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Metsä Wood DURAForm® Formwork Panels with Top-quality Composite Surface for Concrete Elements

To achieve a top-quality sophisticated result in concrete construction, the planning and quality of formwork systems play a decisive role.

From Metsä Wood 25 Nov 2022

The Right Temperature for a 300-year-old Church

“Steam usually maintains a high pressure and temperature in our assignments, but in the beautiful church of Kättilstad in Östergötland Sweden, the pressure is no higher than under the lid of a kettle on the stove when everything is as it should be. That was the challenge,” says Johan Söderberg at FVB, who has worked on a somewhat unusual project.

23 Nov 2022

Peab Builds Parking Garage in Jyväskylä

Peab has been commissioned to build a parking garage in Jyväskylä. The customer is Jyväs-Parkki Oy and the contract is worth EUR 19 million.

From Peab AB 23 Nov 2022

Bradfords & Tarmac Trial Pioneering Sustainable Pallet Scheme

Bradfords Building Supplies has taken its first delivery of Tarmac bagged cement loaded on green Pallet LOOP pallets into its Glastonbury branch, kicking off the first end-to-end trial of a new circular economy pallet reuse scheme for the UK construction sector.

21 Nov 2022

Peab Builds New Combustion Plant in Finnsnes

Peab has been commissioned to build a new combustion plant in Norwegian Finnsnes. The customer is Senja Avfall and the contract is worth NOK 118 million.

18 Nov 2022

GMI Construction Group Bolsters Midlands Portfolio With Over £100M of Regional Investment

GMI Construction Group, one of the biggest privately owned construction companies in the UK, has boosted its Midlands presence, having been awarded over £100m in projects across the region.

From GMI Construction Group 18 Nov 2022

Australian War Memorial Build Takes Shape

The Australian War Memorial’s $550 million development project will begin rising out of the ground, following the contract signing with the last of three main construction partners this week.

18 Nov 2022

Why Natural Topsoil Should be the Sustainable Choice of the Future for Landscaping Projects

Landscaping products specialist, Boughton says more education is needed around the benefits of natural topsoil for landscaping projects.

14 Nov 2022

Procore Announces Winners of 2022 Groundbreaker Awards

Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of construction management software, today announced the winners of the 2022 Groundbreaker Awards at Procore’s annual industry event in New Orleans, Groundbreak.

11 Nov 2022

New Partnership to Manufacture Concrete that Captures Carbon Emissions

Across the globe, concrete is known to be the most extensively manufactured material—and it is also one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, considering for a minimum of 8% of global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions.

10 Nov 2022

Applying Machine Learning to Eliminate Potholes

Researchers have created an “intelligent compaction” technology that can evaluate the quality of road base compaction in real time and is integrated into a road roller.

7 Nov 2022

Landmark Museum Embraces Sustainable Wood Technology to House Vast Historical Collection

Sleek, sustainable and striking, the recent development by Haslob Kruse + Partners fuses past and present with an expansive wooden exterior made with sustainable leader, Kebony wood, which was selected to house over 60,000 precious maritime artefacts at Germany’s National Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven.

26 Oct 2022