Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) is a fiber reinforced cementitious composite which has garnered widespread interest since its inception in the 1990s. Various barriers to market have been slowly overcome. It is now commonly applied as a connection material for precast elements in many bridge deck replacements as well as in new construction applications. At Precast Systems Engineering, we are imagining new uses for UHPC as a component in the bridge and marine construction applications as formwork and integral precast systems capable of meeting the challenges ahead in challenging environments.

JP Binard authored an article on this material which was published in the March 2017 Issue of the PCI Journal. The article subsequently received the Charles Zollman Award for bringing more exposure to UHPC. His interest in the material is long standing and to date he has worked with four UHPC mixes on a large scale. He remains excited by how the technology has broadened over the past couple decades and continues to champion collaboration among all parties on ways to implement this material with an impending codification in the coming years.