NHBC Guidance on Cast Stone

Cast stone has again been recognised in NHBC Standards and the use of features made from cast stone should comply to BS217 or the higher standard adopted by members of the UKCSA. This latest guidance was issued in the October issue of Technical Extra, which the NHBC uses to communicate technical information to the industry Read more...

Cast stone contributes to award-winning conversion.

The quality of bespoke cast stone from UKCSA member Procter Cast Stone has made a significant contribution to the conversion and restoration of a Grade II- listed Victorian former hospital into 130 homes. Read more.

UKCSA Bi Annual General Meeting

Today's Bi Annual General Meeting of the Association, held at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, lived up to pre-meeting expectation.  The meeting was well attended, with informative presentations by PJA, Barbour ABI and Christeyns.  One new cast stone company application for Full manufacturing membership was reported at the meeting with a second application expected to follow.  We were looked after extremely well by the venue staff and complimentary entry to the museum was included for all. If you would like to join the UK Cast Stone Association, either as a Full manufacturing member, or as an Associate member involved in the cast stone industry, then further details can be found here UKCSA Membership details

UKCSA Membership

This year's Bi Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on Monday 7th November at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, and promises to be a well attended meeting.  A number of non-Members will be in attendance to consider joining the national trade association for the cast stone industry. If you would like to join the UK Cast Stone Association, either as a Full manufacturing member, or as an Associate member involved in the cast stone industry, then further details can be found here UKCSA Membership details

UKCSA e-Newsletter

The latest issue of the UKCSA e-Newsletter highlighted choice projects in cast stone.  If you would like to receive the regular UKCSA newsletter please sign up here.

New House Building

Latest statistics from the NHBC indicate that there were 103,100 new housing starts in the UK in the last 12 months, compared to 111,500 for the preceding 12 month period.  However, and more encouragingly, new site starts in September at 1040 were almost twice as high as had been recorded in recent months. 
Cast stone is finding a growing market with house builders and self-builders who want their properties to stand out. There’s a simple reason why. Cast stone offers class at an affordable price. The material adds kerb appeal, saleability and provides a close match to quarried natural stone at a fraction of the cost. Read more.

Cast Stone projects.

Further details of projects featuring cast stone have recently been added to the "Projects" page of the UKCSA web site at http://www.ukcsa.co.uk/projects2.php