We had a great time yesterday at the Global Centre Of Rail Excellence's demonstration day. More than 200 guests (rail industry, policymakers, press) gathered at GCRE, a few miles north of Swansea in South Wales, to learn more about 12 different rail technologies that have been funded by Innovate UK to showcase this amazing regeneration project. Sited on an old open-cast coal mine, it is now due to become a world-leading destination for sustainable rail development and play a key role in revitalising the economy of the South Wales valleys. Thanks are due to so many people for their support and enthusiasm over the past couple of years but particularly to Kelvin Davies, Simon Jones and the rest of the GCRE team inc. Andrew Johnson and photographer Matthew Nicol, to Paul Crowther, Chris Clarke and the team at Cemex Rail in Rochester, Stephen Fieldhouse for Innovate UK, Darren Sharp at Network Rail and KGJ Price Rail Ltd for the installation and ongoing engagement with the project. So many leads for sleeper deployment to follow up... this is just the end of the beginning! 🛤️ LocalGlobe Robin Klein Molten Ventures George Chalmers, CFA Mohadeseh A. Arup Sejal Dixon Mike Burke James Brewer Dr Thanuja Galhena Nicola Clements Neil Witten Mike Harrison Dave Evans Alex McDermott Craig Dawson Alan Beck Yasmim Mendonça Camille Wright Jessica Maldonado Nikki Mansouri Ph.D George Delleman Oliver Gordon Ayla Mafuta #graphene #engineering #sustainability #concrete #netzero
What a fantastic milestone!! Congratulations. Watching this with such anticipation and its just the beginning
Exciting milestone reached by Concretene on its journey to a lower carbon concrete - with profound impact on the environment.
Strategic Director at Life Size, Europe's climate tech communications agency
4wI absolutely love this kind of large-scale thinking. It’s what I would wish for so many areas, e.g. in my home country in the former political East of Germany. Would love to follow this closely. What’s the best way to stay updated with this project? Thank you.