Trade Journals for the Concrete Industry

The UK market for precast has undergone seismic change over the past few years and is likely to emerge from the recession in a very different shape. So what will be the opportunities and how should we expect the market to develop? The industry has been decimated by the collapse of the UK housing market and the subsequent fall in non-residential construction. The speed and extent of change has been difficult to comprehend. The impact upon cement and aggregates companies has also been sizeable, to such an extent that it has forced substantial changes in the established strategies of these companies and their attitudes towards downstream markets.