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New Towns and Communities: Placemaking, standards and materials

A new roundtable report from MPA Masonry looks at the role placemaking and material selection plays in how we deliver sustainable large scale housing developments and new towns .

Closing the loop: enabling a more circular economy

Why circular concrete is essential for a low-carbon, resilient and nature-positive built environment

Building the resilient homes of tomorrow

UKC perspective on Good Homes Alliance Conference

Warm Homes Plan: What new homes can learn from today’s retrofit

The importance of embedding climate resilience into our homes

Floating offshore wind: the UK opportunity

The UK mineral products industry is well placed to supply the concrete, cement and aggregates needed for a new generation of concrete-based floating substructures.

Brick and block: the right choice for UK housing

A new report from MPA Masonry explains why blockwork construction continues to be the right choice for new homes in the UK, today and in the future.

Concrete: the Backbone of a Circular Built Environment

How the material that underpins modern life can lead the shift to circularity
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