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Turner & Townsend revenue hits £5.76bn

The Construction Index — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:42:00 +0100

Turner & Townsend has published its annual review for 2025, showing global gross revenue of £5.76bn, with the business building its global staffing to 22,000 personnel.

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LGH extends rental partnership offer

The Construction Index — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0100

Lifting gear specialist LGH has launched its 'Full Rental Partner' offering across Europe, improving access to service and support for customers. In the UK, it has partnered with Plant and Safety Ltd.

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Faresin, Bergerat Monnoyeur team up in France

The Construction Index — Thu, 28 May 2026 08:29:00 +0100

Italian telehandler manufacturer Faresin has formed a strategic partnership with French Caterpillar dealer Bergerat Monnoyeur.

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Woodalls picks construction head

The Construction Index — Wed, 27 May 2026 08:24:00 +0100

Woodalls has appointed Dana Serrano as head of construction, Europe.

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Volvo, Hitachi partner on site electrification

The Construction Index — Wed, 27 May 2026 07:45:00 +0100

Volvo Construction Equipment and Hitachi Energy have agreed to collaborate on ways to move from individual electric equipment to fully emissions free construction sites.

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Recticel closes insulation loop

The Construction Index — Mon, 18 May 2026 08:43:00 +0100

Recticel has opened a new plant in Belgium to recycle insulation board production waste into raw materials, closing a loop in the insulation manufacturing process.

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Egis appoints aviation head

The Construction Index — Mon, 18 May 2026 08:15:00 +0100

Egis has appointed Shakir Khaja as aviation sector director for Europe and Africa. He will oversee the firm’s expansion across the airport sector, with a strategic focus on the UK, Ireland and wider European market.

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AtkinsRéalis to buy Tobin

The Construction Index — Mon, 18 May 2026 07:57:00 +0100

AtkinsRéalis has agreed to acquire Irish engineering and project management consultancy Tobin.

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Mott MacDonald to buy Leed

The Construction Index — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:37:00 +0100

Mott MacDonald has agreed to buy Australian civil contractors, Leed Engineering & Construction.

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Epiroc tunnels in Himalayas

The Construction Index — Mon, 11 May 2026 08:30:00 +0100

Epiroc has supplied mechanised rock excavation equipment for parts of a job in Shimla, India, where drill and blast was not suitable.

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CECE comes to Savoy Place

The Construction Index — Mon, 11 May 2026 07:34:00 +0100

This year's CECE Congress will be hosted in London by the CEA, at the IET's Savoy Place building.

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Ukrainians seek inspiration at UK universities

The Construction Index — Fri, 08 May 2026 08:12:00 +0100

A group of Ukrainian academics and students have toured UK universities, as they develop plans for the rebuilding of the country's leading university, destroyed in Russia's expanded invasion of the country.

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Balfour Beatty expects profits growth

The Construction Index — Thu, 07 May 2026 08:19:00 +0100

Balfour Beatty has said it expected 'high single digit percentage' growth in profits from operations in 2026. In the UK, the group has 15 power transmission schemes in the design phase, and highlights two major highways projects.

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BAM revenue up in Q1

The Construction Index — Thu, 07 May 2026 08:04:00 +0100

Royal BAM Group has issued a trading update showing revenues and adjusted earnings up in the first quarter, with the UK construction division seeing improved profitability.

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Anglian water treatment for Brazil

The Construction Index — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:09:00 +0100

A wastewater treatment process, Helea, developed by Anglian Water, will be used by Haskoning for projects in São Paulo.

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Bouygues plans 30,000 hires

The Construction Index — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100

Bouygues has announced plans to hire 30,000 people in 2026, with 2,700 vacancies in the UK.

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RICS establishes global whole-life carbon collaboration

The Construction Index — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:59:00 +0100

RICS has established a new collaboration to harmonise how whole-life carbon emissions are measured across the global built environment.

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NOCN launches skills passport

The Construction Index — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100

NOCN Group, which administers the CPCS and other card schemes, has launched a new digital skills passport, which will allow holders to record, verify and share their certifications digitally.

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Six years for ex-Lafarge CEO over Syrian IS 'partnership'

The Construction Index — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0100

Lafarge has been fined more than €1m, and its former CEO Bruno Lafont sentenced to six years in prison, by a French court, after the company developed a 'genuine commercial partnership with IS'.

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Turner & Townsend appoints Africa MD

The Construction Index — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:08:00 +0100

Turner & Townsend has completed its acquisition of Profica, and appointed the Johannesburg real estate project management and construction specialist’s founder and former CEO its regional MD for Africa.

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Errigal acquires Woodmarque

The Construction Index — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:41:00 +0100

Monaghan’s Errigal Group has acquired Woodmarque, a specialist joinery based across the border in Dungannon.

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Sumitomo and NEC to develop AI near-miss analysis

The Construction Index — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:34:00 +0000

Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) and NEC have announced plans to develop an AI and computer vision system to detect near-misses and generate detailed reports.

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Turning sawdust into fire-resistant materials

The Construction Index — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Sawdust is a waste material that is usually burnt to generate energy but a team of Swiss scientists think it could be upcycled instead.

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Sagrada Família has 2,000 tonnes of Derbyshire sandstone

The Construction Index — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:10:00 +0000

Marshalls has reached a milestone in supplying stone to Barcelona’s Sagrada Família

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Groupe Legendre expands in Channel Islands

The Construction Index — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:53:00 +0000

French developer and contractor Groupe Legendre has expanded its presence in the Channel Islands, opening a new branch in Guernsey.

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Grafton to acquire Cork timber frame supplier

The Construction Index — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:54:00 +0000

Grafton Group has agreed a deal to take over Cygnum Holdings in the Republic of Ireland.

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Machine learning for machine uptime (Updated)

The Construction Index — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:36:00 +0000

Finnish aggregate equipment manufacturer Metso has new AI features for its support software that will, it says, predict maintenance needs and reduce downtime. But customers may have concerns about how data is saved and how it might be shared.

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Breedon completes Irish acquisition

The Construction Index — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 07:01:00 +0000

Building materials group Breedon has completed the acquisition of Booth Precast Products Limited in the Republic of Ireland.

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Bam buys Dutch housebuilder

The Construction Index — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:16:00 +0000

Royal Bam Group has agreed the acquisition of Dutch house-builder Gebroeders Blokland (Blokland Brothers).

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Layton becomes CECE president

The Construction Index — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:39:00 +0000

JCB director Phil Layton is the new president of the Committee for European Construction Equipment.

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