Forterra Building Products Ltd

From our 17 manufacturing sites our 1800 employees create the bricks, blocks, precast concrete, paving and many other vital products and services that are Keeping Britain Building, enabling the development of thriving communities and infrastructure.

Our expertise lies in building products made from clay and concrete, and our portfolio contains some of the most recognised and respected names in the construction industry. Some of them, such as London Brick and Butterley, date back to the 19th century while others, such as Ecostock and Formpave, are far more recent; but whether historic or modern, traditional or cutting edge, they all have the needs of the 21st century at core.

NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: HELPING IMPROVE CONSTRUCTION THROUGH INNOVATION

With construction sites under pressure to meet schedules while battling the British weather and, most importantly, keeping workers safe, we are using our knowledge, founded upon a rich heritage in clay brick and concrete manufacture, to meet the needs of modern methods of construction.

Using a Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) approach, we have developed a range of offsite walling and façade systems such as Bison Precast’s brick-faced sandwich panels, which are made by factory-fitting brick finishes onto precast concrete panels. Because they can be manufactured with any clay facing brick from the Forterra range cast in, they are an obvious choice for architects and developers looking to achieve a nice aesthetic and speed of construction without the worry of a shortage of on-site trades or material supply.

Find out more about Forterra’s façade systems