Self-Consolidating Concrete Market - Forecast (2024 - 2030)

Self-Consolidating Concrete Market Overview

Self-consolidating concrete market size is forecast to reach US$14.6 billion by 2026, after growing at a CAGR of 6.8% during 2021-2026. SCC stands for self-consolidating or self-compacting concrete, which has a moderate viscosity, high segregation resistance, high deformability, and low yield stress. Self-consolidating concrete is a highly fluid mix with unique characteristics such as closely matching the texture of the mold, not requiring tamping after pouring, being closely related to self-leveling, and easily flowing through obstructions and formwork. It is often processed using raw materials such as limestone powder, silica fume, air entrainment, metakaolin, and more. Furthermore, pouring self-consolidating concrete requires less labor than traditional concrete mixes. All these advantages are majorly driving its market growth. The rapidly growing building and construction sector have increased the demand for durable and environment-friendly concrete; thereby, fueling the self-consolidating concrete industry growth.

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COVID-19 Impact

Despite the government's efforts to put the construction industry at the center of its recovery plans, the Covid-19 pandemic posed a threat to the industry. The manufacturers of self-consolidating concrete were stranded on raw materials such as limestone powder, silica fume, air entrainment, metakaolin, and more due to a major effect on the logistics industry due to the lockdown in the COVID-19 area. This led to a shortfall in the supply of self-consolidating concrete from producers resulted in a significant demand-supply gap. Furthermore, the financial crisis caused much of the economy to shut down, forcing governments large and small to postpone construction activities, causing road, bridge, and tunnel projects to crumble. For instance, in March 2020, The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation suspended all road and bridge construction projects (such as Route 20 Bridge Rehabilitation in Erie County, Cambridge Springs (Route 6) Bridge Replacement in Crawford County, and more) until further notice in response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. All these factors accumulatively limited the self-consolidating concrete market growth during the pandemic.

Report Coverage

The report: “Self-Consolidating Concrete Market – Forecast (2021-2026)”, by IndustryARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the self-consolidating concrete market.

By Raw Material: Cements, Aggregates (Coarse Aggregates, and Fine Aggregates), Admixtures [Chemical Admixtures (Air Entraining Agents, Retarders, Viscosity Modifying Admixtures, and Others), and Mineral Admixtures (Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag (GBBS), Fly Ash, Silica Fumes, and Others)], and Others

By Type: Powder Type Self-Consolidating Concrete, Viscose Type Self-Consolidating Concrete, and Combination Type Self-Consolidating Concrete

By Application: Complicated Reinforcements, Repairs, Restorations, and Renewals, Raft Foundations, Pile Foundations, Drilled Shafts, Columns, Retaining Walls, and Others

By End-Use Industry: Residential (Private Dwellings, Row Houses, and Apartments), Commercial (Educational Institutes, Hotels, Restaurants, and Cafes, Sports arena, Shopping Malls & Supermarkets, Healthcare, Office Buildings, and Others), Industrial (Warehouses, Production Facilities, Power Plants, Oil & Gas Facility, and Others), Infrastructural (Bridges, Railways and Metro Stations, Ports, Airports, Dams, Tunnels, and Others)

By Geography: North America (USA, Canada, and Mexico), Europe (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Belgium, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Rest of APAC), South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Rest of South America), Rest of the World (Middle East, and Africa)

Key Takeaways

• Asia-Pacific dominates the self-consolidating concrete market. The increased consumer emphasis on low-noise construction activities, and the gradually recovering construction and housing sector in Asia-Pacific, are some of the factors contributing to the growth of the market in this region. 
• Due to rapidly changing construction techniques that include the use of modern machinery and a wide range of chemicals and additives, self-compacting concretes have proven to be a boon for the construction industry in comparison to traditional concrete. 
• Furthermore, the growth of the global self-consolidating concrete market can also be attributed to the need for a non-vibrating process during laying the concrete, improvement in air quality, the decrease in the cost of MRO, and less adverse impact on the environment in the self-consolidating concrete based repair and construction activities. 

Self-Consolidating Concrete Market Segment Analysis – By Raw Material

The admixture segment held the largest share in the self-consolidating concrete market in 2020 and is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 6.2% during 2021-2026, owing to its resistance or stability to segregation of the plastic concrete mixture. It's done by increasing the total amount of fines in the concrete and/or adding admixtures that change the viscosity of the mix. When the grading of available aggregate sources cannot be optimized for cohesive mixtures or when source variations are large, additives that affect the viscosity of the mixture are especially useful. With less cementitious materials content and/or admixture dosage, SCC can be achieved with a well-distributed aggregate grading. Companies are introducing SSC-related products and solutions. Grace Construction Products, for example, has introduced the ADVA® 400 Admixture Series, which offers unprecedented rheology control, materials management, and moisture control for consistent ready-mix self-consolidating concrete (SCC) manufacturing.

Self-Consolidating Concrete Market Segment Analysis – By Application

The drilled shafts segment held the highest share in the self-consolidating concrete market in 2020 and is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 7.1% during 2021-2026. Deep foundations have grown larger and more congested over time as a result of increasing design requirements and technological advancements. Because of the increased interest in alternative solutions to minimize the problems associated with congested reinforcing cages, which are required to resist high lateral forces. Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is a highly flowable concrete, and thus a viable alternative for conventional concretes, owing to which it is extensively used in drilled shafts. Furthermore, SCC is also used in drilled shafts as experimental castings and as load test shafts as it offers very high workability. Thus, the advantages of incorporating SCC in drilled shafts construction are driving its demand for this particular application.

Self-Consolidating Concrete Market Segment Analysis – By End-Use Industry

The infrastructure segment held the largest share in the self-consolidating concrete market in 2020 and is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 12.5% during 2021-2026. In comparison to traditional methods such as shotcrete, self-consolidating concrete is a relatively new technology that offers high flow rates, bonds well have low permeability, and provides smooth surfaces. Self-consolidating concrete can also be used in tight spaces and to match a structure's existing geometry. And, as a result of these benefits, self-consolidating concrete (SCC) has grown in popularity in the infrastructure construction industry in recent years. SCC is used in a wide range of applications, including slabs, elevated decks, thin and radiant floors, columns, bridge pier repair and rehab, and full-depth precast bridge deck panels. Unlike traditional concrete, which uses the largest aggregate size possible to reduce the amount of paste required, SCC uses smaller aggregate, ranging from 10 to 14 millimeters in size. SCC possesses high fluidity that easily conforms to a formwork's shape and high resistance to segregation and bleeding, owing to which it is being preferred over other concrete types.