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The Concrete CentreTraining and Events February 2024Lower carbon concretes in BS 8500:202313 February 2024One Great George Street, London/online Afternoon (see website for timings)The key UK standard for the specification of concrete, BS 8500, has been revised. This new 2023 version allows for many more different cements, giving increased options for achieving lower carbon concrete, and represents one of the most significant changes to the traditional ‘recipe’ for making concrete since the 1980s. If used across all UK construction sites the use of these multi-component, lower carbon cements and concretes could save one million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year, and is an important milestone for the UK concrete and cement industry’s roadmap to net zero. This event will cover the updates to BS 8500 and provide guidance on how to use the new standard within future specifications and projects to reduce the embodied carbon of concrete in new development. The programme will also include a Q&A session. This event marks the launch of the new Concrete Centre publication How to design concrete structures using Eurocode 2: BS 8500 for building and civil structures and attendees will receive a copy on the day.14.30Registration opens 15:00Welcome and introductionClaire Ackerman, Executive Director, Concrete, Mineral Products Association15:05BS 8500: 2023 - the updateGareth Wake, Director, British Ready-Mixed Concrete AssociationThe revision to the British Standard for concrete, BS 8500, was published in November 2023. The presentation will cover the main changes to the standard and, in particular, the introduction of BS EN 197-5 cements and their importance in helping give a wider range of options for reducing the embodied carbon of concrete.15:35A supplier's perspective on the changes to BS 8500Richard Kershaw, Technical Manager – Materials UK, CEMEXThis presentation will discuss the supply of concrete with multi-component cements to meet specification requirements from the perspective of the concrete producer.15:55How engineers can use BS 8500 to specify lower carbon concretesJenny Burridge, Director, Sustainable Design, The Concrete CentreThe presentation will go through the process of specifying to the new BS 8500, showing some worked examples and how these have changed with the new revision.