Construction news

Isidoro Miranda, Managing Director of LafargeHolcim Spain, has been elected as President, and Ken McKnight, Member of the CRH Executive Committee, as Vice-President of the organisation.

For housing projects, office buildings, schools, and warehouses, customers in different countries have chosen Vertua to achieve low emissions without sacrificing quality or performance.

The Vertua admixtures collection features advanced new technology, and forms an integral element of CEMEX’s broader Future in Action strategy.

New Zealand construction output is expected to grow by 5.5% in 2021 driven by shovel-ready project investments and focus on infrastructure, says GlobalData.

The company has launched PHARE, an innovative tool enabling the carbon footprint of Hoffmann concrete to be calculated online.

Alongside Cougnaud Group, the company will work on the construction of the extension to the IFACOM training centre, a vocational school specialising in work-study business courses.

In October 2019, Lehigh Hanson broke ground on the construction of a new state-of-the-art plant in Mitchell, Indiana. As the first quarter of 2021 comes to a close, significant progress has been made at the new plant site.

The company has shared its optimistic outlook for 2021, and expects continued strong demand in private residential construction and infrastructure in all regions.

Cemex Holdings Philippines has announced that its consolidated net sales decreased by 8% during the first quarter of 2021, versus the comparable period in 2020, amounting to PHP 5.2 billion.

The company will supply the Maulini group with its clinker-free low-carbon cement based on its H-UKR technology to enable it to undertake major construction work in Switzerland including the Chêne-Blanc project, a 6-villa real-estate set in Onex, just outside Geneva.