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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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Diana Casey explores why construction supply chains must have a greater understanding of where materials come from and their the associated carbon emissions
Why carbon imports are out of sight and out of mind
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Diana Casey explores why construction supply chains must have a greater understanding of where materials come from and their the associated carbon emissions
Did you know that concrete buildings naturally absorb carbon dioxide over their lifetimes. This happens through a process called carbonation.
Carbonation: why it is time to absorb the facts
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Did you know that concrete buildings naturally absorb carbon dioxide over their lifetimes. This happens through a process called carbonation.
New cement research sets out potential to cut direct CO2 emissions by up to four million tonnes a year.
Government-backed research opens the door to huge carbon savings
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New cement research sets out potential to cut direct CO2 emissions by up to four million tonnes a year.
A deep-dive into flood resilience with Baca architects
Aquatecture: building peace of mind into new homes
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A deep-dive into flood resilience with Baca architects
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