Ireland: CRH subsidiary Roadstone has acquired Roscommon-based ready-mix, precast and concrete blocks producer S Kildea & Sons. Local press has reported that the business will continue to serve customers in Ireland’s Midlands and East Connaught region.
UK: Holcim UK is supplying net-zero CO2 concrete that incorporates biochar and spent coffee grounds to property developer Canary Wharf Group (CWG) for use in its developments, in collaboration with a collective of academic and civil engineering entities. The producer says that it is also experimenting with other ingredients, including graphene. It previously supplied trial pours at CWG's Bank Street and Wood Wharf construction sites in 2025. One trial involved a mix with embodied emissions of -14 kgCO₂e/m³.
Holcim UK ready-mix concrete product development director Jasen Gauld said "By optimising the biochar-coffee mix, we have achieved net zero concrete – a Holcim first – while maintaining strength, durability, and circularity. Where increased binder might otherwise have been needed, our products can remove that requirement, reducing overall embodied carbon. At the same time, the carbon in the biochar is locked into the concrete, allowing buildings to fulfil a new role as long-term carbon stores, keeping CO₂ safely out of the atmosphere."
New Zealand: Holcim New Zealand has acquired Auckland-based ready-mix concrete producer Stevenson. The company operates ready-mix concrete batching plants in Drury, East Tāmaki, Penrose and Rānui. Holcim New Zealand says that the acquisition will broaden customer access to its concrete range, including EcoPact reduced-CO₂ concrete and Hydromedia permeable concrete.
Spain: The National Association of the Precast Concrete Industry (ANDECE) recorded a 12% year-on-year rise in the total number of construction projects which used precast concrete in January and February 2026.
Local press has reported that ANDECE members comprise 70% of precast concrete sales across Spain.
