In a attempt to reduce energy consumption and ecological impact of concrete construction, the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI) organised a workshop on ‘High Performance and Future Cement’ in association with Zoz GmbH, Germany in Hyderabad.
The focus of the workshop was to promote the use of nanostructured cement that is twice as strong as ordinary concrete with superior durability and reduction in carbon dioxide emission.
Speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day workshop at ARCI, Henning Zoz, President, Zoz GmbH, Germany said it is an attempt to bring the future cement to real life.
“Today is the day where we are closest to the real results and we want to keep things get going. For us this is an exotic application, we are here to bring this ‘Future’ cement into real life for benefit of people,” he added. Explaining the features of the “Future cement’, Zoz said it will help to make construction faster and cost effective. “We have already built a small bridge and a building on our premises in Germany to test the ‘Futur Zement/ Futur Beton’.
The results are amazing, we require comparatively less material and it is three times stronger than the ordinary concrete. Using this cement we can build faster, sleeker, higher, more cost effective, durable and environment friendly structures,” he claimed.
