Gordon Forrester

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Has anyone started work on Roman concrete to improve its strength gain periods?

Concrete as used in the Pantheon is self healing. Using siiica fume, or metakaolin with lime based cementitious materials as used by the Romans could be of great interest. If only we could add...

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Has anyone considered that fly-ash based materials will gradually retreat from the market due to the closing down of coal-fired power stations?

Maybe we need to look back at Roman Concrete and modernise it for present day use.

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