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DB Cargo UK has invested £8.5m, using a credit line from Siemens Financial Services, to buy seven new LH 40 material handlers from Liebherr, supporting the low carbon delivery of aggregates by rail.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

The Construction Industry Training Board has launched a new Accelerated Apprenticeships programme to help deliver the government’s homebuilding goal of 1.5m new homes by 2029.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Alliance Tool Hire has invested £900,000 in more than twenty new delivery vehicles.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Dave Castle, chief operating officer of MKM Building Supplies, has been appointed as a board adviser to the Builders Merchants Federation.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

As HyKit launched its first mobile hydrogen refueller, effectively a bowser for hydrogen, executive chair Jo Bamford talked to The Construction Index about building a global supply chain for the fuel.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Homes England, with its National Housing Bank, and The Hill Group, have acquired land in Cambridge East that will be used for 10,000 new homes.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Balfour Beatty and AtkinsRéalis have helped deliver the UK's first heathland green bridge, crossing the A3 for National Highways.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

AECOM has helped deliver the annual temporary pavilion at London's Serpentine gallery, designed by Mexican architects LANZA atelier, using a technique that will allow reuse of the structure's bricks.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Borehamwood construction firm Alchemist DB Limited has been fined after a worker, living on site, died after falling into a trench. The company is now in liquidation and was sentenced in absence.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

McPhillips has added its first Cat machines to its fleet, in a partnership with Finning UK & Ireland, as it helps deliver a new workshop for rebuilt machines.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Marking its 75th anniversary, Murphy boasted a record order book in 2025.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Ground engineering specialist Geobear has appointed Rupert Lee as its new chief operating officer. Lee previously worked for McKinsey & Company, and more recently as a freelance consultant to private equity firms.Read Full Article: The Construction Index