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14/11/2016 Resilient Housing Conference Delivering low-risk, long-life housing using concrete and masonry The Modern Masonry Alliance is a body that seeks to ensure developers and designers, customers and occupants understand the benefits of


  1. 14/11/2016 Resilient Housing Conference Delivering low-risk, long-life housing using concrete and masonry The Modern Masonry Alliance is a body that seeks to ensure developers and designers, customers and occupants understand the benefits of masonry solutions. @ masonrymodern 1

  2. 14/11/2016 • Free resource for specifiers • Concrete Quarterly • Publications : general and technical • Practice workshops • Seminars and conferences • Training courses • Webinars • Concrete Elegance Lectures www.concretecentre.com www.thisisconcrete.co.uk www.sustainableconcrete.org.uk Resilient Housing: Designing homes for long-term performance and low maintenance 2

  3. 14/11/2016 Event supporters Defining Resilience “ To withstand and recover from extreme events” “ To endure in changing conditions” For UK housing development tsunami, earthquake and hurricanes are unlikely scenarios 3

  4. 14/11/2016 Climate change scenarios Flooding S torms Overheating Some other resilience considerations • Fire • Infestation/ rot • Extreme cold • S ubsidence • Terrorism • Occupant actions 4

  5. 14/11/2016 Business case for Resilience • Asset protection • Reducing commercial risk • Responsible • S afe • Opportunity for market advantage • S ustainable • S tandards, policy & regulation (e.g. BREEAM & HQM) • Insurance Masonry and concrete: a fabric first approach to resilience Inherent performance • Durability Greenwatt Way High thermal performance and airtightness • Flood resilience • Thermal mass (overheating) • Fire resistance • S ound insulation • Rot and vermin proof Delivering low risk and long life 5

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