A team at MIT has published a research paper detailing its work on printing bricks made from recycled glass that can be interlocked like Lego pieces. The use of printing…

Ethiopia has doubled its cement-making capacity with a mega-factory in the Amhara region in the north of the country, Addis Insight reports. The $600m Lemi National Cement Factory will produce…

A team of Chinese researchers is exploring the feasibility of producing building materials on Mars by melting its soil. The possibility of “in-situ resource generation” is being investigated by scientists…

Dutch heavy lift specialist Mammoet has unveiled a crane with a capacity of 6,000 tonnes, which it describes as the world’s strongest land-based lifter. The SK6000 is electrically operated and…

Thousands of homes in Ireland are crumbling. In videos posted online, angry and despairing owners pull rotten concrete blocks from their walls and dash them to dust on the ground.…

The mould found on exterior and interior walls at the mass timber Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is not caused by its timber, but is rather an…

Australia’s economic policy chief, Treasurer Jim Chalmers, has warned that falling iron ore prices linked to a major slowdown in China’s construction output could lead to a A$3bn hole in…

Mould is growing on the walls of Asia’s largest timber building – the six-storey Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) – raising questions about the use of imported…

In response to thousands of homes crumbling in Ireland because of defective concrete blocks, the European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against the Irish government for allowing the sale…

Researchers at the University of Maine have released images of the 3D-printed, natural-material floor cassette they say is strong enough to replace steel-and-concrete floors in multi-storey buildings. The university worked…

AASHTO – the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials – has approved a Purdue University-invented device that uses vibrations to check when concrete has cured. After seven years…

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine have unveiled a 3D-printed, recyclable, natural-material floor cassette they say is strong enough…

German-Swiss equipment maker Liebherr has acquired 48ha of land in Tupelo, Mississippi, and plans to use it for a distribution centre and company campus. The aim is to stock and…

Chinese equipment maker Sany says it has made a technical breakthrough in its work on the Shiziyang road bridge over the Pearl River delta in Guangdong. The $7bn crossing will…

Dutch construction equipment supplier Dieseko has agreed to pay €1.78m to settle a case brought by the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service (NPPS) for selling machinery and technical assistance to Russian…

Swiss cement-maker Holcim has closed the acquisition of Mark Desmedt, a Belgian firm that specialises in the reuse of construction materials. The company said the purchase would advance its goal…

European energy company Vattenfall has signed a letter of intent with Cemvision for the development and future supply of Cemvision’s near-zero emission cement. They said Cemvision’s new cement has the…

Hoffmann Green Cement and green energy developer The Valorem Group have poured the world’s first wind turbine foundation made from 0% clinker decarbonised concrete. It’s for the Plaine des Moulins…