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09 Jan 2020
Building projects in the UK are specifying a design life of 60 years, but, British concrete standards give information to intended working lives of 50 or 100 years. British Precast Architectural and Structural have produced a helpful factsheet to resolve the discrepancy.
11 Oct 2019
Get the *New* Offsite Concrete Construction Guide
01 Jul 2019
British Precast Architectural and Structural have published a third EPD, detailing the environmental impact of 1m2 of brick-faced precast concrete cladding from cradle-to-grave.
01 Mar 2019
The Concrete Centre’s senior architect Elaine Toogood on the design considerations and technical requirements when using brick-faced cladding.
13 Nov 2018
British Precast Architectural and Structural offers a range of helpful resources to help architects and specifiers maximise the benefits of offsite precast.
28 Aug 2018
Precast concrete is virtually unlimited in its application including the entire structure or selected elements such as frame, floors, walls, stairs or balconies. The advantages of factory production, combined with the inherent benefits of concrete, provide compelling reasons to use precast concrete.
28 Aug 2018
The recommendations from Dame Judith Hackitt’s report provides a direction of travel for managing fire safety and building safety more generally. Lessons can be applied by designers now, writes Andrew Minson.
11 Jul 2018
The product association previously known as the Architectural and Structural Precast Association (ASPA) underwent a rebrand at the start of 2018 to bring its brand identity in line with a number of other associations across the British Precast family.
11 Jul 2018
BS 8297:2017 (Design, manufacture and installation of architectural precast concrete cladding. Code of practice) was updated in October 2017 after extensive contribution from members of British Precast Architectural and Structural.
11 Jul 2018
British Precast Architectural and Structural are committed to providing technical information on precast concrete elements and associated fixings and design considerations. As part of this commitment, British Precast Architectural and Structural is now the new home for Key2Concrete.