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Irish GGBS to land in Sheerness
20 Jun 2017: Ecocem Ireland has opened a second bulk import terminal on the UK mainland, at Sheerness in the Port of Medway. more »
Timber frame systems join BIM Store
20 Jun 2017: The UK’s first timber frame building information modelling (BIM) library has been opened by Stewart Milne Timber Systems after 12 months of development work. more »
NBS seeks manufacturers’ views on BIM
14 Jun 2017: Construction product manufacturers are being urged to share their views of building information modelling (BIM) in an industry-wide survey. more »
Expansion in Birmingham for insulation supplier
9 Jun 2017: Encon Insulation’s Birmingham branch has moved to new premises with twice the space of before. more »
SIG strikes Carlisle factory sale and lease back deal
2 Jun 2017: Building materials giant SIG has sold its Steadmans roofing materials factory in Welton, Carlisle but is staying put and leasing it back. more »
Graphene paint comes to UK market with remarkable claims
31 May 2017: The first commercial application of graphene in paint has now arrived in the UK. more »
Further growth for builders' merchants' sales in first quarter
30 May 2017: Sales of building products and materials were up 5.9% by value in the first quarter of 2017 compared to a year earlier. more »
Jablite protects its thermal floor kit
25 May 2017: After £1m of product development and two years of work, Jablite has secured patent protection for its All-In-One Thermal Floor System. more »
App measures stockpile volumes
25 May 2017: There is now an iPhone app for measuring stockpiles of materials. more »
Polypipe picks new CEO
24 May 2017: Polypipe Group chief financial officer Martin Payne is to take over as chief executive when David Hall steps down in October. more »
Belgian takeover for geotextile specialist
24 May 2017: Industrial textiles manufacturer James Dewhurst Group has been taken over by Sioen Industries NV. more »
Go Interiors takes over FGF
23 May 2017: Building materials supplier Go Interiors has taken over FGF Ltd, a supplier of cladding, insulation and fire-resistant products. more »
Private equity backing for dotcom builders’ merchant
17 May 2017: An online building products retailer has secured £8.65m from a private equity firm in exchange for majority share of the business. more »
Cemex drivers to strike
10 May 2017: Eighty-two cement delivery drivers are to hold a work-to-rule, followed by a one-day strike. more »
February sales see landscaping up but decorating down
26 Apr 2017: Builders’ merchants’ daily sales were up again in February 2017, despite the wet weather. more »
Report calls for new approach to use of composite materials
25 Apr 2017: The use of composite materials in construction and engineering is being stymied by inappropriate standards and regulations, according to a major new report. more »
CPA elects new chairman
12 Apr 2017: The Construction Products Association has named Carl Arntzen as its new chairman. more »
Product sales complete fourth year of growth
10 Apr 2017: Sales of UK construction products and materials have now risen for 16 consecutive quarters after further growth was recorded at the start of 2017. more »
Sandwell sidings to become sleeper factory
6 Apr 2017: Network Rail has earmarked a site in Sandwell railway sidings for the construction of a sleeper factory more »
SIG and Celcon form system build combo
6 Apr 2017: Building products supplier SIG Offsite has collaborated with aircrete producer H+H UK to create a new house-building system. more »