About

Forterra is a leading UK manufacturer of essential clay and concrete building products, with a unique combination of strong market positions in clay bricks, concrete blocks and precast concrete flooring.

Our heritage dates back for many decades and the durability, longevity and inherent sustainability of our products is evident in the construction of buildings that last for generations; wherever you are in Britain, you won’t be far from a building with a Forterra product within its fabric.

Our clay brick business combines our extensive secure mineral reserves with modern and efficient high-volume manufacturing processes to produce large quantities of extruded and soft mud bricks, primarily for the new build housing market.

We are also the sole manufacturer of the iconic Fletton brick, sold under the London Brick brand, used in the original construction of nearly a quarter of England's housing stock and today used extensively by homeowners carrying out extension or improvement work.

Within our concrete blocks business, we are one of the leading producers of aircrete and aggregate blocks, the former being sold under one of the sector’s principal brands of Thermalite.

Our precast concrete products are sold under the established Bison Precast brand, and are utilised in wide spectrum of applications, from new build housing to commercial and infrastructure.


Forterra Specifier Academy:

Built for Architects and Specifiers the Forterra Specifier Academy is filled with information to help you strengthen your knowledge and specify masonry products on your projects; including a brand new CPD programme covering practical, and industry focused subjects related to design and construction with masonry products.

Visit the Forterra Specifier Academy now to find out more – https://www.forterra.co.uk/technical/specifier-academy/

CPD material

Modern movement - an essential guide to horizontal and vertical movement in masonry.

Forterra Building Products

Modern movement - an essential guide to horizontal and vertical movement in masonry.

Design, construction and technology

Material Specification and Workmanship (General principles of masonry specification, best practice and workmanship)

Forterra Building Products

Material Specification and Workmanship (General principles of masonry specification, best practice and workmanship)

Design, construction and technology, Legal, regulatory and statutory compliance

Permeable Paving and the Principles of SuDS - Here Comes the Rain Again… A natural approach to management of stormwater: Principles, design and detailed application.

Forterra Building Products

Permeable Paving and the Principles of SuDS - Here Comes the Rain Again… A natural approach to management of stormwater: Principles, design and detailed application.

Sustainable architecture, Design, construction and technology

The Building Safety Act 2022 - An essential guide for architects

Forterra Building Products

The Building Safety Act 2022 - An essential guide for architects

Health, safety and wellbeing, Legal, regulatory and statutory compliance