MARCH 2019 Overcoming offsite risks Buyers guide Precast concrete addresses Find your concerns associated with precast offsite methods supplier p25 p14 FIT FOR THE FUTURE SuDS Concrete block permeable paving helps meet demands for sustainable drainage p12 Sustainability In 12 years, the precast sector has reduced manufacturing carbon emissions by 28% p24 Reasons to Buy British Precast The cement industry employs 2,000 people directly,Provides and 15,000 employment indirectly in mainly in rural UK rural areas areas Enhances and protects biodiversity UK sourced Responsibly constituent sourced materials Over 6,000 hectares of priority habitat has been created on restored sites Over 80% of cement and 95% of aggregates are sourced from within the UK All British Precast members are signatories to our Sustainability Charter DURABLE FIRE RESISTANT ROBUST LONG LASTING EXCELLENT ACOUSTIC/THERMAL PROPERTIES The average travel distance from factory to site is only 70 miles Reduces imports and improves Local construction the UK trade gap products Buying British Precast Concrete Reducing imports will help to sustain the UK •construction Supports industry a UK manufacturing sector and the UK economy • Protects the jobs and livelihood of UK society • Reduces travel distances and protects our environment Use our online Buyers Guide to choose your UK construction product A domestic Precast Sector is essential for the UK The products our industry manufactures of products imported from abroad [3]. Choosing Buy British Precast contribute to the UK construction industry British Precast means a shorter delivery time and - improving our schools, houses, offices, lower carbon. The UK government’s 2025 construction targets hospitals, transport networks, utilities and refer to a 50% reduction in the trade gap quality of life. Responsibly sourced precast between exports and imports for construction British Precast is part of the wider UK Mineral Responsible and ethical sourcing is easy to products and materials. Buying British Precast Products Industry which directly contributed demonstrate for products made in the UK from will help to address this trade gap and reducing to the UK economy by generating over £6.4bn UK sourced constituents. British Precast meets the import of construction products will help in GVA in 2014, had a turnover of £20bn and this criteria. Look for BES 6001 certification on to enhance and sustain the UK construction contributed to £495bn turnover in industries construction products. industry. downstream of the supply chain. All British Precast members are signatories to our Inherent Properties of Precast The UK Precast Sector has an annual turnover Sustainability Charter. of £1.3 billion [1] and directly employs 13,000 www.britishprecast.org/sustainabilitycharter Precast Concrete has inherent benefits that people in the UK [2]. enable designers to deliver cost effective, Biodiversity and our rural economy materially efficient projects. British Precast The concrete industry makes a significant Inherent benefits include: Precast concrete and concrete blocks are contribution to biodiversity and nature • non-combustible formed from three constituents: water, cement conservation through the management and • durable and aggregates. More than 80% of cement restoration of sites of mineral extraction. • robust MPA data shows that over 6,000 hectares of is manufactured in the UK from UK sourced • moisture resistant materials. More than 95% of aggregates are priority habitat has been created to date on • inert sourced from within the UK and typically close to restored sites. the precast factory. With an abundant supply of limestone in the • rot resistant The average travel distance from precast factory UK, the manufacture of cement in the UK results • good thermal properties to project site is 70 miles - this equates to just a in a lower carbon footprint. The cement sector • good acoustic properties few hours’ drive compared to the longer journeys employs 2,000 people directly, and 15,000 indirectly in mainly UK rural areas. [4] Find out more at www.britishprecast.org [1] Facts at a Glance, Mineral Products Association, 2016 [2] Health and Safety Statistics, British Precast, 2016 [3] Sustainability Matters, British Precast, 2016 [4] Cementing the Future, MPA Cement, 2013 www.britishprecast.org/buyersguide Contents BRITISH 4-5 Creativity in Concrete British Precast has crowned Robert Bray Associates as the 2018 PRECAST Creativity in Concrete Award Winner There is much talk about the need for more housing in the UK. To this end, the government should avoid intervening 6-7 Higher levels of housing Even in these unnecessarily in construction methods, while ensuring that times of Brexit uncertainty, masonry o ers robust housing is longlasting and resilient to fi re, fl ood and solutions to the UK’s housing overheating. Masonry construction delivers the vast majority of housing 8-9 After Grenfell The Hackitt Report will bring and if an increase in housing starts is to be achieved, there will changes to building safety. What does this mean need to be more masonry construction p6. British Precast for precast concrete? members also o­ er o­ site solutions and the choice of precast can address many of the risks associated with lightweight 10-11 Speedy success British Precast member o­ site solutions p20 and p25. This edition of Construction Creagh Concrete is using an innovative fast-track News gives an insight into resilient housing and o­ site system to deliver projects manufacture through British Precast member case studies, and updates from the sector. 12-13 The future is permeable With the All Full members of British Precast sign up to the rigorous latest guidance from Interpave, concrete block Health & Safety and Sustainability Charters. Not only do these permeable paving helps meet demands for SuDS charter schemes encourage members of British Precast to go beyond legislation to improve their operations, but they also 14-15 British Precast buyers guide o­ er assurance to businesses of our initiatives to support best practice. Member concerns do not stop at the factory gate and so Find your precast supplier they provide guidance for designers, contractors and clients regarding the safe installation of their products p18. 16 British Precast Associates Resources from To fi nd a responsible supplier of precast concrete and The Concrete Centre, along with a listing of masonry, check out our latest buyers guide for Full members Associate Members of British Precast shown in the centre pages of this supplement. A list of Associate members is also included p16. Our interactive guides for Full 18 Your CDM obligations Half of all and Associate members can also be found on our website at construction-related fatalities result from falls www.britishprecast.org/buyersguide. These guides o­ er an from height – but it doesn’t have to be this way e cient way to fi nd products and services. Alan Smith 20-21 Fit for the future Precast concrete o ers Chief Operating O cer, Brett Group a valuable opportunity to respond to the UK’s President, British Precast drive for o site solutions To fi nd a responsible manufacturer and supplier of precast 22-23 Averting a climate catastrophe and masonry, you can have a read of our buyers guide on The construction industry has a vital role to play p14 or online at www.britishprecast.org/buyersguide if we are to slow down global warming British Precast is the trade association of precast concrete manufacturers and is a federation 24 Twelve years on including specialist product groups and sector bodies. This year marks the 12th anniversary since the www.britishprecast.org precast sector launched its fi rst sustainability British Precast is affiliated to the Mineral Products Association (MPA), the trade association for the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, dimension stone, lime, mortar and silica sand industries. strategy www.mineralproducts.org EMAP British Precast Telephone House The Old Rectory 25 Overcoming o site risks Precast concrete 69-77 Paul Street Main Street overcomes the concerns associated with o site London EC2A 4NQ Glenfield Email [email protected] Leicestershire construction methods Printed in England by Buxton Press LE3 8DG United Kingdom 26 A helping hand Aggregate Industries plays Telephone: +44 (0) 116 232 5170 a critical role in making sure McCarthy & Stone Email: [email protected] delivers its projects British Precast | 3 Paving: Awards Creativity in concrete British Precast crowned Robert Bray Associates as the 2018 Creativity in Concrete Award Winner he 2018 winner of the British Precast Creativity in Concrete Award was TRobert Bray Associates. RBA has been at the forefront of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) for more than 20 years and recognises the potential of concrete block permeable paving (CBPP) as a key, multifunctional SuDS technique. RBA has made the most of permeable paving to deliver a gradual flow of clean water for amenity, landscape design and biodiversity on numerous SuDS schemes that include housing, schools and commercial developments, as well as civic and public realm enhancements. Recent projects include Australia Road, London; Bewdley School, Worcestershire Parkside; St George’s Primary School, Kidderminster and the Civic Centre, Bromsgrove. The first of these schemes – Australia Road, London – won two Landscape Institute Awards in 2017. The first award was for the Adding Value through Landscape category, while the second award was the President’s Award, also known as the ‘Winner of Winners’. West London renewal The Australia Road urban renewal project began as a SuDS initiative by Hammersmith and Fulham Council to retrofit permeable paving into the streetscape. It introduced the innovative Clockwise from top left: Australia concept of CBPP as a thin overlay Road, London; Bewdley School, for existing highways. The CBPP Worcestershire Parkside; St George’s simply replaced the bituminous Primary School, Kidderminster; material on the original road base. the Civic Centre, Bromsgrove; The same blocks that are used in and another view of Australia permeable pavements generally Road, London were installed over a geo- composite sheet, which transports water horizontally.