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18 May 2023 09:30
The Precast & Masonry Expo 23 is a must-attend event for those interested and involved in all things related to precast and masonry concrete.
07 Jun 2023 08:30
MPA UK Concrete Golf Day 2023 is open to all within the concrete industry held at The Warwickshire Golf & Country Club on Wednesday 7th June.
This golf day offers you the chance to entertain and professionally network with customers in a relaxed and fun environment. Featuring Prize Presentations & On Course Entertainment!
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30 Mar 2020
As a result of the guidance provided by the Government and Public Health England, all APA members will cease Aircrete product production as soon and as safely as possible while continuing to review the situation to act accordingly.
01 Mar 2020
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched UK Concrete, a new public and political advocacy vehicle for the UK’s concrete industry.
21 Feb 2020
Today Dr Hafiz Elhag, Sustainability Manager at British Precast puts our two sustainability awards for 2020 in the spotlight.
21 Feb 2020
In January 2020, British Precast held discussions with research students and senior staff at Loughborough University’s School of Architecture Building and Civil Engineering and toured their industrial scale research laboratory. Recent research focusing on off-site fabrication of concrete components using 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) and samples of products and test manufacturing were on show and the University is advancing a number of projects, including work under the 'Transforming Construction’ arm of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
07 Feb 2020
Matt Butcher, Sustainability Executive and Secretary of British Precast Architectural and Structural puts the Digital and Manufacturing Excellence award in the spotlight.
31 Jan 2020
As part of our Awards In Perspective series, British Precast Marketing Executive Bradley Cooke-Catcheside explores three reasons the British Precast Awards are a marketing opportunity not to be missed.
20 Jan 2020
Diabetes is an invisible condition posing often unrecognised health and safety risks to companies. Civil and criminal liability could follow if steps have not been taken to identify and eliminate the risk.
10 Jan 2020
Head judge Professor Jacqueline Glass, Professor in Construction Management at University College London, outlines her hopes for the British Precast Best Practice Awards 2020.
08 Jan 2020
In February 2019, HSE issued a safety alert to inform industry of a change in relation to the control expectations for exposure to welding fume including that from mild steel welding. This followed new scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer that exposure to mild steel welding fume can cause lung cancer and possibly kidney cancer in humans.
03 Jan 2020
On the 18th and 19th February 2020 you are invited to attend the 64. BetonTage. Experience the leading European congress for building with concrete and concrete elements. Around 2,300 industry colleagues will meet at the Edwin-Scharff-Haus Congress Centre for advanced professional training and exchange among colleagues.
Note to Editors
MPA Precast represents the UK precast concrete manufacturers and members of the supply chain. The main aims are to promote precast concrete in the construction market; to disseminate information, through a range of industry representation and by shared knowledge, and to add value to its member companies. With a growing membership of over 60 precast concrete manufacturer members, and more than 100 supply chain organisations, members' interests are continually developed through our team of dedicated professionals who have extensive connections with organisations in the United Kingdom and worldwide.
MPA Precast is a part of the Mineral Products Association (MPA), the trade association for the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, dimension stone, lime, mortar, and silica sand industries. Check the MPA Website for further information.
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