The Technical Committee’s most recent meeting was 25 February 2026, hosted by Heidelberg Materials. It was a productive meeting, with the new agenda item on Standards, presented by Gareth Wake and Tony Jones, MPA, generating excellent discussion and collaboration.
The agenda then passed to the co-chairs Chris Clear for Materials, Owen Brooker for Design & Construction and Enda McKenna for Repair & Reuse, and concluded with an activity update from the Society from Claire Ackerman, chief executive and Steve Thorpe, technical director.
Technical Committee
The Technical Committee was reformed in 2024, and a review of all 150 technical publications published by the Concrete Society was initiated. The priority for the Committee was to provide feedback on the “essentiality” of the Society Technical reports. Of the 50 Technical reports, 14 were deemed essential, with a commitment made to review all 14 within the next 3 years, and then commit to a rolling review every 5 years.
Task Groups
Currently we have 9 task groups (including 8 of the 14 essential reports).
Four task groups are actively developing the next editions of:
- TR22 Non-structural cracks in concrete
- TR34 Concrete industrial ground floors
- TR67 Movement, restraint and cracking in concrete structures
- TR74 Cementitious materials
Five task groups are at an earlier stage:
- TR42 (trough and waffle)
- TR52 (plain finishes)
- TR64 (flat slabs)
- TR66 (external insitu)
- TR69 (BS EN 1504)
Standing Committees
The Technical Committee agreed at the recent meeting to hold a joint Materials/Design & Construction Standing Committee meeting to receive updates/progress discussions on:
- 3D printing and additive manufacturing
- Good Concrete Guide 8 – Concrete Practice
- Steel fibres
- Textile Reinforced Concrete
- Digital maturity monitoring
- Recycled fines
- Workmanship guidance
- Portland limestone cements
- Delamination
And a Standing Committee meeting for Repair & Reuse to progress potential guidance for inspection, testing and residual life assessment such as:
- Assessing residual durability
- Assessing in situ strength
- Topics related to extending life; carbonation; chlorides
- Guidance for asset owners, best practice for inspection plans; maintenance plans etc.
The next meeting of the Technical Committee is 15 September 2026.
For more information about the Technical Committee – catch up on our update from August 2025
