Fri, Dec, 11 2009
New technical guidance ‘Performance of Concrete Structures in Fire’, fire is to be published by The Concrete Centre under the Cement and Concrete Industry Publications initiative....
Fri, Nov, 27 2009
House buyers' wishes for extra living and storage space means that forward thinking housebuilders could steal a march on their competition by including basements in their house designs....
Mon, Nov, 23 2009
The latest research findings and assumptions from the UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) are questioned by the concrete industry....
Wed, Nov, 4 2009
The number of households in fuel poverty could double to 9 million by 2020. Realising the potential of thermal mass as past of a passive solar design strategy could help to significantly reduce energy bills....
Mon, Nov, 2 2009
The Concrete Centre has welcomed the admittance by CIRIA that its stated figure for the embodied CO2 of concrete as 4000kg per tonne is incorrect....
Mon, Nov, 2 2009
The inherent conservatism of the UK construction industry means that its clients are missing out on the benefits of innovative structural concrete methods that are widely used abroad but have yet to be widely taken up in the UK....
Mon, Nov, 2 2009
More brown field land will have to be used for housing if the predicted rise in the UK population from 61 million to 71.6 million by 2033 is to be accommodated. ...
Wed, Sep, 9 2009
The Structural Concrete 2009 student design competition has been won by the design team from Queen's University, Belfast. ...
Fri, Jul, 17 2009
The UK concrete sector has welcomed the publication of the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan which sets out the UK's first ever comprehensive low carbon transition plan to 2020....
Wed, Jul, 15 2009
The Concrete Centre, together with a registered state landlord and their chosen contractor and design team, has developed concept designs for concrete and masonry homes that achieve Code Level Five of the Code for Sustainable Homes. ...