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Edenya. This is the name of Pairi Daiza's new botanical greenhouse. With a ground area of no less than 40,000 m2 and a height of 25 meters, Edenya is the largest tropical greenhouse in the world. It will be the new home for plants and several animals. The impressive structure was built by Deforche Construction Group of Izegem and took 3.5 years to complete. “What we have realized here is unprecedented,” states CEO Jeroen De Cock. “The end result is impressive and illustrates our technical ingenuity. This will also open new doors for us.”
In this edition of Concrete & Steel Construction the podcast, three guests join us: ‘concrete fluencer’ Niki Loonen of TBI and Olivier Suerickx and Bob Lambermont of Penetron Benelux. Topic of discussion: sustainability, life extension and CO₂-saving of concrete - themes that are profoundly changing the construction industry. Together with the gentlemen at the table, we conduct a [...]
In Obourg (Mons), Holcim is realizing Europe's largest CO2-neutral cement plant. The Go4Zero project symbolizes the future of the construction industry: a drastic reduction of the ecological footprint through innovative production processes, circular raw materials and smart technologies that extend the life span of concrete. The modernization in Obourg marks the biggest turnaround in the more than 110-year [...]
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