As well as our own events, the Concrete Society has also been out and about at a number of industry conferences and events.
Construct Day 2025
The Concrete Society were delighted to support Construct Day 2025 on October 3, at the Brewery London.
As partnership sponsor, Claire Ackerman, the Society’s chief executive addressed the guests and welcomed the partnership between Construct and the Society. Claire said “Our Concrete Community includes our members, our regions and also our partners. I am delighted to announce today, that from next month the Society and Construct will be working more closely together – to provide support to Ian & Rosie. Both our governing Councils are optimistic about the potential of this partnership to benefit our sector and advocate for our concrete supply chain”.
Post-tensioned Concrete Seminar
Andy Truby of Truby Stevenson and member of the Concrete Society Technical Report 43 working group, presented an update on the third edition of TR43, Post-tensioned Concrete Floors, at the Institution of Structural Engineers on 6 November. The presentation was part of a seminar from MPA The Concrete Centre which is available to watch online.
Digital Measurement and Monitoring featured at the Britpave Conference
This year’s Britpave conference, held in October, explored how to monitor existing concrete infrastructure and improve future delivery. Topics include the National Concrete Roads Programme, early trafficking, digital monitoring, concrete maturity sensors, and low-carbon material developments. Steve Phipps of Balfour Beatty Vinci presented on Digital Measurement and Monitoring, including reference to Good Concrete Guide 11.
fib UK – Developments in structural concrete conference 2025
The Concrete Society was delighted to support the annual conference of fibuk, held on 20 November at IStructE HQ in London. The event provided updates from research and practice and aligns with the Concrete Society goal to share knowledge and advance concrete.
Coming soon
The Concrete Society collaborates with industry organisations in many ways. This autumn it has helped to judge a number of awards:
- Neville Prize for the best national PhD in cement and concrete – Attend the 2025 Neville Centre Symposium and annual PhD conference, Friday, December 5th
- Concrete Repair awards – attend the CRA awards in Glasgow, 11 December to find out the winners;
- Golden Trowel, winners to be announced in February 2026 issue of Concrete magazine.
