Materials
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Recticel has opened a Belgian plant for industrial PIR recycling. The facility will turn insulation waste into recycled polyol for new high-performance boards.
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Forterra is adding surcharges as materials cost pressure returns again. Brick and concrete product pricing will be affected from June after rises in diesel, transport, and natural gas costs.
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Armacell has published EPDs for ArmaComfort acoustic insulation products range. The declarations give specifiers verified lifecycle data for building services noise-control applications.
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Travis Perkins Managed Services has been appointed to supply materials for Wandle’s 7,000-home portfolio, with TPgo Data supporting repairs visibility, product tracking, and van stock planning.
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Fox Group has acquired two construction materials and civils businesses. The deals add surfacing, cold milling, in-situ recycling, and ready-mixed concrete capacity to its integrated platform.
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HSE has tightened engineered stone guidance after fatal silicosis cases. Dry cutting is now deemed unacceptable, with water suppression, lower-silica materials, RPE, and health surveillance forming the core controls.
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Holcim, Paebbl, and GOLDBECK have delivered a commercial-scale industrial floor slab in Germany using carbon-storing ready-mix concrete, replacing 15% of traditional cement with Paebbl Rebond.
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Werner Sobek has engineered a double-skin facade for Vienna’s DC Tower 2, integrating around 12,000 sq m of photovoltaic modules into the high-rise building envelope.
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Arlington Real Estate has secured approval for West Hartford Park, a 126-acre employment development near Cramlington that could deliver more than 1m sq ft of industrial, manufacturing, logistics, and innovation space.
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Lower-carbon roofing has moved into factory-scale validation. FP McCann has advanced graphene-enhanced concrete roof tile trials at Cadeby, demonstrating a potential 14% reduction in cradle-to-gate embodied carbon without changing standard production lines.