Archive for the 'Construction Product News' Category
Jun
18
Aggregate Industries has opened a new ready mix concrete plant in Coleshill, Warwickshire.
Jun
18
GGBS embraced for Dawlish sea wall
June 18, 2021 | Leave a Comment
The contractor on the Dawlish sea wall reconstruction project in south Devon reckons to be saving 1,130 tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere by using ground granulated blast furnace slag as a cement substitute.
Jun
16
Nothing ventured… nothing gained
June 16, 2021 | Leave a Comment
Cemex is a name usually associated with the production of distinctly low-tech building materials. But, through its own venture capital subsidiary, the company also has a finger in the future technology pie. Margo Cole reports
Jun
16
Grow your own
June 16, 2021 | Leave a Comment
A building made entirely from Scottish trees is helping prove that UK homes shouldn’t need to rely on imported timber. Lisa Russell reports on the benefits of using home-grown products
Jun
16
From muck to materials
June 16, 2021 | Leave a Comment
She’s at it again…Heriot-Watt University’s Professor Madero is leading a new quest to find profitable, sustainable uses for construction waste. David Taylor reports
Jun
14
Emergency repairs at Gibraltar Rock
June 14, 2021 | Leave a Comment
Aarsleff provided a two-stage solution with a 120-year design life to remediate an unstable retaining wall.