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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.

The Concrete Centre launches Sustainability Series

16 Jun 2020

In this new Sustainability Series, The Concrete Centre will provide a wealth of information and resources to enable designers to specify sustainable concrete, design sustainably with concrete, navigate the research and data available to inform sustainable decision-making as well as provide insights into the innovation and research that will shape the future of concrete.

UK Concrete commitment to decarbonising

16 Jun 2020

Decarbonising concrete has been a focus of the industry for 30 years. MPA UK Concrete, the group representing the UK concrete industry, has developed a framework to help inform the delivery of an ambitious roadmap for the UK concrete and cement sector to deliver net negative emissions by 2050.

Why being a STEM Ambassador is important to me

10 Jun 2020

Emily Bonner is part of the Structural Engineering team at The Concrete Centre. As well as developing new resources to assist structural engineers designing with concrete, Emily is also a STEM ambassador. In this blog Emily talks about what being a STEM ambassador means to her.

Offsite Concrete - Unique Benefits

06 May 2020

Offsite construction is in demand. But rather than highlight the much-repeated benefits of design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) I have considered here the significant benefits that concrete can bring to offsite construction that can save carbon and cost as well as contribute to health, wellbeing and our adaptation to climate change.

We are here - a Concrete Centre update

30 Mar 2020

As we adjust to restrictions on our movement and the lockdown of schools and workplaces, this update from The Concrete Centre aims to help those working from home and those wanting to access design guidance.

Futurebuild 2020

27 Mar 2020

Futurebuild 2020 was the busiest year in recent memory, with the climate challenge at the top of the built environment agenda the event was popular with specifiers and sustainability experts alike.

Tall Construction - Powered by Precast

15 Mar 2020

As the population grows, there is a greater demand for homes, particularly in urban areas. One answer to achieving this is building tall. To realise its full potential, a tall building must satisfy many varying objectives, including efficient layout; minimal circulation space and structural footprint; density of use; efficient services provision; speed of construction; cost; appearance and safety.

UK Concrete Launches New Website

02 Mar 2020

UK Concrete is part of the Mineral Products Association (MPA), the trade association for the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, dimension stone, lime, mortar and silica, sand industries, and has been set up to represent the UK’s concrete industry.