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Firestone becomes Elevate

1 Jul 22 Little more than a year after buying Firestone Building Products, Holcim is dropping the brand that has more than a century of heritage behind it.

CLC statement: Products are now available… if you can afford them

29 Jun 22 The availability of building products has continued to ease in recent weeks but price increases so far this year have averaged 23%.

VolkerHighways embraces Foambase

28 Jun 22 Civil engineering contractor VolkerHighways is using the Foambase recycling system for resurfacing works on A368 in Chelwood, Somerset.

Knauf buys Gypfor’s Newport plant

28 Jun 22 German plasterboard manufacturer Knauf has reached an agreement with Spanish competitor Gypfor to buy its new plasterboard factory in Newport, South Wales.

Berkshire roads revived by shot blasting

27 Jun 22 VolkerHighways has been shot blasting road surfaces in West Berkshire to improve skid resistance.

Strip out inflation and merchant sales are now falling

24 Jun 22 The volume of product sold by Britain’s builders merchants in April 2022 was 15% down on April 2021.

QTS uses social distancing tech as site hazard alarm

24 Jun 22 A gadget developed for social distancing in the first wave of covid has been developed into a tool to keep workers safe from other hazards.

Tarmac warned over data breach

23 Jun 22 Tarmac has got away with a warning for accidentally sharing cement market data with its trade association.

Ready-mix plant opens in Birmingham

21 Jun 22 Hanson has opened a new ready-mixed concrete plant in Birmingham city centre.

Asphalt suppliers go cool on hot mixes

20 Jun 22 Two of the UK’s leading asphalt companies are moving to lower temperatures mixes as standard.

Concrete lobby lays into cross laminated timber

20 Jun 22 The concrete lobby has launched a war of words against the world of wood, with an attempted put-down of cross laminated timber.

Construction 2025 target out of reach as building materials deficit passes £13bn

16 Jun 22 Government policy is to halve the building materials balance of trade deficit – but after eight years that deficit has more than doubled, not halved.

Severfield insulated from rising steel prices

15 Jun 22 A doubling in the cost of its raw materials has had remarkably little impact on the profitability of structural steelwork contractor Severfield.

Graphene-enhanced asphalt shows 32% cost saving

13 Jun 22 Research into the use of a graphene-enhanced asphalt supermodifier has found that the additional upfront cost is soon more than compensated by the increased lifespan of the repaired surface

Biogenic asphalt makes debut in the Lake District

9 Jun 22 A product marketed as "the UK’s first commercially available biogenic asphalt" has been used on a National Highways scheme in Ulverston, Cumbria.

Combustible cladding ban widened

6 Jun 22 The government has announced tougher standards for external wall materials on new medium-rise blocks of flats.  

British Steel gets funding for hydrogen fuel study

1 Jun 22 British Steel has secured a grant to study the use of green hydrogen to help decarbonise steel production.

Rail strikes threaten construction deliveries

1 Jun 22 The latest statement from the Construction Leadership Council’s product availability working group reveals that the threat of rail strikes has joined inflation and shortages as something the industry should be worried about.

Causeway takes over Yotta

31 May 22 Construction software provider Causeway Technologies has acquired Yotta, a supplier of connected asset management software and services, from AIM-listed Oxford Metrics.

Social distancing tech may have wider benefits for construction sites

30 May 22 Research is taking place to see whether social distancing technology helps construction site efficiency and productivity.

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