iCrete patents 100-year durable concrete mixes

iCrete Global 100 concrete mixes will dramatically increase to a century or more the lifespan and durability of major public and private infrastructure projects — from road systems to bridges, ports, dams, and other vital high use high traffic public facilities and venues.

iCrete’s newest and highly durable concrete mixes will feature a minimum 100-year design life, which can also substantially reduce the price, greenhouse gases and the carbon footprint of concrete by as much as 40 percent. iCrete Global 100 is the first mix design that can meet all industry and governmental standards worldwide, while saving nations around the world billions in construction spending.

iCrete licenses its technology to local ready mix producers worldwide. Its new iCrete Global 100 mixes, developed in North America, are immediately available there and in the Middle East. They will be available in Latin America, Central Asia and Europe in the second quarter of 2009.

“We are particularly pleased to offer this immediately in the Gulf region where work is already underway on the world’s tallest superscraper buildings and green megacities in Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and elsewhere across the Middle East,” said chief executive officer Juan Carlos Terroba. “We are already in discussions with similar projects in Panama, Hong Kong and other world capitals where cost, durability and environmental footprint are important factors.

“Public infrastructure is at the economic foundation of the world,” he added. “It is unacceptable that most public installations and structures last only an inexcusably short 30 to 40 years and those that last longer are left standing only by an Act of God. iCrete developed our Global 100 mixes so that infrastructure worldwide — from Abu Dhabi to Beijing, Washington D.C. to Delhi, London to Panama City — will last 100 years and more, while respecting the environment.”

iCrete is a provider of concrete technologies to the construction industry. iCrete’s mission is to elevate the construction and concrete industries to a new standard of profitability, standardization, and environmental stewardship. iCrete’s core business is licensing the iCrete system, a mix design and quality solution for concrete producers, which is transforming the way ready mixed and precast concrete is designed, produced and used worldwide. For more information, visit www.icrete.com.