Materials

  • Brick deliveries fall as material prices rise

    Brick deliveries fall as material prices rise

    Brick and block deliveries fell again as material prices rose. August volumes remained below 2025 levels while the construction material price index for all work increased 6.4%.

  • Staffordshire opens £7m surfacing framework tender

    Staffordshire opens £7m surfacing framework tender

    Staffordshire has opened bidding for its £7m surfacing framework today. The agreement covers installation, repairs, maintenance, markings and associated equipment across council and partner sites.

  • Reclinker raises £10m for recycled cement production

    Reclinker raises £10m for recycled cement production

    Reclinker has raised £10m to commercialise recycled cement production technology. Its process uses recovered cement paste as electric arc furnace flux, producing new clinker alongside recycled steel.

  • Vattenfall completes Clashindarroch II turbine foundations

    Vattenfall completes Clashindarroch II turbine foundations

    Vattenfall has now completed all fourteen Clashindarroch II turbine foundations. The 11-week programme used lower carbon concrete, recycled reinforcing steel and site batching to reduce embodied and transport emissions.

  • Edinburgh Palm Houses reopen after restoration

    Edinburgh Palm Houses reopen after restoration

    Edinburgh’s historic Palm Houses have reopened after five-year restoration work. Thousands of replacement glass panes and extensive ironwork repairs have renewed the A-listed structures.

  • Steinzeug-Keramo takes KERA.Drive to Highways UK

    Steinzeug-Keramo takes KERA.Drive to Highways UK

    Steinzeug-Keramo will showcase KERA.Drive jacking pipes at Highways UK 2026. The trenchless system supports sewer installation beneath roads, railways and other constrained infrastructure with reduced continuous surface excavation.

  • Avantium closes Worley contract at Delfzijl plant

    Avantium closes Worley contract at Delfzijl plant

    Avantium has closed Worley’s construction contract for its Delfzijl plant. The agreement resolves outstanding EPC matters as commissioning moves into commercial preparation.

  • Power4Steel moves into major construction phase

    Power4Steel moves into major construction phase

    Power4Steel has entered its main above-ground construction phase in Saarland. Around 120 structures form the €4.6bn transformation as SHS moves from foundations into major industrial plant construction.

  • Billington profit rises as steel workload grows

    Billington profit rises as steel workload grows

    Billington has reported sharply higher revenue and profit across operations. First half revenue rose 29.1% to £53.95m as larger structural steel projects and increased factory utilisation fed through.

  • MPA seeks new survey of recycled aggregates

    MPA seeks new survey of recycled aggregates

    Britain’s recycled aggregates market still lacks current government survey data. MPA says the evidence gap risks weakening investment decisions as more than 70 million tonnes of recycled and secondary aggregates enter the market annually.