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A major player in the provision of a range of construction industry services is celebrating its 140th anniversary by buying 14 new vehicles, one for each decade of its history.

The family-run Tudor Griffiths Group, based in Ellesmere, County Shropshire, England, covers five generations, and started when William Griffiths set out on this journey. Now, 140 years on the company he founded employs more than 250 people in mainly rural areas and delivers an annual turnover in excess of £35 million (€44 million

English Heritage has recently consulted on Historic Environment Good Practice Advice in Planning, which relates to the historic environment in local plans, decision-taking in the historic environment and the setting of heritage assets .
However, the UK’s Mineral Products Associaton (MPA) believes that the proposed content of English Heritage’s Good Practice Advice (GPA) is not in tune with the presumption in favour of sustainable development formalised by the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
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The UK-based Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee’s Report ‘The Extractive Industries’, published today, which takes direct account of key evidence highlighted by the MPA and the CBI Minerals Group (CBIMG) in a number of its recommendations to Government.

The MPA and CBIMG recommendations contained in the influential report were that that the UK Government’s Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Department publishes a domestic extractives plan sett

IronPlanet (www.ironplanet.com), a leading online auction company for pre-owned construction equipment, will make around 300 items from across Europe available to purchase in its ‘VINCI special’ online auction taking place today (29/10/14).

Europe’s leading construction company and a major global player, VINCI is the driving-force behind some of the largest construction projects on the planet and employ more than 69,000 people across 100 countries.

In continuing its long-standing relationship with Ir

Volvo Construction Equipment says its earnings rose strongly in Q3 2014 – despite stable market growth in North America being dented by a faster decline in China and a loss of momentum in Europe.

A solid 9% improvement in the North American market was not enough to overcome uncertainty and negative growth elsewhere in Volvo CE third quarter results, which saw revenues rise 2% in the period. However, Q3 2014 earnings rose by almost a third - 31% – compared to the same period of 2013 thanks to beneficial c

Cemex says that its consolidated net sales reached approximately US$4.1 billion (€3.25 billion) in the third-quarter of 2014, an increase of 4% on a like-to-like basis for the ongoing operations and adjusting for currency fluctuations, versus the comparable period in 2013.

The Polish national roads authority GDDKiA has decided that in its building programme for 2014-20 key stretches of motorways and dual carriageways will have a concrete rather than an asphalt surface.

In Estonia, Tônis Meriste, director of development at Eesti Energia, says that the comprehensive utilisation and shale ash recycling should be improved. The mixture of shale ash with bitumen and crushed asphalt could replace granite gravel in laying the sub-base in road building.

According to Krasnodarstat, enterprises in the Krasnodar region (South) of Russia produced 4.6million tonnes of cement in January-September 2014, up 1.2% on Q1-3 2013.

Titan Machinery Bulgaria, the official dealer of Case Construction Equipment in the country, has been awarded a Gold Medal and Diploma for the best innovation in the Machine Building category at the 70th International Technical Fair, held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

International construction equipment manufacturer Chicago Pneumatic has appointed BMI Group as its latest authorised distributor in South Africa to support Chicago Pneumatic in further expanding its growing presence in that country.

BMI has full access to the CP portfolio of handheld pneumatic, hydraulic and petrol-driven tools alongside compaction equipment, rig-mounted attachments, portable compressors, generators and light towers.

“What ultimately made us decide to partner with Chicago Pneumatic is

Eco-Cement, a vast European research programme, is aimed at developing a green mortar from bacteria.

The first stage sees the revitalisation of the bacteria in a mixture of urea and nutritional substances at a constant temperature of around 30°C. The revitalised bacteria are then blended with sand, industrial cement waste and ashes from rice husks.

Laura Sánchez Alonso, a coordinator of the Eco-Cement project, states that the raw materials are essentially waste.

Amberger Kaolinwerke (AKW) of Hirschau, a subsidiary of Frechen-based Quarzwerke, has held the topping-out ceremony for its new sand and gravel plant in Schnaittenbach.

Investment in the new plant will add up to almost €25 million. The new plant will have around 30 staff.

HeidelbergCement has been honoured as the best improver in disclosing environmental information among the 350 largest listed companies in the region Germany-Austria-Switzerland (DACCH) by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

HeidelbergCement says it now ranks among the top five companies in the sector of energy and materials.

The company received the award as best improver during the CDP Leadership Award Conference and Ceremony held in Munich, Germany, where it was accepted by Rob van der Meer, public