Pozzotive In The News

Urban Mining Industries recently completed deliveries for the largest project to date incorporating its Pozzotive Ground Glass Pozzolan: 270 Park Avenue, a 1,388-ft. tower housing the JPMorganChase global headquarters in New York City. Urban Mining processed the binding agent from post-consumer waste glass feedstocks at its Beacon Falls, Conn. facility, dispatching loads to the SRM Concrete ready mixed plant in Long Island City. New York-based Severud Associates, Consulting Engineering P.C. approved Pozzotive-rich mix designs for concrete on metal deck, shear wall and other structural conditions throughout the 60-story building.

“When asked by JPMorganChase to envision 270 Park Avenue as a model for the 21st century workplace, we knew Severud Structural Engineers had to give our contribution. The building’s design included 52,000 cubic yards of concrete that substituted locally-sourced

Pozzotive ground-glass pozzolan for 40 percent of the cement in all structural concrete except the 16,000-psi [foundation] mix,” says Severud Associates Principal Fortunato Orlando, P.E. “This innovative use of recycled glass instead of portland cement not only saved over 5,000 tons of embodied carbon and diverted more than 29 million glass bottles from landfills, it also enhanced the strength of the concrete—a double win for the project. This is the wave of the future, and it has been incorporated in our specifications.”

“Pozzotive was the centerpiece of a much larger strategy to deliver the greenest skyscraper in America, if not the world,” adds AECOM Vice President, Sustainability Max Driscoll, AIA, LEED-AP. “To go from small, pilot tests to a 2.2 million-square-foot pour is a testament the commitment of JPMorganChase, the design team, and AECOM Tishman to push beyond what has been done before and really model what leadership looks like in sustainability. We are extremely proud to have facilitated a market transformation for ground glass pozzolan as a leading decarbonization strategy for construction.”

“The Pozzotive product was consistently available when needed, delivered reliable quality, and was supported by excellent communication. Every concrete mix incorporating Pozzotive exceeded our performance expectations,” affirms SRM Concrete General Manager Constantine Quadrozzi.