UHPC concrete is flexible

WPE-DK was asked to develop a special UHPC material technology for a large construction project in Asia for a Northern European architectural office.

The conditions were:
The element should not be thicker than 15 mm.
As the façade elements were to be used in the harbour area, no metallic reinforcement or metallic fibre admixture was desired.
The façade surface had to be very smooth and resistant to changing environmental influences
The colour structure of the façade element should be similar to marble.
The UHPC material should have a minimum compressive strength of 60 MPa
The elements should have a maximum length of 3000 millimetres.
Flexibility of the elements would be desirable

With the UHPC binder we developed for this purpose, we were able to fulfil all the required points. Finally, we carried out a flexibility test with a sample element in our workshop.

You can see the result in this video.