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Turner Art Gallery, Margate

The Concrete Centre

Turner Art Gallery was completed with sustainability and the environment in mind and achieved a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’.

Institution of Structural Engineers HQ, London

The Concrete Centre

The Institution of Structural Engineers has an elegant precast concrete staircase in its new London headquarters. Cast insitu, boardmarked walls and prefabricated white stair treads.

Eurocode 0 and 1

The Concrete Centre

This section provides information on Eurocode 0 and 1

Clever Concrete: a CQ Focus

The Concrete Centre

As part of the 70 years of Concrete Quarterly exhibition at the Lower Gallery in the Building Centre you will find a CQ focus on Innovative Concrete. The feature includes samples and information to demonstrate Clever Concrete, as well as examples of Innovation in Action to improve thermal performance, provide decorative concrete and low carbon solutions.

Latest on Design Codes for Concrete

The Concrete Centre

The process to update the Eurocodes is underway. Earlier this year some 1800 ‘informal’ comments were made across Europe on a 2nd draft of a revised EN 1992-1-1. A 3rd draft was delivered by Project Team I in May 2018.

Francis Crick Institute, London

The Concrete Centre

The £435m Francis Crick Institute is a global powerhouse of medical science and is a building that might just save your life.

Acoustic performance

The Concrete Centre

Good sound insulation by walls and floors is easily achieved using the inherent mass and damping qualities of concrete. The need for additional finishes is minimal, thereby reducing capital and ongoing maintenance costs.