Materials
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Eurocell has launched a compliance tool for Future Homes calculations. The Windowmaker system embeds validated product data into quoting workflows.
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European public buyers are now seeking market-ready circular construction suppliers. The consultation will focus on buildings and infrastructure procurement.
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Fraunhofer IKTS is developing a reactor for lower-carbon lime production. The Green Lime project targets process emissions in construction materials.
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Concrete Canvas has secured national engineering recognition for climate infrastructure. The award highlights rapid-installation materials for water and erosion control.
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Prysmian will use recycled copper on Eastern Green Link 2. The specification sets a lower-carbon benchmark for UK transmission construction.
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The Construction Leadership Council says concrete roof tiles remain restricted. Wider building materials availability is stable, although procurement remains exposed to cost and demand pressures.
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Skanska will build Hydro’s aluminium wire rod facility in Norway. The NOK 1.1bn contract supports new production capacity for power cable and electrification markets.
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Building safety reform is exposing weak gateway submissions across projects. The latest steering group report warns that parts of the sector are still adapting too slowly to post-Grenfell duties.
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Morganstone will deliver civil and structural works at Port Talbot. The appointment moves Tata Steel UK’s Project Invictus into main construction and strengthens the role of Welsh contractors in industrial decarbonisation.
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James Burrell has expanded merchant capacity at its Billingham branch. The new warehouse and 1.3-acre yard extension strengthen Teesside stockholding, logistics, and materials availability.