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Concrete, Concrete, Concrete

01 Feb 2021

As we reflect on 2020, we have learnt that things can change and quickly. The Concrete Centre started the year with its usual events programme, a Concrete Elegance lecture, technical webinars, and a successful exhibition at Futurebuild at the ExCel in London but just a few weeks after Futurebuild, the ExCel was a Nightingale hospital and the country was in lockdown.

The Concrete Centre confirms sponsorship for Offsite Awards 2021

29 Jan 2021

The Concrete Centre is delighted to be sponsoring the Best Use of Concrete Technology category for another year in the Offsite Construction Awards. The 2021 entries are now open, so please ensure you submit your project or innovation by the 28th May deadline.

The Concrete Centre & MPA joins the UKBIMA Affiliate Programme

12 Jan 2021

The UK BIM Alliance is delighted to announce a formal affiliation with The Concrete Centre and Mineral Products Association. The Concrete Centre provides material, design and construction guidance.

Net zero needs a design aesthetic

23 Dec 2020

Would a modern twist on the Bauhaus vision help to inspire and transform, asks Elaine Toogood. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen recently said that the climate transition needs its own ‘distinctive aesthetic’. She has vowed to set up a new Bauhaus movement to inspire architects and designers.

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.