Finland’s Ruskon Betoni building concrete plant in Lappeenranta

Finnish Destamatic is developing new recycled products together with the Lappeenranta University of Technology, such as wood-plastic and wood-cement made with the Destaclean concept.

The company says it is the first in the world to make recycled composite products from building waste. The first product patented by the company is a garden stone of wood-stone composite. The product contains 30% wood from building waste and the remainder is stone.

Destamatic plans to sell licenses for its patented produ

The first batch of concrete from Cemex UK has been delivered for the construction of a new £500 million (€625 million) onshore gas plant in the Shetland Islands. The contract, providing over 25,000m³ over 12 months, was awarded by Morrison Construction, Galliford Try’s Scottish construction business. The Cemex solution to providing concrete in one of the remotest parts of Britain is the erection of a mobile plant on site, modified to deal with the anticipated cold weather, and the complex logistics coordina

Breedon Aggregates has been awarded a contract valued at up to £10 million (€13 million) by Wills Bros John Paul JV to supply drystone, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt to the £35 million (€46) first stage of the A9 dualling project between Kincraig and Dalraddy south of Aviemore, Scotland.

The 8km stretch incorporates five new structures, numerous side roads and accesses to local estates. It is the first stage in a £3 billion (€3.95 billion) project to transform 128km of single carriageway to dual carr