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Why choose
concrete?
An essential material
An essential material
What is concrete?
Why do we need concrete?
Enabling great design
Enabling great design
2,000 years of outstanding design
Protecting people
Protecting people
Keeping cool with concrete
Heavyweight advantages
Fighting fire
Resisting floods
Innovating for the future
Innovating for the future
A cutting-edge material
Digital concrete
The concrete of tomorrow
Local and responsibly sourced
Local and responsibly sourced
Stornoway to Penzance: essential to local and national economies
Integrity and transparency
Tackling climate change
Tackling climate change
Decarbonising concrete
Five ways concrete is creating lower-carbon buildings
UK Concrete’s ‘roadmap to beyond net zero’ explained
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MPA UK Concrete response to Grenfell Inquiry’s Phase 2 Report
Grenfell Inquiry Response
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Groundbreaking project to demonstrate how calcined clay can lower emissions and utilise by-products from other industries
Trials of calcined clay cements could reduce carbon by up to 40 per cent
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Groundbreaking project to demonstrate how calcined clay can lower emissions and utilise by-products from other industries
The increased use of concrete MMC is one route to a safer and greener future for construction.
Five ways to boost sustainable construction with MMC
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How can AI benefit the construction industry and wider society?
Concrete and artificial intelligence: the opportunities and threats
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Recent updates to the BS 8500 concrete standard mean that there are now more lower carbon options available for use
Make the switch: save carbon now
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Changes to concrete ‘recipe’ will help UK construction slash carbon emissions
Changes to the standard for concrete could save 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year
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Offshore wind
Further, deeper, windier: how floating concrete can propel offshore wind
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Why we need to consider the whole life carbon impacts of materials including timber and concrete.
Let’s use data to make informed decisions about materials
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Why choose
concrete?
An essential material
An essential material for our economy, homes, buildings, infrastructure and way of life
Local and responsibly sourced
Locally sourced, economically vital
Protecting people
Protecting people and property
Tackling climate change
Building a sustainable future
Innovating for the future
Concrete thinking: innovating for the future
Enabling great design
Creating new possibilities
Download: This is UK Concrete
UK concrete is essential, sustainable, protecting people, innovating, helping to tackle climate change and enabling great design
Watch: Concrete and carbon
Concrete is part of the solution towards creating a net zero carbon society. Learn more about the significant progress the industry is making to lower concrete’s carbon footprint through innovation and the outstanding sustainable buildings being constructed with the material.
Case study: Award-winning design meets sustainability excellence
A theatre for life