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Cement market reform to improve competition
21/05/2013: The Competition Commission (CC) is promising 'hard-hitting measures' to 'break open' the cement market amid allegations of coordination among producers. more »
Wealth no indicator of solar uptake
16/05/2013: Seven per cent of UK homes have installed solar panels in the past three years, according to government figures, but there are some surprising indicators, new research has found. more »
May Gurney expands use of recycling for pothole repairs
03/05/2013: May Gurney is to expand its use of an innovative thermal road repair system, which mends potholes and other surface defects by recycling the existing macadam. more »
Solar power attachment designed to reduce generator fuel consumption
26/04/2013: Speedy Hire is offering for hire or sale a new type of solar powered generator. more »
Concrete moves for carbon reduction
12/04/2013: Ash produced at coal-fired power stations is helping to improve the sustainability of concrete. Dr Robert Carroll from the UK Quality Ash Association explains how. more »
Breedon confirms its second big quarry purchase of the week
12/04/2013: Paving block producer Marshalls has agreed a deal to sell its aggregates quarries and sand & gravel pits to Breedon Aggregates. more »
Repairs at Wolf Rock
10/04/2013: Concrete on the world’s first lighthouse helipad has been repaired and protected. more »
Repair specialists make Penguins Rock
10/04/2013: Penguins are back in their pool at Edinburgh Zoo thanks to emergency concrete repairs that have brought new life to their old home more »
Breedon takes Scottish plants from Aggregate Industries
10/04/2013: Breedon Aggregates has agreed a deal to buy Scottish assets from Aggregate Industries and is in talks to buy Marshalls’ quarries as well. more »
Cemex to research greener cement
10/04/2013: Cemex is to collaborate in a year-long study into the use of alternative fuels in cement manufacturing. more »
BriggsAmasco acquires Rock’s Flexiphalte
21/05/2013: Roofing contractor BriggsAmasco has acquired Rock Asphalte’s Flexiphalte waterproofing product line. more »
BRE software for Green Deal assessments
14/05/2013: BRE, the building research establishment, has published the first modules of a suite of software to help domestic energy assessors (DEA) and green deal advisors (GDA). more »
Breedon completes quarry acquisitions
01/05/2013: Breedon Aggregates has now completed the purchase of assets from both Aggregate Industries UK and Marshalls. more »
Komfort wins gasket patent dispute
24/04/2013: Office partitioning specialist Komfort has won a battle to protect one of its patents. more »
Bumper edition of The Construction Index magazine is out now
12/04/2013: The April issue of the Construction Index magazine is out now. At 108 pages, it is the biggest edition to date of the magazine that was launched just last year. more »
Safe to scream on the 'marmalising' Smiler
10/04/2013: Kiwa CMT helped ensure Alton Towers' latest thrill has firm footings more »
Thermomass panels for Asda distribution centres
10/04/2013: A concrete sandwich system has benefits over tin for big sheds. more »
Hope rises from Lafarge Tarmac merger
10/04/2013: Phil Bishop reports on developments in the concrete sector. more »
HeidelbergCement cartel fines confirmed
10/04/2013: The Federal Court of Justice in Germany has imposed a €161.4m (£137.8m) fine on HeidelbergCement in a cartel case stemming from the 1990s. more »
New mixed brindle clay tile
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08/04/2013: Marley Eternit says that its new mixed brindle single camber clay plain tile has “unrivalled environmental credentials”. more »
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