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AI Is Changing Concrete Development: Here’s What We Presented at fib Congress 2026.

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How do we develop lower-carbon concrete faster, while maintaining performance, quality, and cost? It’s one of the construction industry’s biggest challenges, and one that increasingly requires a different approach than traditional trial-and-error mix design. At this year’s fib Congress in Lisbon, one of the world’s leading conferences for concrete engineering and structural design, Ecometrix and […]

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Using AI to Turn Administration into Customer-Focused Sales Time

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What if every incoming document became usable business data automatically?
Administrative work shouldn’t compete with customer time. Discover how Elkedjan used AI to transform supplier quotations into structured business data, reducing manual administration and giving sales teams more time to focus on what matters most—creating value for customers

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From Clean Data to Business Value: Where Machine Learning Actually Delivers

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Now that the data is cleaned and ready, it is easy to assume the hard part is done. The model will perform well, predictions will be accurate, and value will naturally follow. That assumption is where many projects fall short. You feed the data, train the model, and generate predictions, but a prediction on its

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AI Will Not Automatically Make Concrete Sustainable

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AI Is Everywhere—Including Concrete AI adoption is spreading across traditionally conservative industries, and the concrete sector is no longer an exception.  From mix design and performance prediction to cost and material optimization, AI-based tools are increasingly being part of everyday engineering workflows. At the same time, sustainability has become a defining challenge for the sector.

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The Real AI Shift Coming to Construction in 2026

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For years, the concrete and construction sector has been told that AI would revolutionize everything: from mix optimization to predictive maintenance. Some of that promise has materialised. Much of it has also been noise. As we move toward 2026, however, a more fundamental shift is underway. AI’s greatest impact will not come from smarter algorithms

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2025 Year-End Reflection：How Small Decisions and the Right AI Are Quietly Transforming Concrete

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Concrete is one of the world’s most essential materials, and one of the most scrutinized. Yet the real transformation we witnessed in 2025 wasn’t defined by dramatic breakthroughs or disruptive shifts. It was built quietly. Across the whole cement value chain, the same pattern repeated itself: Meaningful progress came from small improvements – repeated consistently, supported

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How AI Is Reshaping the Future of Concrete Sustainability

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“The AI capabilities are doubling every six months.” That single line from our CEO at the India Sweden Innovation Day panel captured a truth that’s transforming industries everywhere. If that growth continues, AI will be more than 15 times more capable in just two years. For a sector like cement, and by extension concrete, responsible for around

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Navigating the Shift from Gross to Net Emissions in Concrete EPDs

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The Importance of Emission KPIs in the Concrete Industry Have you noticed the change? The shift from gross to net GWP emissions in the concrete industry is more than just a change in metrics – it’s a pivotal moment for the sector. Emissions KPIs serve as critical benchmarks for measuring the environmental impact of construction

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