Construction news

The new 61 storey Salesforce Tower has been named as a finalist in the CEMEX Building Award 2018.

Aggregate Industries has highlighted the benefits of using lightweight concrete solutions made from secondary aggregates, such as its flyash-based Lytag product.

Alimak has announced that all its product lines within construction will be named and labeled “Alimak”.

TITAN Group has joined the newly established Global Cement and Concrete Association, which aims to enhance and promote the sector’s contribution to sustainable construction.

Ambuja Cements has moved two notches up to 5th place globally in the Construction Material category of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index - 2018.

CEMEX has supplied concrete, including special mixes of hyper-fluid and high-strength concrete, for the construction of L’Arbre Blanc in Montpellier, France.

Holcim Mexico has inaugurated a new premixed concrete plant in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila, that will have a 120 m3/h capacity, doubling the production capacity of the previous plant.

The company acted as the main cement supplier to the project, which is expected to provide irrigation water for 690 000 hectares of agricultural land as well as water and renewable energy to a number of cities.

A recent white paper prepared by GlobalData predicts construction output in the ASEAN region will increase by 6% annually between 2018 and 2022.

The Latin American-based conglomerate was founded in January 1918 and is now active in 24 countries.