Holcim Australia Pty Ltd was awarded Global GreenTagCert™ PlatinumHEALTH™ HealthRATE™ certification for their ready mix concrete products.
Holcim ready mix concrete products are designed for residential applications, low rise buildings, paving and driveways as well as high performance concretes designed to meet specific applications and customer needs. Holcim concrete is available in a variety of specifications with varying strength, slump and maximum aggregate sizes as well as specialised properties such as low shrinkage and high workability. These products can be used for internal and external applications in commercial and residential projects.
Holcim manufacturing locations are all governed by strict workplace health and safety policies to protect workers. Holcim aims to constantly develop and improve the business, whilst striving to continually meet customer, statutory and regulatory requirements.
Top 3 benefits:
- Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) available
- Material transparency
- Strict workplace health and safety policy
Achievements:
Health & Ecotoxicity: No toxicity issues of concern
Corporate Social Responsibility: Complies with relevant social and environmental laws of the country of operation
Ratings tools:
- Earthcheck
- Green Star AU - GBCA
- IS Rating - ISCA
- LEED - USGBC
- WELL Features - IWBI
The scope of certification includes the following Holcim ready mix concrete products: ECOPac, ECOPact Active, ECOPact Max, Normal class concrete, Special Class concrete, Prescription concrete, Road Authority concrete, 2 inch line, Agilia, Blockmix, Dynamax, High early strength, Jump form, Kerb hand placed, Paving hand placed, Piling, Plain burnished, Plain exposed, Post tension, Precast, Rapid fill, Rapidcrete, Shotcrete, Stabilised sand, Steel and Plastic fibres, Superspray, Tilt up, and Tremie.
The products have successfully passed the relevant GreenTag Standard's Cautionary Assessment Process and no issues of concern or red light comments exist regarding the toxicity of the products.
