Cemex supplies special concrete for new German hotel

For the first project, the Mexican-headquartered global building materials market giant supplied ready-mixed concrete for new foundations of an infrastructure project along the railway line in Berlin’s Alt-Hohenschoenhausen district. For the final kilometres to the construction site, CEMEX concrete trucks travelled piggyback on a low-floor wagon.

For Deutsche Bahn AG, construction company Heicon Service GmbH & Co. KG built new foundations for overhead line masts in Alt-Hohenschoenhausen. For 12 of these

While concrete has been in use for thousands of years, companies worldwide are still finding new speciality mixes to meet specific requirements.

Major players in the industry have state-of-the-art research and development facilities that are able to quickly come up with solutions.

For example, global building materials company Cemex, which is celebrating its 110th anniversary, has recently highlighted a number of technological innovations in its concrete.

In its home country, Cemex Mexico develope

CEMEX supplied 10,000m³ of special concrete to pave the Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square) in Mexico City. Commonly known as “Zócalo”, this is one of the most representative spaces of Mexico’s story.

Built nearly 500 years ago, the Zócalo is located in Mexico City’s emblematic historical centre—which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987. Given its importance, all renovations and modifications performed in this area must comply with specific construction requirements, as well

Cemex has supplied a fast-drying concrete to help enable rapid completion of the L’Arbre Blanc (The White Tree) building in Montpellier, France.

The 50-meter high, tree-shaped building is the work of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, who has designed buildings such as the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London.

Cemex supplied over 7,800 cubic metres of concrete for the project, including special mixes of hyper-fluid and high-strength concrete.

To deliver the structural work, Cemex supplied fast-dryin