Precast Concrete Column and Beam

Product information

Precast concrete columns and beams offer essential support in larger structures. The products are custom made and are ideal, for instance, in industrial applications. Smaller columns are often used to support balconies.

All products are manufactured indoors, which ensures a high and even quality throughout the year. Since each product is custom made new drawings are made before the production process starts. The products are optimized for each project. In this phase of the project, the customer has the opportunity to make choices that affects the entire lifecycle of the building, e.g. reference service life, product dimension etc.

Raw materials are purchased and transported to the factory. The raw material that has the biggest impact on the climate is the production of cement. During the production, in the cement factory, a process called calcination is taking place. During the calcination, CO2 is released from the limestone. The finished concrete, however, can retrieve some of this CO2 during its lifetime. Up to 1/5 of the CO2, which is released during the cement production, can be retrieved by the concrete. This is an important fact to consider when making a life cycle analyses for an entire building.

It has not been considered in this EPD since it does not include the end of life perspective.

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Detailed information

Registration number:
S-P-01453
Status:
Valid
PCR:
2012:01-Sub-PCR-G
En15804 Compliant:
Yes
Registration date:
December 19, 2018
Version date:
May 10, 2022
Valid until:
June 6, 2027
Geographical scopes:
Sweden
LCA practitioner:
malin.domhagen@wsp.com

Company information

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Company Name:
K-Prefab AB
Country:
Sweden
Contact:
Website:

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