EDEN INNOVATIONS LTD The project, RISE: A Beacon of Progress, is taking place in two phases beginning with the construction of the new five-story private carpark building, that will include 17,000 square feet of street-level retail space.
Phase two will be the construction of the The Tower, a 10-story building with 135,000 square feet (12,542 square metres) of floor space, including a large rooftop green space featuring grass and trees, on the site of the original parking deck. Upon completion the new carpark will be connected to The Tower by a twostory walkway.
Andale Ready Mix is the concrete supplier for the project and approved and specified the use of EdenCrete in the concrete to be installed in the decks, ramps, sidewalks and entryways of the new carpark, to deliver improved crack reduction, abrasion and scaling resistance and better pumpability.
A total of 2,700 cubic yards (2,064 m3 ) of concrete is estimated to be required for this phase of construction that will include more than
The mix pumped well with no issues. Pump pressures where measured at low 100's bar (around 10 MPa). The pump operator said the required pumping pressure in a similar pumping application, without the added EdenCrete , would usually be in the range of 200-225bar (20-22.5 MPa).
The initial parts of this project, completed last week, involved the placement of EdenCrete concrete for an interior sidewalk, placed with shuttle buggies and a ground floor, Slab on Grade overlay on a concrete base, that was placed with a boom pump. Positive feedback was received from both the concrete finishers and general contractor on the properties inherent in the EdenCrete infused concrete mix.
This project is another major milestone for EdenCrete infused concrete being: the first project in
CONCLUSION
The EdenCrete market footprint in the US is continuing to grow with more trials resulting in new projects, in new locations, with new customers and for new applications. This first project in
BACKGROUND
EdenCrete is Eden's 100% owned, proprietary carbon-strengthened concrete additive that enhances a wide range of performance characteristics of the concrete including compressive strength, flexural strength, tensile strength, abrasion resistance, reduced permeability, increased modulus of elasticity, and reduced shrinkage, delivering stronger, tougher, more durable and longer lasting concrete.
EdenCrete delivers not only a wide range of performance benefits in concrete, but also delivers economic advantages through many ways, including greater durability and service life for the concrete. Additionally, in applications where fresh concrete has to be pumped under pressure, including in shotcrete or pumping of fresh concrete up high -rise projects, it greatly reduces the friction enabling the required pumping pressure to be reduced, resulting in less wear on the pumps, and safer working conditions due to reduced nozzle pressure being required, which in turn results in cost savings through less wasted concrete resulting from reduced re-bound in the case of shotcrete applications.
One of the primary target markets for EdenCrete is improving the performance of concrete used in the construction and maintenance of concrete roads, bridges and other infrastructure, particularly where it is subject to heavy wear, freeze/thaw weather conditions and/or high levels of added salt. Additionally, it has potential for use in most other concrete applications including high-rise building construction, marine and coastal applications, water storage and pipelines, hardstand areas, warehouses, shotcrete applications and pre-stressed and pre-cast concrete structures and products.
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