What's New
Enforcement of Tough Precast Concrete Safety Requirements Gives Unicon Anchors The Edge
Precast concrete panel manufacturers and installers can improve lifting safety, fully comply with tough Codes of Practice and eliminate the risk of compliance-related site delays by specifying the EdjPro lifting system. Read more
Ancon punching shear calculation, now in RAM Concept
Ancon is pleased to announce an alliance with software giant Bentley Systems, a specialist provider of construction and engineering IT solutions. Read more
Ancon's UK business wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation
Ancon's UK business has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Innovation for its ground-breaking lockable dowel system used in post-tensioned concrete buildings. Read more
Unicon joins Ancon
Ancon Building Products is pleased to announce its merger with Unicon, a supplier of lifting and anchoring systems to the Australian precast concrete market. Read more
Patented Ancon system for contraction joints in ground bearing floors
The latest addition to the Ancon shear load connector range is the Ancon MultiJoint which transfers load and allows movement to take place at joints in ground bearing slabs. Read more
Ancon at the Concrete Exhibition 2011
Ancon exhibited at the Concrete Institute of Australia's 25th Biennial Conference in October 2011. Ancon’s stand highlighted two new products which provide solutions for suspended and ground bearing concrete slabs. Read more
Shear Connector Design Program
Free software is available from Ancon that simplifies the design of movement joints in reinforced concrete. For a given application, Ancon’s design program will calculate the size and quantity of shear load connectors required, the edge distance and spacings at which they should be installed, and details of the local reinforcement. Read more
Ancon recognised for innovative thinking
CONSTRUCT, an association of concrete specialists in the UK dedicated to improving the efficiency of building in-situ concrete frames and associated structures, highly commended Ancon for its pioneering Lockable Dowel system. Read more
KS Threaded Anchors
Use of the new Ancon KS Threaded Anchor with BT threaded reinforcing bar can simplify concrete design at construction joints, typically in wall-to-slab applications. Read more