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Recticel closes insulation loop

�鶹�� — Mon, 18 May 2026 08:43:00 +0100

Recticel has opened a new plant in Belgium to recycle insulation board production waste into raw materials, closing a loop in the insulation manufacturing process.

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Egis appoints aviation head

�鶹�� — Mon, 18 May 2026 08:15:00 +0100

Egis has appointed Shakir Khaja as aviation sector director for Europe and Africa. He will oversee the firm’s expansion across the airport sector, with a strategic focus on the UK, Ireland and wider European market.

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AtkinsRéalis to buy Tobin

�鶹�� — Mon, 18 May 2026 07:57:00 +0100

AtkinsRéalis has agreed to acquire Irish engineering and project management consultancy Tobin.

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Mott MacDonald to buy Leed

�鶹�� — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:37:00 +0100

Mott MacDonald has agreed to buy Australian civil contractors, Leed Engineering & �鶹��.

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Epiroc tunnels in Himalayas

�鶹�� — Mon, 11 May 2026 08:30:00 +0100

Epiroc has supplied mechanised rock excavation equipment for parts of a job in Shimla, India, where drill and blast was not suitable.

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CECE comes to Savoy Place

�鶹�� — Mon, 11 May 2026 07:34:00 +0100

This year's CECE Congress will be hosted in London by the CEA, at the IET's Savoy Place building.

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Ukrainians seek inspiration at UK universities

�鶹�� — Fri, 08 May 2026 08:12:00 +0100

A group of Ukrainian academics and students have toured UK universities, as they develop plans for the rebuilding of the country's leading university, destroyed in Russia's expanded invasion of the country.

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Balfour Beatty expects profits growth

�鶹�� — Thu, 07 May 2026 08:19:00 +0100

Balfour Beatty has said it expected 'high single digit percentage' growth in profits from operations in 2026. In the UK, the group has 15 power transmission schemes in the design phase, and highlights two major highways projects.

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BAM revenue up in Q1

�鶹�� — Thu, 07 May 2026 08:04:00 +0100

Royal BAM Group has issued a trading update showing revenues and adjusted earnings up in the first quarter, with the UK construction division seeing improved profitability.

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Anglian water treatment for Brazil

�鶹�� — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:09:00 +0100

A wastewater treatment process, Helea, developed by Anglian Water, will be used by Haskoning for projects in São Paulo.

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Bouygues plans 30,000 hires

�鶹�� — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100

Bouygues has announced plans to hire 30,000 people in 2026, with 2,700 vacancies in the UK.

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RICS establishes global whole-life carbon collaboration

�鶹�� — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:59:00 +0100

RICS has established a new collaboration to harmonise how whole-life carbon emissions are measured across the global built environment.

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NOCN launches skills passport

�鶹�� — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100

NOCN Group, which administers the CPCS and other card schemes, has launched a new digital skills passport, which will allow holders to record, verify and share their certifications digitally.

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Six years for ex-Lafarge CEO over Syrian IS 'partnership'

�鶹�� — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0100

Lafarge has been fined more than €1m, and its former CEO Bruno Lafont sentenced to six years in prison, by a French court, after the company developed a 'genuine commercial partnership with IS'.

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Turner & Townsend appoints Africa MD

�鶹�� — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:08:00 +0100

Turner & Townsend has completed its acquisition of Profica, and appointed the Johannesburg real estate project management and construction specialist’s founder and former CEO its regional MD for Africa.

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Errigal acquires Woodmarque

�鶹�� — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:41:00 +0100

Monaghan’s Errigal Group has acquired Woodmarque, a specialist joinery based across the border in Dungannon.

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Sumitomo and NEC to develop AI near-miss analysis

�鶹�� — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:34:00 +0000

Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) and NEC have announced plans to develop an AI and computer vision system to detect near-misses and generate detailed reports.

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Turning sawdust into fire-resistant materials

�鶹�� — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Sawdust is a waste material that is usually burnt to generate energy but a team of Swiss scientists think it could be upcycled instead.

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Sagrada Família has 2,000 tonnes of Derbyshire sandstone

�鶹�� — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:10:00 +0000

Marshalls has reached a milestone in supplying stone to Barcelona’s Sagrada Família

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Groupe Legendre expands in Channel Islands

�鶹�� — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:53:00 +0000

French developer and contractor Groupe Legendre has expanded its presence in the Channel Islands, opening a new branch in Guernsey.

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Grafton to acquire Cork timber frame supplier

�鶹�� — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:54:00 +0000

Grafton Group has agreed a deal to take over Cygnum Holdings in the Republic of Ireland.

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Machine learning for machine uptime (Updated)

�鶹�� — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:36:00 +0000

Finnish aggregate equipment manufacturer Metso has new AI features for its support software that will, it says, predict maintenance needs and reduce downtime. But customers may have concerns about how data is saved and how it might be shared.

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Breedon completes Irish acquisition

�鶹�� — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 07:01:00 +0000

Building materials group Breedon has completed the acquisition of Booth Precast Products Limited in the Republic of Ireland.

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Bam buys Dutch housebuilder

�鶹�� — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:16:00 +0000

Royal Bam Group has agreed the acquisition of Dutch house-builder Gebroeders Blokland (Blokland Brothers).

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Layton becomes CECE president

�鶹�� — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:39:00 +0000

JCB director Phil Layton is the new president of the Committee for European �鶹�� Equipment.

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Want to work in the snow?

�鶹�� — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:38:00 +0000

The British Antarctic Survey is on a recruitment drive.

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JCB bags another US military contract

�鶹�� — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:29:00 +0000

JCB has signed a US$205m deal to supply the United States armed forces with more than 500 loading shovels.

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Gateshead contractor heads to the Falklands

�鶹�� — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0000

A small civil engineering contractor from Gateshead has won a contract on the other side of the world.

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Van Elle sells Canada subsidiary

�鶹�� — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:06:00 +0000

Foundations specialist Van Elle announces that it has agreed a deal for its Canadian subsidiary, which was put up for sale earlier this year.

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Hamer to replace Sheffield on Royal Bam board

�鶹�� — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:41:00 +0000

Former Kier boss Paul Sheffield is standing down from the board of Dutch contractor Bam next year after nine years.

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