Self-healing concrete reaches a building site in Rotterdam
Dormant bacteria, woken by infiltrating water, seal cracks before they reach the reinforcement. First public structure: a 400-metre quay.
By The Platinium Post newsroom · 5 min read · 3 publications cited at the end of this article
Laboratories have known the process for fifteen years; what changes is the move to the scale of a public structure, and a premium now quoted below 20%.
The real saving lies in maintenance, not construction: an untreated crack costs far more ten years later than the concrete itself.
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