Concrete is an architects and engineers dream material. From a beautiful kitchen countertop to the tallest 100+ story building. And from your very own driveway, patio, or swimming pool to the most technologically advanced highway corridor system, concrete can be used to design any pavement or structure.
Architecturally, concrete can be colored and textured to match an unlimited variety of materials. With form liners and texturing tools, concrete craftsmen can make concrete look like wood, brick, steel, glass, marble, etc., yet still maintain the structural integrity. Concrete can even be 3-D printed!
Concrete materials (sand / rock / gravel bonded together by cement and water) are designed to meet a variety of performance criteria. With today’s innovation and the numerous technical advances in design software and equipment, concrete is being utilized more than ever by designers and contractors to build our current and future needs.
With a collective focus within our industry to combat the carbon footprint within our society, concrete offers some of the best solutions.
For decades, concrete has utilized recycled materials during the production process. Carbon can be captured at the batch plant when producing concrete. Concrete is a natural carbon sink when used as a building material that is exposed to the atmosphere. Concrete is not easily eroded by moisture or humidity and can stand being weathered by rain and other natural elements for decades.
Concrete is resilient, strong, versatile, and durable. And concrete offers a life cycle cost that is very difficult to match making it THE ULTIMATE BUILDING MATERIAL.
RICHARD L. HARRIS BUILDING - CASE STUDY
