Bio Graphene Solutions (BGS) has announced that it has completed a pilot commercial concrete pour with EllisDon Corporation, a global construction services and technology company, and Tomlinson Ready Mix, one of Ottawa’s largest concrete providers and part of the Tomlinson Group of Companies.
The Company’s proprietary graphene-enhanced admixture was integrated into the operational flow of a Tomlinson Ready Mix 32MPa-C-2 sidewalk concrete pour at an active construction project managed by EllisDon’s Ottawa team. The biographene-enhanced concrete mix utilized 10% less cement than the control mix design without sacrificing the fresh properties of the concrete. This pilot testing is a critical milestone in demonstrating the in-situ performance of the biographene-enhanced mix, validating lab trials which have shown that the concrete achieves the 28-day targeted strength of 32MPa by 7 days.
Jolene Mclaughlin, Vice President of Climate and Sustainability of EllisDon, commented “EllisDon strives to be at the forefront of how sustainability is changing the face of construction and what's expected for the future of the industry. The implementation of innovative and new technologies, like BGS’s graphene admix solution, is a great example of how material science can drive meaningful change in embodied carbon reductions. Implementing innovations like these on our worksites can enable our company to develop some of the most sustainable concrete structures in Canada, in collaboration with our subtrade partners. We look forward to the successful completion of this project with BGS and our other partners.”
“As a concrete provider, it’s key that new technologies drive performance results cost-effectively to our concrete mixes, but more importantly, integrate easily and painlessly into our existing operational process flow”, said Francis Brazeau, General Manager of Tomlinson Ready Mix. “We were very encouraged to witness first-hand how BGS’s admix solution was able to endure real-world conditions experienced at the plant facility and in the field that are simply not captured when doing controlled lab trials. This endurance is important because it provides confidence in BGS’s product while still being able to achieve the design specifications required in our concrete mixes by our customers. We are looking forward to exploring how BGS’s admix solution can provide value to other potential mix designs that we pour”
David Fisher, CEO of BGS, commented, “We are extremely fortunate to have the ability to work with partners like EllisDon and Tomlinson who support innovative and new technologies. In a market that’s typically resistant to change, it’s important to highlight that there are sustainable and cost-effective solutions, like our graphene admixture product, that can provide meaningful value to the construction supply chain in a non-invasive manner. We look forward to the success of this pilot project and further working with EllisDon and Tomlinson in supporting commercial adoption of BGS’s graphene products overtime”.
