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Construction materials business Tarmac has partnered with the Port of Tilbury in London to create what is claimed to be the UK’s largest construction materials aggregates terminal.

The terminal will be located at Tilbury2, the new port being constructed on the north bank of the River Thames which is due to open in 2020.

The work will see the creation of new aggregate processing and manufacturing facilities, including an asphalt and ready mix concrete plant, at the new port terminal, supported by the t

Harsco Corporation has revealed that its Environmental division (HE) will serve as the first pilot customer for Volvo Construction Equipment’s (Volvo CE) new autonomous battery-electric hauler. While not yet on the market, the hauler is being heralded as the “next ground-breaking step in Volvo CE’s innovation journey.”

“We are delighted to partner with Volvo CE on this pilot,” said HE chief operating officer Russ Mitchell. “Our participation represents the fulfilment of the promise we make to every Harsc

The North of England regional winners have been announced for the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) Excellence Awards at a ceremony in Gateshead.

The Awards celebrate the success of exceptional individuals, teams and projects around the UK. Award categories are aligned to the quadrants of the IQ Skills Wheel and recognise the positive impact professionals make across the country. Award categories included:

STANDARDS & PROFESSIONALISM
The Best Personal Development Project award recognises initiatives that a

Northern Ireland-based Powerscreen is re-introducing its Phoenix mobile crushing and screening range.

Demolition and waste management provider Collard Group has purchased Raymond Brown Waste Solutions (RBWS) from parent company Raymond Brown Group.

Hampshire, UK-based Collard Group says the acquisition of RBWS -made for an undisclosed sum - will further elevate it into the top-tier of waste management companies with a 1 million+ tonne annual capacity for waste and recycling.

It adds that the purchase - including the incorporation of three strategically-located waste transfer stations at Chilton (Didc

CEMEX Ventures, the venture capital unit of building materials company CEMEX, has invested an unspecified sum in construction tech start-up X3 Builders.

California-based X3 Builders is a vertically integrated general contractor that combines architectural design, material procurement, and construction services to provide clients with a one stop solution and a seamless transition from design to construction.

The start-up claims to be a completely new type of general contractor due to its 100% technolo

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined three concrete firms a total of over £36m for colluding to keep the price of their products artificially high.

Following an investigation, the CMA fined Northern Ireland-based FP McCann Ltd more than £25m for its part in the scheme. Derbyshire-based Stanton Bonna Concrete Ltd and Somerset-based CPM Group Ltd are due to pay more than £7mn and £4mn respectively.

The fines were imposed after the companies were found to have broken competition law b

The UK-based Concrete Centre’s popular event Cafe Concrete will return on 29th October 2019 at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, situated on London’s Southbank.

This free pop-up event will examine the latest thinking the ways in which visual concrete can reduce materials, cut carbon emission of buildings and address important sustainability and circular economy criteria for design.

The Concrete Centre’s senior architect, Elaine Toogood, heads up the day’s jam-packed agenda and will also present o

ELB Equipment has secured the lion’s share of orders for the Green Good Deeds campaign aimed at supporting efforts to clean-up rubble within the municipalities of KwaZulu Natal.

The campaign is an initiative of the province’s Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and offers financial aid to municipalities who have been hiring equipment such as backhoe loaders (BHL), graders, rollers and trucks at great costs to clean up their areas. In addition to clean-ups, the equipment will also

Robert Harvey, sole director and employee of Scotland-based Front Row Builders Ltd, has been jailed for ten months after an employee was killed by an excavator.

Company employee Nicholas Hall was crushed to death by an excavator bucket, which Harvey was operating.

The employee was pinned against the wall of an excavation pit for a vehicle wash bay that was under construction for Peter Lawless Road Planing Limited at Whistleberry Road, Blantyre.

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that on 7 May 2016 work w