Sampyo Industrial has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two D&B Group architecture firms – D&B Architects Office and D&B Partners Architects Office – for increased design-phase specification of its Bluecon Winter cold-weather ready-mix concrete. The parties will pursue a specification-in strategy to incorporate Bluecon Winter concrete into technical specifications from the early design phase and strengthen systematic quality control throughout the construction management phase. The strategy will target educational facility bidding and the design competition market.

Bluecon Winter concrete achieves compressive strengths of 5MPa within 36 hours, without additional curing, at air temperatures as low as -20°C.

D&B Group said "In both public and private construction markets, including educational facilities, adhering to project timelines and preventing safety accidents at winter sites are paramount."