Sustainability

The construction sector represents 38% of the world’s global CO2 emissions.
Innovative and sustainable building solution are thus necessary to tackle the issue of building for the people and the planet.
Ductal® offers two types of sustainable building solutions:
Ductal® for building applications (Archistructure, Envelope and Cladding) and Infrastructure which are designed to empower smart design by allowing more efficient building using less material.
Ductal® Overlay and Shotcrete, which were invented to repair damaged structures. Quickly, efficient renovation offers existing tunnels, bridges and industrial buildings a second life.

Ductal® is an advanced composite material that challenges established construction methods with concrete and steel bars. Ductal® allows you to build more efficiently, with less materials: structures are designed with one-third to a full half of the usual amount of material, for equivalent functionality.
With its high strength, Ductal® enables thinner cross-sections, and overall less quantities for equivalent functionality, leading to a reduction of the cement, water and steel consumed and transported.
With its ductile behavior, it partially or fully eliminates the need for steel bars.
These properties, combined with Ductal®’s tailored application techniques – such as shotcrete or refined spraying methods – allow to get just the right amount of product, in just the right sections.

Ductal®’s exceptional durability takes root in its improved packing density, which reduces overall porosity, combined with its quite advantageous water-to-cement ratio. This translates into very low transfer properties, making it almost impermeable to any common aggressive agent.
This exceptional durability confers Ductal® with the ability to withstand harsher environments than concrete, or conventional environments for longer period of time.
As a result, Ductal® requires less maintenance and presents a longer lifespan, improving the overall life-cycle costs and carbon footprint.

Due to the higher strength and durability associated with embedded ductility, Ductal® is suited for renovation of structures and infrastructures.
A thin layer of UHPC can rehabilitate a damaged, heavily corroded structure at the end of its service life, as seen in this renovation project, which won the Solar Impulse award.In addition, its outstanding material performance can transform a building use, for example by increasing a structure bearing capacity to accommodate for its new use.
Existing structures can be reinforced, waterproofed, or given increased bearing capacity – or even a brand new purpose with Ductal®. The increased lifespan also contributes to reducing a construction’s long-term footprint.