Vicat : participates in Interreg North West Europe CIRMAP's projecte to give a second life to recycled concrete sand
June 21, 2021 at 11:09 am EDT
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Vicat participates in Interreg North West Europe CIRMAP's projecte to give a second life to recycled concrete sand
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21 June 2021
Every year, 65Mt of Recycled Fine Aggregates (RFA) are generated from the crushing of Concrete Construction and Demolition Wastes. Reusing RFA for concrete is not an option because of the rigorous construction standards.
The Interreg North-West Europe Programme selected the CIRMAP project which aims to reuse the Recycled Fine Aggregates. Reusing RFA in order to manufacture Urban, Memorial of Garden (UMG) furniture, which is less demanding on the materials used, is CIRMAP's mission.
In order to implement the process, 3D Printing would allow to manufacture customized pieces, to reduce their weigh and to produce onsite, which are usually located in limited access areas.
CIRMAP will provide a new Mixture Proportioning Method for the design of 3DP mortars and a new Design Methodology for Customized Shapes to 10 manufacturers. The European project will also develop a Master Control Demand and a network which will create a new market and a circular economy loop.
The Interreg North-West Programme fosters transnational cooperation between public and private actors in order to make Northwestern Europe a key economical actor in innovation, sustainability and cohesion.
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525t
RFA reused in 3D print products
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25Mt
RFA reused is the long-term objective
Download the CIRMAP poster
Poster Cirmap
Download the file (4.29Mo)
Project partners
Armines (leader)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Pompes Funèbres de l'Avesnois
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
SAS Neo Eco Developpement
Université de Liège
Université d'Orléans
Heberger GmbH
Gemeente Almere
Stadt Pirmasens
Université de Lille
ENSAPL (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Lille)
CNRS
AREBS
CERIB
CTP (Centre Terre et Pierre)
Key information
Total budget : € 6.98 Million
EU funding : € 4,18 Million
Duration : 36 months (Avril 2020 - August 2023)
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Vicat specializes in the production and marketing of cement, ready-to-use concrete granulates. Net sales by family of product break down as follows:
- cement (54.7%): 28.8 Mt sold in 2023;
- ready-to-use concrete and aggregates (37.3%): 10 million m3 of ready-to-use concrete and 24.3 Mt of aggregates sold.
The remaining net sales (8%) are from transporting materials and merchandise to large work sites, prefabricated concrete products, and fabrication of building products (glues, coatings, etc.) and paper.
At the end of 2023, the group owns 273 concrete plants, 71 granulate quarries, 16 cement plants, and 5 crushing centers worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (30.8%), Europe (10.3%), Americas (24.9%), Asia (12.5%), Mediterranean (11.8%) and Africa (9.7%).
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