Innovation in the

UK precast sector

Martin Clarke

Chief Executive

British Precast

British Precast – the trade federation for the £2.4 billion precast sector

Safe, innovative, durable, attractive, sustainable

“intervention-free concrete assets”

Offsite is why the precast industry exists

British Precast and innovation

• British Precast Innovation Award started 2003 – 70

entries in 3 years. Unique to the UK and

Germany.

• Innovation and investment wave now and for

some years to come

• ‘Last 5 years the most exciting ever in precast’

Prof Joost Walraven – President FIB. Speaker at

Concrete Fever, Leicester - May 11th 2006

www.britishprecast.org

100 Advantages of Precast Concrete

How can you exploit these advantages ?

• Demand to know more from your advisers

• Early discussion with precast manufacturers

• Take up references

• Ask questions

• Reward expertise and excellence

What does the future hold ?

40 year view on the website – comments welcome

Fibre-optics and precast – decorative and

energy free security systems

New Surfaces

Translucent precast

www.litracon.hu

Robotics Precast from small modular to large structural units – in the factory, during installation, and during deconstruction

Bendable precast concrete

Applied Nanotechnology: void-free

precast to last thousands of years

Ultra thin

textile

reinforced

precast

about PRECAST

Ultra High

Performance

Concrete

Interiors

Foundation innovation:-Hollowcore slabs as beams

Basements – rediscovery not innovation

www.basements.org.uk

Architectural Cladding

Housing systems – precast at Offsite2005 and 2007 – the Hanson Houses 1 + 2

2007

Modern Masonry Alliance

innovation driven new body –Ian Abley of YRM appointed Eng Doc student/project leader

www.modernmasonry.co.uk

One slide on

on-site !!

Multi-storey residential buildings

Multi- storey residential buildings

Student accommodation, hotels

New designs for balconies – flagged by CSH

Commercial buildings

HMS Neptune

KEY ISSUES

> Reduced on-site construction time

> Reduced dependence on site based trades

> Reduced co-ordination of subcontractors on site

> Improved quality (factory based commissioning)

> Robust construction techniques

> Works removed from critical path programme

Precast Podcast

www.britishprecast.org

1800 Bathroom

pods

Industrial buildings –Concrete Centre solution 2006/7 ?

Improved joints and connections – more standardisation

Precast + render infacades

Prefabricated pipingunits

Integrated HVAC- coated cores

ICT in construction

3D/4D Modelling

www.tekla.com

British Precast and Buildoffsite

Associate membership - Working together

Buildoffsite and British Precast

• Information source – products, options, case

studies, manufacturer sourcing

• Networking group – workshops, testimonials,

CPD with The Concrete Centre

• Factory and site visits

• Encouragement of BOS company memberships

British Precast and Buildoffsite

Associate membership - Working together

Buildoffsite and British Precast

• A hub for interface collaboration

• Masonry and precast floors/stairs on steel

frame; basements under, and firewalls within

timber-frame; hybrid concrete – precast/insitu

• www.britishprecast.org

We look forward to it

Thank you