Fulton Hogan granted $215,000 to reduce asphalt production emissions

Fulton Hogan granted $215,000 to reduce asphalt production emissions
Fulton Hogan's national environment and sustainability manager, Dale Eastham. (Image: LinkedIn)
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Fulton Hogan has received a $215,000 grant from the Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry (GIDI) fund towards decarbonising its asphalt production.The civil construction company will use the grant to part-fund the retrofitting of its Christchurch asphalt plant. Fulton Hogan estimates that will save around 277 tonnes of carbon emissions a year.The retrofit involves installing a foaming bitumen bar to replace the current hot-mix production with a warm-mix method.Conventional hot-mix asphalt is usually produced at temperatures up to 200&...