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Specifying Sustainable Concrete

15 Oct 2020

We’re just about to start the third section of our virtual Sustainability Series, with this part looking in a more detail at the numbers and data that you can use for evaluating the sustainability of your project, either looking at the embodied carbon or at the whole lifecycle.

Playing to our strengths

13 Oct 2020

Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we can build back better after COVID. We’ve had a chance to stop and reflect, to reconnect with what’s important to us, and to our communities and to nature.

Using concrete for life

13 Oct 2020

Jenny Burridge, Head of Structural Engineering, The Concrete Centre talks us through the use of long-lasting precast concrete as a perfect offsite construction for tall buildings design.

UK concrete and cement sector sets out roadmap for beyond net zero

06 Oct 2020

The UK concrete and cement industry has launched a roadmap to become net negative by 2050, removing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it emits each year.

Concept v4: Cost and Carbon – updated conceptual design tool from The Concrete Centre

30 Sep 2020

The Concrete Centre, the provider of material, design and construction guidance for concrete has launched an update to its software tool Concept.

Kingston University Town House

29 Sep 2020

On Monday 10th August The Concrete Centre held a seminar featuring Kingston University Town House which played out to a ‘packed’ virtual audience. Elaine Toogood, head of architecture at The Concrete Centre listened in and particularly enjoyed listening to Matt McCulloch of Grafton Architects talk about the development of the design strategy for the project – the practice’s first in the UK.

Design of tall buildings

01 Sep 2020

Jenny Burridge of The Concrete Centre looks at the latest trends for tall buildings and considers some of the design, construction and material property benefits that the use of concrete brings.

2020 Structural Concrete Student Competition Winners Announced

19 Aug 2020

The Concrete Centre’s annual student Structural Concrete competition, in partnership with Laing O’Rourke, has been won by a team from the University of Salford. The 2020 competition challenge for teams of engineering students was to design a high-rise residential building in a waterside redevelopment area in a regional city centre. The building needed to provide two storeys of retail area with studio, one and two-bedroom apartments above, together with four two-storey penthouse apartments.

The revision of Eurocode 2

16 Jul 2020

The current Eurocode 2 was published in 2004 and requires updating to reflect developments both in our understanding of concrete behaviour and in the materials we use. The update, which started several years ago, is approaching a significant milestone.

Grey supporting green

15 Jul 2020

Exploring the important role that concrete plays in supporting green infrastructure in the UK and its strong biodiversity credentials. Elaine Toogood of The Concrete Centre reports.