A Canadian company is building a case for a greener, stronger concrete but is fighting resistance in the construction industry, writes Terry Inigo-Jones in today's Globe and Mail.
Whitemud Resources Inc., mines kaolin, a white-coloured clay, in southern Saskatchewan and turns it into metakaolin, which is used as a supplement to cement. But the firm has met with resistance.
“The cement and the concrete industry is enormous worldwide. … And they do things a certain way and they have done those things that way for years and years and years,” Barry Lester, chairman of Whitemud, told Inigo-Jones, a contributing freelancer.
“To get people to consider making a change we are trying to turn the freighter, and it takes a long time to turn it,” said Lester. “That's the challenge that we are running up against.”
Whitemud bears watching as Canada's commercial real estate industry attempts to deal with the recession and its ongoing effort to reduce construction costs.
To check out the full story, click on the link below.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/building-with-a-more-durable-greener-concrete/article1296004/
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