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.

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