Europe

Global building materials supplier CEMEX has adapted its production process to provide Network Rail with a never-seen-before concrete bearer for a challenging rail replacement project at Lewisham Station in London, UK. 

Producers of essential materials for UK infrastructure projects have welcomed news that an urgent review of national planning policy for major projects is to be carried out.

German construction machinery manufacturers are bullish in the face of challenges. Gains in sales at the end of 2022 saw the firms increase turnover by 3% in real terms for 2022, according to figures collated by the German manufacturing association, the VDMA.