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Australian building materials provider Boral has appointed Belinda Shaw as its new chief financial officer.

The 2% fall in repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI) work in the building industry revealed in the latest ONS figures on construction output in Great Britain, reflects reduced consumer spend as a result of the higher cost of living, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Construction output in Eastern Europe is forecast to contract by 2.5% in 2022, before declining by a further 2.7% in 2023. 

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has launched its biennial Master Builder Awards, a UK competition that has been running for over 30 years.

The construction industry added 19,000 jobs on net in September, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has risen by 292,000 jobs or 3.9%. 

North America's construction industry output is expected to drop to $1.87trn in 2022 ($1.93trn in 2021) due to greater-than-anticipated inflationary pressure and interest rate hikes, according to Global Data, a leading business market intelligence company.

Holcim is investing in COBOD International, a global leader in 3D construction printing, to advance world-class 3D printing materials, robotics and automation.

Building on its collaboration with COBOD since 2019, Holcim aims to further advance its innovative range of proprietary ink TectorPrint, tailored for 3D printing.

Holcim and COBOD have collaborated on various innovative building projects, from 3D-printed windmill tower bases with GE to the world’s first 3D-printed school in Malawi and Africa’s largest 3D-printed affordable housing project in Kenya.

Holcim has acquired Wiltshire Heavy Building Materials (Wiltshire), one of the leading building solutions and material circularity companies in the UK, with net sales of over £17.9 million (CHF 20mn) in 2021.

Driving circular construction, Wiltshire recycles 150,000 tons of construction & demolition waste each year into aggregates and concrete with its state-of-the-art material recovery system.