Pipedream Industries

Low-carbon concrete from the mix you already run.

Trident is a liquid additive that lets concrete use far less cement, as little as a fifth of the binder, and still come out stronger. Same plants, same trucks, same materials. Up to 65% less binder carbon at equal strength.

Lab-validated at 80% SCM. Field-proven at 50% in a data-center pour.

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Less cement. Less carbon. More strength.

CementSCMCement remaining with Trident

  • All-cement carbon benchmark

    100% cement

    350 kg CO₂e/m³

  • Equal-strength standard baseline

    80% cement / 20% slag · 439 kg/m³ binder

    337 kg CO₂e/m³

  • Trident high-SCM option

    20% cement / 80% slag · 380 kg/m³ binder

    117 kg CO₂e/m³

In the separate M30 lab series, the Trident option reached 6,699 PSI versus 5,597 PSI for the untreated 75/25 lab comparator.

20% higher measured strength · 65% less modeled binder carbon vs equal-strength standard 80/20

What it is

Trident is Nano-Concrete Technology: a liquid additive, made in Georgia, that a ready-mix or precast plant doses into a batch like any other admixture. Less than a quart per cubic yard.

What it does

It makes more of the cement in the mix actually react. That lets a producer replace most of the cement with slag or fly ash, the cleaner and cheaper materials already in their silos, without losing strength or time.

What it doesn't change

No new equipment, no new cement, no special handling. The concrete is placed, finished and cured the same way.

Cement is the carbon in concrete. Everyone knows how to use less of it. Almost nobody does.

Cement makes up most of concrete's carbon footprint, and cement production is one of the largest industrial sources of CO₂ worldwide. Replacing cement with slag or fly ash is the obvious fix, and producers have done it for decades, but they stop at 30–40%. Past that, concrete gains strength too slowly for a construction schedule, and a failed pour is the producer's liability. So the deepest carbon cuts never get specified. Trident removes that wall: concrete with 80% slag gains strength faster than an untreated mix with 75% cement.

SCM share of binder

Typical practical limit

Validated with Trident

Typical projects reach about 40% SCM. Trident has been lab-validated at 80% SCM.

What it means for you

How it works

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    Dose it at the plant. Trident goes in at the end of the batch cycle, off the existing admixture line.

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    More of the cement reacts. Trident adds nucleation sites, so cement that would sit unreacted builds strength instead.

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    Replace the cement you no longer need. Up to 80% slag or fly ash, with the strength and schedule intact.

See how Trident works

Proof

Fig. 1Field pour · 50% slag · strength vs age
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4UNTREATED MIX AT 28 DAYS7,090 PSI≈ 28-day strength at 7 days+2,850 PSI · +40%
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Trident: design strengthUntreated: design strength

1 week instead of 4.

The 50% slag field mix reached its untreated 28-day strength at 7 days and finished 40% higher.
AgeUntreatedTrident
1 d1,220 PSI1,470 PSI
7 d4,350 PSI7,030 PSI
14 d5,540 PSI8,990 PSI
28 d7,090 PSI9,940 PSI
Producer QC lab · ASTM C39 · breaks Jul 30–Aug 26, 2026.
Fig. 2Binder carbon · M30 · kg CO₂e/m³
  • Equal-strength standard 80/20337
  • 50% slag + Trident205 · −39%
  • 70% slag + Trident146 · −57%
  • 80% slag + Trident117 · −65%

Up to 65% lower at equal strength. No new cement.

The equal-strength model estimates 117 kg CO₂e per cubic meter at 80% slag with Trident, 65% below a standard 80/20 mix.
Mixkg CO₂e/m³Below equal-strength standard 80/20
Equal-strength standard 80/20337baseline
50% slag + Trident205−39%
70% slag + Trident146−57%
80% slag + Trident117−65%
Binder model, A1–A3. Published EPD factors: OPC 922, slag 147 and fly ash 10 kg CO₂e/t. Equal-strength baseline: 439 kg/m³ standard 80/20; Trident mixes: 380 kg/m³. Trident adds a Pipedream estimate of 2 kg CO₂e/m³. Estimates, not an EPD.
Fig. 320% cement / 80% slag · strength vs age
02,0004,0006,0008,000Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4UNTREATED 80% SLAG AT 28 DAYS5,133 PSICrosses at 7 days+1,566 PSI · +31%
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Design strength in week 1, at 20% cement.

With 20% cement, the Trident mix passed the untreated mix's 28-day strength at 7 days and finished 31% stronger.
AgeUntreatedTrident
3 d3,118 PSI4,104 PSI
7 d3,596 PSI5,177 PSI
28 d5,133 PSI6,699 PSI
3rd party gov't accredited laboratory · M30 · Trident 1.2 L/m³ (≈31 fl oz/yd³) · Oct 2026 · lab-validated. Field-proven at 50% slag.
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Tested by a 3rd party gov't accredited laboratory, Material TEC, SGS TEC and Ideal Laboratory · ASTM C494 Type S: interim certification completed August 11, 2026; six-month results complete; 12-month breaks pending.

How to start

Specify

Tell us about the project. We'll model its carbon, draft spec language for your engineer of record, and connect you with a producer who can supply it.

Specify low-carbon concrete

Pilot

Send us your mix and admixture package. We ship trial quantity free; you break control and Trident cylinders in your own lab; we model the results on your prices. 30–60 days, zero capex.

Schedule a pilot
Does it change how we batch or place concrete?
No. Trident is dosed at the end of the cycle, with no equipment changes. Read the FAQ
Where can 80% SCM go?
Foundations, interior slabs, tilt-up and mass pours. Deicer-exposed concrete stays at 50% slag under ACI 318 F3. Read the FAQ
Is it safe?
Trident is a liquid, never airborne; about 7 g of nanotubes per m³ are bound in the cement. Read the FAQ