16,000 tonnes of concrete from the demolition of the R&H Hall silos on Kennedy Quay will be used in the upgrade of the Midleton/Cork rail line
Almost all of the demolition material from the silos is being re-used, in one of the most significant construction recycling projects undertaken in Cork to date.
The re-use of mass concrete demolition material is relatively new in Ireland and is highly regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The amount of CO2e emissions saved by the re use of the crushed concrete is roughly equivalent to the electricity consumption of around 250 dwellings a year or the emissions of 85 long-haul flights.
