Two Concrete Canvas canoes were entered into the Annual Water Aid UK Rutland Regatta to raise funds for Water Aid.
A canoe made from CC Hydro™ took 2nd place with one constructed from Concrete Canvas placed 3rd.
Director, Will Crawford, Non-executive Director, Richard Winter (who happened to be singing in the HK Welsh Male Voice Choir at the event), and International Business Development Manager, Darren Hughes, met Sir Tom Jones at the St Davids Society HK annual St David’s Day celebration at the British Consulate in Hong Kong.
Team CC have completed the Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon in aid of Prostate Cancer UK. It is still possible to donate if you would like to do so please click here.
Carlos Ruben Ordonez Galindo is the author of a thesis using Concrete Canvas for exterior design. He has since graduated and obtained the title of ‘Designer of Objects’ from the University of Azuay Ecuador. You can download the full thesis here.
In May InnovationRCA marked its tenth anniversary with 1nn0vate an event celebrating a decade as the Royal College of Art€™s centre for enterprise and entrepreneurship: 10 years of helping students and graduates create outstanding companies; 10 years of transforming designers into agents of change; 10 years of investing in talent and unlocking potential. InnovationRCA helps students and graduates transform compelling ideas into successful businesses. In the words of Dr Nadia Danhash Director InnovationRCA: €˜It€™s about taking great ideas and making them really happen €“ turning them into products or services.€™ It operates in the belief that British universities have a huge role to play in supporting the UK€™s commercial community from ground-breaking research in technology to providing a basis for new start-ups that provide employment and deliver innovation.” Read more about the project here.
Concrete Canvas Ltd. was honoured to receive a visit from Dr Vince Cable and Baroness Jenny Randerson on Wednesday 27h August. The visit was part of the Secretary of States€™ visit to South Wales to announce Wales hosting an international investment conference.
The Welsh Government has issued a press release congratulating Concrete Canvas on its export success following the completion of a new contract in Chile. Business Minister Edwina Hart said: “It’s great news to hear how a Welsh company is benefiting from our support programmes to identify and target new markets that have great potential”.
As part of the UK governments’ Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Concrete Canvas was featured as an exemplar construction product in resource efficiency. The report which focussed on CC ditch lining highlighted that CC reduced the amount of material required material wastage embodied carbon and water required for lining drainage ditches compared to in-situ or precast concrete solutions. For further information about WRAP visit their website www.wrap.org.uk.
After being voted top innovation by INSITE11 delegates as part of the show’s Innovation Zone Concrete Canvas won the oppertunity to demonstrate Concrete Canvas ditch lining at the BRE Innovation Park. The BRE Innovation Park is a world leading and ground breaking demonstration development designed to give a glimpse of how the future delivery of sustainable buildings and communities can be achieved not only in the UK but around the world.
