News

15 Jun 2023

Defra Report Highlights Exemplary Project

One of the first housing projects in England with integrated SuDS and incorporating concrete block permeable paving, Lamb Drove Cambridgeshire (also known as The Flows), is highlighted in Defra’s latest report recommending mandatory SuDS. A case study on this innovative scheme is also available.

08 Jun 2023

Golf Day 2023

The networking day, blessed with Warwickshire sunshine, wasn’t all business and hacking balls out of the rough...

01 Jun 2023

UK Concrete: Precast and Masonry Expo 2023

The success continues... This year the Precast & Masonry Expo returned to the Leicester Tigers stadium on the 18th of May 2023. The Expo was another great success with both the exhibition hall and seminar room packed with delegates throughout the day.

19 May 2023

Precast & Masonry launches new magazine

The precast and masonry Expo 2023 welcomed hundreds of delegates to the Leicester Tigers stadium and was yet again a huge success.

15 May 2023

New President for the ICT

The Institute of Concrete Technology held its AGM on 27 April, at Hinxton Hall in Cambridgeshire, at the opening of its 51st annual convention.

12 May 2023

New Precast & Masonry Sectors’ Sustainability Report reveals significant progress toward decarbonisation

MPA Precast’s and MPA Masonry’s latest Sustainability Report reveal widescale efforts across both sectors to reduce fossil fuel use in factory operations and a significant rise in the use of low carbon cementitious materials to replace Ordinary Portland Cement use in concrete.

02 May 2023

Gerry Pettit Statement

Following discussions with Gerry about his plans, he has told us that 2023 will be his last full year working for MPA and specifically with Concrete Block Manufacturers.

05 Apr 2023

Concrete site wastage rates significantly lower than first thought, research finds

The amount of concrete block and ready mixed concrete wastage on construction sites may not exceed 5% and 1-2% of the material developed to site, a new study has revealed.

10 Feb 2023

Higher Apprenticeship - Now enrolling mineral products technicians

Time to think about recruitment for The Precast/Masonry Apprenticeship scheme 2023 intake. The Enrolment for the next batch of recruits is by mid-September via University of Derby.