When you specify ready-mixed concrete, there are a number of factors to consider to make sure it’s suitable for your project.
These include:
- Design specification and location of use.
- Strength.
- Density (lightweight or heavyweight).
- Water/cement ratio.
- Cement content.
- Consistency.
- Air content for air-entrained concrete.
- Chloride content where relevant.
Compliance with standards such as BS EN 206 and BS 8500 helps ensure these requirements are met.
Choosing a BSI Kitemark™ certified concrete supplier gives you confidence that all these factors are independently verified. The Kitemark isn’t just a one-off test - it means products are tested in laboratories, manufacturing processes are inspected at point of manufacture, and batches are regularly checked to ensure consistent performance. This ongoing verification helps you avoid costly surprises and ensures your concrete performs as intended, every time.
Our ready-mixed concrete BSI Kitemark scheme covers concrete produced atstatic plants as well as concrete made on-site using volumetric batching units and Mobile plants for larger projects such as windfarms providing a dedicated longer term supply.. With volumetric batching, each batch is mixed fresh as you need it, providing flexibility where time restraints and volume requirements may not fully known. This approach reduces waste, gives you more flexibility on site, and makes it easier to manage projects in locations where delivery from a central plant would be - difficult, while keeping the same high level of quality verified through the Kitemark.
By choosing a BSI Kitemark-certified supplier, you’re working with a producer whose concrete is independently verified for quality, consistency. Their products are tested to meet BS EN 206 and BS 8500, and their production processes are regularly audited - - so you can trust that the concrete you receive will perform as expected, reducing risk for your project.
It also contributes to broader sustainability ambitions, including UN Sustainable Development Goal 8 on decent work and economic growth, and UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 on responsible consumption and production.
