Europe & CIS

EU construction output rebounded in May, with output increasing by 21.2% month-on-month following the record fall in April, when output plummeted by 14.9%.

The boards of the Construction Equipment and Plant Engineering trade association took stock of the current status of the COVID-19 crisis during their annual meeting at the beginning of July.

Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies announces that it has signed an exclusive supply agreement with CAPREMIB, a specialist in designing precast concrete structures.

The company has recently announced that it will relocate to a larger building to address existing space constraints and to allow for future growth of the operation.

The company has announced that it has obtained a €200 million loan guaranteed by the French State.

An inflatable safety barrier designed by Tarmac has been highly commended at the 2020 Chartered Institute of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) awards.

The two companies have developed concrete formulations based on H-UKR technology, a binder developed by Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies, that has a lower carbon footprint than traditional cement.

The company forecasts that construction output in the UK will contract by 10.3% in 2020 as a whole, with the steep contraction in Q2 2020 being partially offset by improvements during the second half of the year.

The company has published its preliminary Q2 key figures from the half-year financial report 2020.

Following a period of consultation with Employee Representatives and Unite the Union, CEMEX has today confirmed its proposal and will mothball its South Ferriby cement plant.

The 3.2 km long BAB 5 section between Hirschberg and Ladenburg in the direction of Frankfurt-Karlsruhe was renewed within six days, which has been owed to always having sufficient cement on site.

The company has achieved international certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI), receiving the ISO 45001 Standard in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.

Chepstow Plant International has won a national award for its staff training and development initiative, known as 'Project Fusion'.

The CEMEX-Tec 2020 Award has announced that its 10th edition received 1 678 entries; the largest number of projects registered in the history of the event.

The company will deploy its technology at Vicat’s Montalieu cement plant, near Lyon in France, next month.