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Concrete findings

|Date: 21 Feb 2024

Concrete findings

Carbon emissions are one of the most important causes of global warming, and concrete is a big contributo ...

Carbon emissions are one of the most important causes of global warming, and concrete is a big contributor mainly because of one of its key ingredients: cement. Tim Capey, general manager of CCP Build ...

21 Feb 2024
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Ibstock and Earth Friendly Concrete form partnership to support ESG ambitions

|Date: 05 Oct 2022

Ibstock and Earth Friendly Concrete form partnership to support ESG ambitions

Ibstock, a UK leading manufacturer of clay and concrete building products, and Earth Friendly Concrete (E ...

Ibstock, a UK leading manufacturer of clay and concrete building products, and Earth Friendly Concrete (EFC) have entered into a new partnership to create ultra-low carbon concrete products. The partn ...

05 Oct 2022
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CEMEX expands ReadyBlock Zero portfolio

|Date: 27 Sep 2022

CEMEX expands ReadyBlock Zero portfolio

Global building materials solutions supplier CEMEX has added a zero-carbon lightweight concrete block and ...

Global building materials solutions supplier CEMEX has added a zero-carbon lightweight concrete block and common brick to its range. Combined with the existing ReadyBlock Zero dense block, this launch ...

27 Sep 2022
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Marshalls | Time for a brick switch? 

|Date: 15 Sep 2022

Marshalls | Time for a brick switch? 

Marshalls outline why the recent changes to the building regulations could mean it is a good time to cons ...

Marshalls outline why the recent changes to the building regulations could mean it is a good time to consider switching to concrete bricks. From the 15th June 2022, changes were made to Approved Docu ...

15 Sep 2022
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Aggregate Industries expands Low Carbon Concrete product range

|Date: 16 Mar 2022

Aggregate Industries expands Low Carbon Concrete product range

Aggregate Industries has added to its ECOPact low carbon concrete product range with the launch of ECOPac ...

Aggregate Industries has added to its ECOPact low carbon concrete product range with the launch of ECOPact Prime AS; an active setting carbon-saving concrete that delivers greater carbon reduction com ...

16 Mar 2022
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Ibstock & Forticrete | Less is more

|Date: 12 Oct 2021

Ibstock & Forticrete | Less is more

Chris Piper, Sales Director for Housing Developers at Ibstock PLC, which includes the Forticrete brand, d ...

Chris Piper, Sales Director for Housing Developers at Ibstock PLC, which includes the Forticrete brand, discusses why developers should choose interlocking concrete tiles to increase on site efficienc ...

12 Oct 2021
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Anderton Concrete | Breaking the mould

|Date: 20 Jul 2021

Anderton Concrete | Breaking the mould

Tim Fields, Technical and Development Manager at Anderton Concrete, explores the benefits of using precas ...

Tim Fields, Technical and Development Manager at Anderton Concrete, explores the benefits of using precast concrete shuttering systems to construct resilient retaining walls and basements for high val ...

20 Jul 2021
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Longley Concrete | Around the block

|Date: 05 Jul 2021

Longley Concrete | Around the block

Sustainability must be built into the very fabric of a property, starting from the ground up. Michael Lon ...

Sustainability must be built into the very fabric of a property, starting from the ground up. Michael Longley, Managing Director at Longley Concrete, explores the wide ranging benefits on offer from L ...

05 Jul 2021
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Grass Concrete | The grass approach

|Date: 01 Oct 2020

Grass Concrete | The grass approach

One Yorkshire firm realised the sustainable and environmental benefits of grass paving as an alternative ...

One Yorkshire firm realised the sustainable and environmental benefits of grass paving as an alternative to hard landscaping some fifty years ago. The story began in the 1960s, with Jack Blackburn – a ...

01 Oct 2020
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Tarmac | Why concrete is just the cure

|Date: 17 Sep 2020

Tarmac | Why concrete is just the cure

Paul Lees at Tarmac explores five reasons why concrete might be the ideal material for your next resident ...

Paul Lees at Tarmac explores five reasons why concrete might be the ideal material for your next residential development’s paving areas. Concrete has seen an influx of use across the garden in recent ...

17 Sep 2020
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