Back for another year, the Precast & Masonry Expo is the leading networking event for the precast concrete industry.

The event brings together the concrete industry with precast and masonry manufacturers, supply chain, end-users, and specifiers. The conference boasts a tailored speaker programme, designed to update the sector on pressing industry topics.

This magazine contains four feature articles looking at fire performance in building safety, sustainability, the future of masonry homes and precast concrete’s role in some major UK infrastructure and building projects.

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 in precast concrete.

Masonry provides owners and tenants with a high performance home, resistant to fire and flood as well as being energy efficient.

Midland Heart Housing Association turns traditional to deliver the future of UK residential construction with eco-friendly homes.

In this article we take a look at the implications of the Future Homes Consultation and masonry's role in achieving the Future Homes Standard.

Masonry provides housebuilders and developers with a flexible, adaptable, and proven construction method.