EWI market data revealed

INCA’s industry report for 2024 says that 4.4 million square metres of external wall insulation (EWI) was installed onto buildings across the UK in 2024.Of this, 66% of this went into the refurbishment of homes and buildings; 22% went into new build construction; and...

Bellrock acquires Summers-Inman

Bellrock has ambitions to become a top 15 building consulting business and Summers-Inman is likely to help move it in that direction.Summers-Inman provides cost management, quantity surveying, project management and building surveying services to the UK’s private and...

Holcim recruits readymix director from Tarmac

Alastair MeyersHolcim has appointed Alastair Meyers as managing director for its readymix division and as a member of its UK executive committee.Meyers will oversee Holcim’s readymix and mortars business in the UK, which comprises more than 80 plants across the...

Planners’ leader to run CIOB

Victoria Hills is leaving her job as chief executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) to take on the same function at the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).Hills replaces Caroline Gumble, who has left the CIOB to run The Welding Institute in Cambridge....

Civil engineers win Hampton Court gardening medal

The exhibit shows how car parking spaces can be made more verdantSurrey County Council exhibited at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival to show how parking spaces can be converted into vibrant green spaces.Designed by Helen Currie from Surrey County...