'The Feelgood Factory' issue of the This is Concrete magazine investigates the theme of health and well-being and how concrete contributes in making us happier and healthier. Other articles include an update on the progress of the 10 years since the introduction of the concrete industry sustainability strategy and an investigation into a recent survey of home owners and renters which revealed many of the things that people want most from their home.
Urban density is causing a need for more homes, and building tall has therefore become a necessity. This publication seeks to provide information for structural engineers who are designing tall buildings in concrete. It will also provide information for clients, architects, constructors and cost consultants about the benefits of designing tall buildings in concrete.
Minimising the production of waste is an important factor in material resource efficiency. The concrete industry is a net user of waste, thereby diverting significant amounts of waste from potential land fill and reducing depletion of natural resources.
This document provides information on the material and resource efficiency of concrete and masonry at each stage of their manufacture, design, construction and demolition.
This seventh annual edition of Concrete Structures, inserted as a supplement in The Structural Engineer, includes articles on the Angel refurbishment project; the re-use of concrete frames (Elizabeth II Court, 55 Baker Street and Park Hill); New Street Square project; the first PassivHaus school in Exeter; Strata tower; the Shard; specifying visual concrete; tips to achieving visual concrete; how to achieve a high BREEAM rating; research into the embodied CO2 of structural frames; hotel sector growth; Hilton hotel in Liverpool case study.
This fifth annual edition of Concrete Structures, inserted as a supplement in The Structural Engineer, includes articles on thermal mass; sustainable use of aggregates; spun concrete columns; a hospital cost model study; Eurocode 2; screeds and toppings; along with several case studies of concrete's use in construction.
Structural engineers have a key role to play as the sustainability agenda becomes, and is set to remain, a key driver in defining our society. This issue of Concrete Structures will explain how concrete can be a key material of choice in achieving these sustainability goals. Articles include: concrete’s green credentials; embodied and operational CO2 emissions; cross wall construction; vibration; Eurocode 2 and much more.
Summary of the environmental issues and credits available.
‘Eurocode 2’ and ‘EC2’ are both abbreviations for BS EN 1992, Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures.
Eurocode 2 has four parts
This compendium includes articles that were first published in the renowned journal ‘The Structural Engineer’. The articles cover guidance on anchorage and lap lengths, post-tensioning and column fire design. The compendium also includes papers on deflections, Eurocode 6, liquid retaining structures and strut-and-tie.
This document provides guidance on how material selection, in the form of concrete, can be used to achieve credits under the latest version of BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) UK New Buildings, referred to throughout as BREEAM NC:2014. It provides information that should be useful for all construction professionals, as well as BREEAM assessors and accredited professionals involved with the delivery of BREEAM-rated building projects.
Concrete Structures 9 provides an insight to concrete innovation, design solutions and project examples.
This fourth annual edition of Concrete Structures, inserted as a supplement in The Structural Engineer, includes articles on the sustainable use of aggregates; commercial savings; school solutions; solid facades for concrete structures and the project which commanded the best ever BREEAM score.
Structural engineers have a key role to play as the sustainability agenda becomes, and is set to remain, a key driver in defining our society. This issue of Concrete Structures will explain how concrete can be a key material of choice in achieving these sustainability goals. Articles include: concrete’s green credentials; embodied and operational CO2 emissions; cross wall construction; vibration; Eurocode 2 and much more.
The Construction Products Regulation (CPR) requires that from 1 July 2013 it is mandatory for many, but not all construction products to have CE markings in order to be placed on the market anywhere in Europe. Exemptions include site-batched products, ready-mixed concrete and products without a harmonised European standard, such as reinforcement, but also bespoke products, such as bespoke precast concrete. Download full White Paper.