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Can Municipalities Lead The Way in Low Carbon Concrete Procurement? Yes, They Can!

Date & Time: Wednesday Feb 11, 2026 at 3:15 pm
Duration: 50 minutes
Location: Pegasus Room D
Registration: $50 plus hst

Description

The concrete industry takes an active role in collaborating with all levels of government in the development of low carbon concrete policies, making efforts to educate stakeholders on the practical implications of proposed specifications, while accommodating emission reduction ambitions.

A positive example of this comes from the City of Langford, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island, who in late 2021 announced the intention to implement low carbon concrete specifications. We will examine the City of Langford’s sustainability journey, from initially mandating a prescriptive solution, the use of carbon mineralization technology, but then adopting performance based specifications, by moving to the use of EPDs to achieve their targeted climate action goals.

Concrete BC produced the following video to tell this story: https://youtu.be/zfgKiogPedk?si=M-
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The presentation will examine the City of Langford’s policy development and explain their impact in terms of carbon budgets and project level performance that could be applied by other levels of government that are developing low carbon concrete policies.

Presented by

Shane Mulligan
Shane Mulligan, Sustainability and Marketing Manager, Canada, Heidelberg Materials
Shane Mulligan is Sustainability and Marketing Manager, Canada with Heidelberg Materials and is Past-Chair of Concrete BC’s Environment & Climate Change Committee. Shane previously worked as Director, Technical Affairs and Stakeholder Relations with the Cement Association of Canada and as Marketing Manager, Infrastructure with Lafarge in Calgary. Shane holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from University of Calgary.
Jason Saunderson
Jason Saunderson, Executive Director, Concrete BC
Jason Saunderson leads Concrete BC, the voice of Ready Mix Concrete Industry in BC for over 63 years which represents and advocates for 59 Ready Mix and Volumetric Concrete Producers and 88 Suppliers. Jason’s career has spanned over 25 years as both a Pollster providing strategic advice to clients and as a Lobbyist advocating for Canadian business interests across 12 countries. Jason holds an M.B.A. from Queen’s University and a B.Sc., Physics from the University of British Columbia.
Sponsored by:
Concrete Association of BC

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