse of existing assets while delivering lower carbon and environmental footprints and more resilience. Calcium aluminate concretes and mortars provide long term protection from combinations of heat, abrasion, and chemical environments. Examples include floors and wastewater where these materials outlast alternative solutions providing significantly lower environmental impact over the lifetime of the new or rehabilitated asset.