RockstersLafargeHolcim will supply environmentally friendly, high-performance concretes for the construction of Mexico City’s new International Airport.
Designed by architects Lord Foster and Fernando Romero, the project will be the world’s most sustainable airport and will eventually serve 68 million passengers a year.
technology centre in collaboration with LafargeHolcim’s global R&D center in Lyon, France.
They are designed to withstand aggressive sulphate conditions and chloride attacks for 75 years. These special qualities were necessary as the airport is built on the former Texcoco Lake with its high concentration of salts.
LafargeHolcim says the concretes have low alkali aggregate reactivity and help prevent cracks and other damage to the structural integrity of different airport applications.
LafargeHolcim is delivering material for the passenger terminal construction from an on-site concrete plant that was specifically set-up to secure on time supply.
The plant is producing concretes for the first construction phase of the new airport, expected to be completed in 2020.
LafargeHolcim concrete contributes to LEED Platinum certification
The LafargeHolcim concretes have an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and will contribute to achieving the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification, the highest sustainability grade awarded by the US Green Building Council.
LafargeHolcim has been involved in large and challenging airport projects in 13 countries, with recent projects including the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, where it supplied more than 1.3 million m³ of concrete, cement-treated base as well as advanced technical services, and Jeddah International Airport, Saudi Arabia, where it met the high environmental sustainability requirements by supplying building materials in line with the highest health and safety and LEED standards.
