Materials
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Heidelberg Materials has delivered a lower-carbon road scheme in Redbridge. The project used evoZero cement, reclaimed asphalt, warm-mix asphalt, and a carbon-storing bio-binder.
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Oregon Timber Frame has completed a major Selkirk factory expansion. The £25m investment lifts annual output to 5,000 house kits, with further growth planned over the next three years.
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Steel tariff changes could raise pressure on UK construction fabricators.
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Encon has expanded its East Anglia construction supply operation significantly. The merged branch will serve Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire with broader stockholding across building products, interiors, groundworks, and insulation.
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A2Dominion will invest £16m in warmer homes and resilience upgrades. The programme covers insulation, heating, ventilation, damp prevention, energy performance, and climate-adaptation measures across its housing stock.
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Staticus has secured the façade package for Vista South Bank. The contract adds a major closed-cavity façade scope to one of London’s largest commercial redevelopment schemes.
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Michelmersh will wind down Charnwood as brick despatches weaken nationwide. The move reflects uneven housebuilding demand, cost pressure, and tighter capacity decisions across UK construction materials.
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BrightHy will build hydrogen production capacity for Spanish cement manufacturing. The 2MW Buñol project links construction materials with industrial decarbonisation infrastructure.
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BKT is positioning Multimax MP 527 for compact plant fleets. The tyre is designed for telehandlers, backhoe loaders, compact loaders, and wheel loaders operating across construction, handling, and agri-industrial environments.
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SBM will target UK and Irish buyers at Hillhead 2026. The Austrian manufacturer will present hybrid-electric crushing equipment and mobile concrete production systems for quarrying, recycling, and flexible site-based concrete production.