Sustainability

We work with the project team early in the process to ensure the specification of the best mix for the job -- and we help customers meet or exceed green building regulations and best practices. We develop custom engineered, computer-aided mix designs that take advantage of the latest raw materials: like high-density Orca aggregates, low-carbon Type 1L cement, and special admixtures. The end result: high-strength concrete with the lowest possible carbon load.

Special Portland-Limestone (Type 1L) cement is a key component of the lower-carbon concrete offered by Southern California’s National Ready Mixed Concrete Company (NRMCC) -- helping customers significantly reduce the carbon load of their projects and comply with new environmental guidelines and regulations.

A switch to renewable natural gas (RNG) in its mixer fleet and two-axle tractors is letting National Ready Mix reduce the CO² emissions from its fleet by more than 42,000 metric tons each year—the equivalent of taking 9,100 passenger vehicles off the road or creating electricity for 7,600 homes.

NRMCC offers access to a suite of digital applications and tools called CarbonClarity™. These tools support the growing market for reduced carbon construction and help to create better-designed, more sustainably produced concrete.

At NRMCC's Technical Center in Ontario, work is underway to develop modern concrete designs using multiple supplementary cementitious materials and looking for new strategies to further reduce the carbon content in their mixes.

Moving to a performance-based specification (instead of a prescriptive-based one) can reduce embodied carbon and still deliver a product that is constructable and resilient.