Building Products

China’s construction industry, a major contributor to greenhouse gases, will focus on lowering emissions and expanding support for zero-carbon buildings between now and 2025, both financially and through policy. At the China International Import Expo on Sunday, Peng Mengyue, a...

Genie has released the new E-Drive system, an optimized AC Electric drive system available across its entire line of GS slab scissor lifts. Ideal for commercial and residential contractors, rental owners and retail users seeking to reduce total cost of...

Following its rollout in Europe and the US, Lafarge Canada introduces ECOPact, a broad range of green concrete, delivering high-performing, sustainable and circular benefits with the opportunity to reuse materials in construction. This introduction is an essential component of the...

For years, Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) have been playing on the margins of the UK’s construction sector. That is all about to change, according to Leslie Dawson, managing director of Scunthorpe-based manufacturer UNiBLOCK. Developed back in the 1930s, Insulated Concrete...

Statom Group (formally Gears Group) has recently undertaken a £3.5 million investment in state of the art Construction equipment from Molson Group.The cache of machinery and equipment is to support Statom Group’s plant and machinery arm, enabling them to...

CEMEX has signed an agreement with Carbon Upcycling Technologies intending to improve the processing of residue or by-products of industrial processes, capturing low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to produce nanomaterials with greater reactivity and a lower carbon footprint. This...

Crushed rock, soil, sand, and other earthen fills have largely dominated the construction industry for ages. The familiar, ubiquitous, and inexpensive nature of these materials has made them the preferred option for the construction industry over the years. However,...