CASE STUDY cornish concrete products The Slip House, Brixton

Slip house slip house Carl and Mary Turner’s Slip House as featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs 2012 constitutes a new prototype for adaptable terraced housing. Three simple “slipped” orthagonal box forms break up the building and give it its striking sculptural quality. The slip house is a low carbon dwelling with an eye-catching exterior of glazed paneling. It is designed to the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5. The “demidec” flooring is manufactured in CCP’s state of the art carousel plant and on engineered steel pallets using magnets to hold the formwork in place. Integral to its concept...

Environment and Quality CCP takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and is accredited with the Environmental Management system ISO14001. The company is also a founder signatory of the British Precast Sustainability Charter, and one of the first companies in the UK to be accredited with BES6001, The Code for Responsible Sourcing achieving a “Very Good” status across its entire product ranges. From utilities to road, rail and marine applications, concrete is an essential part of these solutions and with at least 80% secondary product in every cubic metre of concrete. CCP’s Ecocrete...