Cemfree News

DB Group Wins ‘Supply Chain Excellence’ Award from Construction News

DB Group (Holdings) Ltd has been awarded the Supply Chain Excellence award at the 2020 Construction News Awards for the use of their highly innovative product Cemfree. The annual awards were held virtually for the first time on Thursday 26 November, and DB Group...

Cemfree article, The Bigger, The Better, As long at it’s green

The Bigger, The Better, As long at it's green in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) The concrete alternative that's building a greener construction Industry. MMC hears about a greener alternative from Adam Gittins, Commercial Manager of Cemfree. The construction...

Environment Agency uses Cemfree ultra low-carbon concrete infrastructure project in the Midlands

Cemfree ultra low-carbon concrete is being used on an Environment Agency flood defence project in Birmingham. It will be used for kerb bedding and backing over several kilometres in conjunction with various recycled products in an effort to reduce the projects’ carbon...

It’s time to end our ‘dirty’ concrete addiction

Cemfree's Adam Gittins writes in Construction News - July 2020 Sustainability has always been at the mercy of market forces, with stakeholders often preferring cheap and traditional rather than new and innovative. As building work recommences, these market forces risk...

Cemfree article, World Cement magazine – April 2020

Tony Sheridan (B.Sc. Civ Eng. MBA) discusses the benefits of low-carbon cement alternatives and why they may be the answer to improving the strength, durability and hygiene of the material.

Supporting the Industry

DB Group (Holdings) Limited welcomes the formal guidance document “Working safely during COVID-19 in construction” issued by the government this week. Formal issuing of this by the government is a powerful statement of their commitment to ensuring everyone is...

Customer and Team Support – COVID-19 Update

At DB Group we are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely. Our priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our team, customers and everyone in the extended DB Group community. During this period, we are continuing to support our customers and all...

Cemfree ultra-low carbon cement used on the M25

Working on behalf of Connect Plus, a team from Jackson, DB Group and Axtell has achieved a 77% reduction in CO2 by using volumetric mix trucks to pour low-carbon Cemfree concrete on the Woodford West Viaduct on the M25 Read the full World Cement article here:...

Highways England trials Cemfree on A14

Mick George Concrete is taking a leading role in the supply of low-carbon alternatives to the East Anglia and East Midlands construction industry, having dedicated a 100-tonne silo at its Cambridgeshire based batching plant to Cemfree, an ultra low carbon, sustainable...

Leading concrete supplier in the UK’s South East, Axtell, debuts game-changing Cemfree, an ultra-low carbon cement

Not many people know that the Portland cement (OPC) component of concrete has a very high impact on the planet due to the process of making clinker which requires a lot of burning. For this reason, cement alternatives in concrete have become a ‘holy grail’ in the...

Cemfree at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Gold Award-winning garden designer, Chris Beardshaw, uses sustainable Cemfree in The Morgan Stanley Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show Sustainable alternative cement, Cemfree, was part of this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show as a supplier to top garden designer Chris...

Leading concrete supplier Capital Concrete debuts two 60-tonne silos of ground-breaking ultra-low-carbon cement replacement, Cemfree, at new London plants

In the wake of recent publicity regarding carbon emissions, the construction industry has experienced unprecedented interest in low-carbon alternatives to traditional building materials. Many are not only concerned with meeting potential future legislated targets,...