Materials
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Eiffage has secured major steelwork for the new Merwede Bridge. Iemants will engineer, manufacture, assemble, and install a 258m arch and 53m movable section for the A27 replacement crossing.
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Bouygues UK has completed the timber-framed St John’s CE Academy. The 6,074m² Wantage school combines cross-laminated timber, off-site manufacture, photovoltaics, and sustainable drainage for around 600 secondary pupils.
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Doka now provides product carbon footprint data across 9,000 products. The expanded dataset covers formwork and scaffolding and is intended to support procurement, lifecycle assessment, and Scope 3 reporting across construction projects.
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Hill House has reached a critical conservation milestone in Helensburgh. Specialists have removed its original cement roughcast after five and a half months, allowing monitoring and development of a replacement external finish to advance.
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Eiffage has secured healthcare construction contracts worth €132 million combined. The awards cover Angers University Hospital and a new RE2020-compliant hospital in Avallon, spanning structure, building services, low-carbon materials, and energy systems.
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Holcim limestone is reinforcing coastal defences at Weymouth’s Sanctuary development. The rock armour forms part of an £8m coastal-protection package supporting the £52m residential project at Newtons Cove.
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Sisk has started major retrofit works at 171 Victoria Street. The Westminster scheme will retain substantial existing fabric while introducing lower-carbon concrete, glazing, and upgraded commercial space.
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VASO has secured planning approval for recycled-glass homes in Closeburn. The four-home project will use structural panels manufactured off site at the company’s new Dumfries production facility.
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Holcim has agreed to acquire Fermacell for €840 million cash. The transaction adds six European production sites and expands Holcim’s position in walling, flooring, fire protection, and modular building systems.
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Siniat has cut UK carbon intensity by five per cent. Production efficiency and the Bristol manufacturing investment are reducing emissions while expanded EPD coverage gives construction teams more detailed product data.