{"id":4261,"date":"2026-04-15T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:32:50","slug":"driving-innovation-and-lowering-co2-murphy-delivers-uk-first-low-carbon-concrete-pour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/driving-innovation-and-lowering-co2-murphy-delivers-uk-first-low-carbon-concrete-pour\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy delivers *UK-first* low-carbon concrete pour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Driving innovation and lowering CO2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Infrastructure company Murphy has successfully delivered a significant milestone by carrying out the first permanent works use of Ecocem ACT in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breedongroup.com\/\">Breedon<\/a> and Ecocem Global, the team utilised the new, marketing beating, low carbon concrete for the capping beam cast for a contiguous pile wall at the Shipley Depot project site.<br><br>Once all the pile caps for the wall have been completed, the team expect to make a carbon saving of 145kgCO\u2082e per m<sup>3<\/sup> against the benchmark CIII\/A mix concrete mix.<br><br><strong>That&#8217;s the same carbon footprint as the electricity for 20 UK homes in a year, or an average car travelling around the equator twice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-presentation allow-same-origin\" title=\"Murphy deliver UK first low-carbon concrete pour\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1183291026?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of Ecocem ACT for this permanent works activity, follows Murphy\u2019s successful pour at Uxbridge Moor, at the time the largest single pour of&nbsp; low-carbon ACT concrete in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyle Stott, Engineering Manager at Murphy, said; \u201cThis latest pour is both an example of innovation utilised for the good of the engineering industry, and a further demonstration of our commitment to creating a greener Murphy, becoming net positive by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once completed, the new depot at Shipley will become a key part of the wider <a href=\"https:\/\/thetrupgrade.co.uk\/\">Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU)<\/a>, a major, multi-billion-pound programme of railway improvements which will bring better journeys to passengers travelling across the Pennines between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murphy is working as part of an alliance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/\">Network Rail<\/a>, VolkerRail, Siemens and SYSTRA, known as TRU East, on the York to Leeds section bringing in a programme of railway improvements that will bring faster, more reliable and greener journeys to passengers travelling across the Pennines and transforming the North for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more information on the project, and the key milestones that have already been reached, on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/project\/transpennine-route-upgrade-tru-east-section\/\" type=\"project\" id=\"1332\">case study page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Murphy-Shipley-Ecocem-Pour-2026-5-small-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Murphy employees dressed in white safety uniform working on a construction site at Shipley Depot project site.\" class=\"wp-image-4263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Murphy-Shipley-Ecocem-Pour-2026-5-small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Murphy-Shipley-Ecocem-Pour-2026-5-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Murphy-Shipley-Ecocem-Pour-2026-5-small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Murphy-Shipley-Ecocem-Pour-2026-5-small-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Murphy-Shipley-Ecocem-Pour-2026-5-small-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving innovation and lowering CO2 Infrastructure company Murphy has successfully delivered a significant milestone by carrying out the first permanent works use of Ecocem ACT in the UK. 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