Windfarm powers ahead with Lafarge Cement
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Whitelee wind farm, near Glasgow,is being developed by ScottishPower through principal contractors Morrison Balfour Kilpatrick. Lafarge’s Phoenix® Cement was seen as the leading cementitious material for the construction of the foundations and bases of the 140 wind turbines, which are due for completion in 2008 and span a 55 km sq site.
Ian Smart, managing materials engineer,Morrison Construction, says: “We had the choice of using several ordinary Portland cements for this project – but Phoenix Cement stood out, for ticking both technical and environmental considerations. Most importantly, a wind farm is a sustainable development, within a sensitive habitat – so using a sustainable building product like Phoenix was an obvious choice.” |
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