Materials
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Vateris has secured commercial commitments for its carbon-negative construction material. Holcim, Marshalls, and Goldbeck are among six partners backing output from planned UK and European plants.
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AkzoNobel’s study finds timber can cut building lifecycle carbon substantially. The assessed window and façade scenarios also show substrate choice outweighing coatings in total cradle-to-grave emissions.
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London’s Piccadilly redevelopment will pioneer evoBuild concrete in the UK. The project combines carbon-captured cement and GGBS as The Crown Estate targets lower embodied carbon.
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Britain produces enough straw for 300,000 low-rise homes each year. University of Bath research finds material scarcity is not the main constraint, with supply chains, regulation, skills, finance, and construction-sector acceptance now presenting larger barriers.
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Derriford Hospital’s £140m emergency building has reached structural frame completion. The Wave 1 project combines expanded clinical capacity with lower-carbon concrete and recycled steel ahead of its planned April 2029 completion.
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Holcim has opened Czechia’s first dedicated calcined clay production line. The CZK1 billion Čížkovice investment will support 580,000 tonnes of lower-carbon ECOPlanet cement production each year.
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GPE has completed 30 Duke Street using extensive reused steel. The fully pre-let St James’s development shows structural reuse operating within the programme, quality, and commercial demands of prime London construction.
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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.