Fire performance: assessing concrete structures for reuse With increasing numbers of concrete-framed buildings being adapted for new uses, it is vital to determine the fire resistance of the structure. Tony Jones of The Concrete Centre and Octavian Lalu of BRE outline the key assessment methods
LCA Study An independently assessed life cycle analysis compared two apartment blocks – one with a concrete structure, one made of cross-laminated timber, but otherwise virtually identical. Below, we pick out five key findings
Circular economy: strategies for concrete buildings Designers can help shift our throwaway culture to a circular one by extracting the maximum value from building structures, writes Elaine Toogood