Infrastructure firm Murphy has achieved a UK first by using Ecocem ACT for permanent works, pouring a capping beam for a contiguous pile wall at the Shipley Depot site in collaboration with Breedon and Ecocem Global.

Once all the pile caps for the wall are completed, the team expects a saving of 145 kgCO₂e per m3 compared with a benchmark CIII/A mix. The team says this is roughly equivalent to the electricity used by 20 UK homes in a year, or an average car travelling around the equator twice.

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The milestone follows Murphy's successful pour at Uxbridge Moor, which at the time was the largest single pour of low‑carbon ACT concrete in the UK.

Kyle Stott, Engineering Manager at Murphy, said: "This latest pour is both an example of innovation utilised for the good of the engineering industry, and a further demonstration of our commitment to creating a greener Murphy, becoming net positive by 2050."

When finished, the Shipley depot will form part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), a multi‑billion‑pound programme to improve rail journeys between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York. Murphy is working within the TRU East alliance alongside Network Rail, VolkerRail, Siemens and SYSTRA on the York‑to‑Leeds section to deliver faster, more reliable and greener services across the Pennines.