The Riviera Tower foundation - HERACLES Group successfully completed the largest concreting project in Greece

With a steadfast commitment to building decarbonisation and the sustainable revitalization of modern cities, the HERACLES Group is redefining the paradigm in constructing sustainable buildings from their very foundations. It actualizes the foundational work of the iconic Riviera Tower at The Ellinikon, offering cutting-edge solutions with an exceptionally low carbon footprint, ideal for this new architectural landmark of sustainability in the country.

With the vision of accelerating the transition to climate-neutral construction, HERACLES Group undertook exclusively to concrete the raft of the first green seaside residential tower in Greece and the highest in the Mediterranean.

Specifically, the Riviera Tower foundation was laid using both the green ECOPlanet cement series and the green ECOPact concrete series of HERACLES Group to ensure extremely low carbon footprint coupled with very high strength and performance. In this manner, HERACLES Group re-affirms that it remains a pioneer leading developments and innovations in the decarbonization of buildings throughout their life cycle.

Talking with numbers

The country's largest continuous 40-hour concreting achieved success through the use of 3,000 tons of ECOPlanet cement and 14,000 tons of aggregates, resulting in the production of 7,500 m3 of ECOPact concrete with a low carbon footprint. Over 300 HERACLES Group employees and contractors from various regions in Greece worked diligently and in full coordination, utilizing 120 transportation vehicles and 15 concrete pumps.

The concreting project was undertaken by the Volos Plant, the Cement Distribution Center in Drapetsona, the Quarry in Mandra and 5 Ready-Mix Plants. All the HERACLES Group production plants meet the requirements of European and international standards and have state-of-the-art energy and water saving systems in place.

At the same time, over 2,250 quality controls of ECOPact concrete were performed with the aim of ensuring the superior quality of HERACLES Group's building solutions and their full compliance with the most stringent construction standards in terms of both performance and technical characteristics.

The Group's priority: the safety of all parties involved

With “Zero Accidents” as an unwavering goal, which confirms that Health & Safety is its absolute priority and fundamental value, the HERACLES Group systematically invests in fostering a prevention culture. In this context, it proceeded to additional targeted training of its employees and contractors for the strict and unswerving observance of all safety measures, resulting in the accident-free completion of this demanding and icon project.

On this, Mr. Dimitris Chanis, CEO of HERACLES Group, stated: “The involvement of HERACLES Group in the Riviera Tower project fills us with pride. Today we are building the solid foundation of yet another modern construction feat, the Riviera Tower, which is expected to be a sustainability architectural landmark for Greece. At HERACLES Group we work every day with passion and dedication to lay strong foundations for sustainability in the construction industry. We invest in innovation and promote advanced, reduced carbon footprint solutions, thus accelerating the transition to sustainable construction, reintroducing nature into the city, and creating smart and energy-efficient cities.”