RENCO in the UAE
A composite block building system for faster housing delivery
Partner briefing, 2026
What RENCO is
Load-bearing walls, floors and roofs built from interlocking MCFR composite blocks, bonded with structural adhesive. Approved under the International Building Code in 2019 after nine years of testing.
- MCFR composite
- Repurposed glass fibre, resin and calcite, moulded under pressure. Pound for pound stronger than concrete, and does not absorb water, rot or attract termites.
- Structural adhesive
- Methyl methacrylate bonds every joint. The same adhesive family is used in trucks, aircraft and boats.
- Moulded parts
- Blocks, joists, beams and floor profiles come from the same compound, so one supplier covers the whole structure.
How it is built
1 Plan
The architect's drawings are converted into colour-coded block plans. Every block has a place and a colour, so crews without conventional site training can follow them.
2 Assemble
Blocks arrive ready to place. Crews press them together with a rubber mallet and bond each course with adhesive. No cutting, no skips of waste, no heavy machinery on site.
3 Hand over
The finished structure is monolithic. After more than a decade of US testing, RENCO structures need no structural maintenance after construction.
Proof: Lakewood Village, Florida
- to erect and assemble all four buildings
- on the crew, none with conventional construction training
- saved on duration and cost against hurricane-zone concrete
- the weight of an equivalent concrete structure
“Like every architect, we were suspicious but concerns quickly fell away. It was like dealing with any other system except it was more suitable, easy to learn, and faster to build.”
Let's build the first one together.
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