Press releases

A host of new positions have been opened up for people looking to start a career in construction as part of Holcim UK’s 2026 apprenticeship scheme.

2025 has been a landmark year for Holcim UK. Amid growing pressures on the UK construction sector to deliver more homes and buildings while meeting environmental targets, the company has shown that sustainable construction is not just possible, but impactful. 
 

Modernising British Standards to encourage greater flexibility and faster acceptance of cement made using circular materials is vital in the push for low-carbon construction, according to a leading cement expert.
 

Peak Cluster is a collaboration of industry leaders, including four of the region’s cement and lime producers who between them employ around 2000 people directly and indirectly in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, have come together to transform how these essential materials are produced.  

Holcim UK has acquired Thames Materials Limited, a leading construction waste management company in London.

Through Holcim UK’s donation of £2,000 worth of concrete building materials, Hulland Ward Parish Council extended its Millenium Village Hall car park.

Holcim UK has expanded its national mortar network with new dry silo and ready-to-use facilities, improving supply for housebuilders, groundworkers, bricklayers and developers across the Midlands, North West, Wales and Central England.

Holcim UK is calling on the government and industry bodies to make Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to be made mandatory on all UK construction projects to accelerate progress towards national net zero targets.

Following a successful acquisition earlier this year, Holcim UK’s newest Express Asphalt plant has officially opened in Sharpness, Gloucestershire.

Holcim UK has acquired a group of independent businesses in the Midlands and East of England supplying aggregates, recycled materials and readymix concrete to the market.
 

Mohamed Ben Driss Alami has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Holcim UK’s Cement Division to lead the charge on bringing more low carbon cement solutions to market.
 

Holcim UK has successfully demonstrated a new low-carbon cement formulation made partly from recycled concrete fines (RCF), by taking part in a cross-industry trial, marking a significant step forward in decarbonising one of the world’s most widely used building materials.
 

New research commissioned by Holcim exposes a striking shift in the construction industry: a growing number of professionals are willing to pay a premium for genuinely circular credentials. 

Holcim UK, working in partnership with National Highways, has completed one of the first demonstration schemes aligned to the new E21 Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) specification - setting a benchmark for the next generation of low-carbon, high-performance road surfacing.

Holcim UK has made a significant investment in both productivity and sustainability at its Torr Works ‘super-quarry’ in Somerset with the introduction of a new, multi-million pound uphill conveyor system.

Holcim UK has made a major investment in a construction demolition materials (CDM)
Recycling Centre in Birmingham, reinforcing its commitment to leading the development
of circularity in the construction industry.

Holcim UK has continued its partnership with High Speed 2 (HS2) with the successful supply of nearly a million cubic metres (m³) of low-carbon ready-mix (RMX) for key sites across the project.

An extensive major low carbon surfacing trial has been successfully delivered on the A30 through a partnership between two industry-leading highways specialists, as part of National Highways’ demonstration funding scheme.

Holcim UK has appointed Jan-Willem Verkaik to lead the new Carbon Capture project at its
cement plant in Cauldon, Staffordshire.

Appetite for circular products that reduce the reliance on virgin materials in manufacturing has increased significantly over the past year, according to new construction industry research.

With the UK’s roads under growing pressure from shrinking budgets, climate change and
rising user expectations, Holcim UK is calling time on short-term fixes with the launch of its
new Roads You Can Rely On campaign.

Holcim UK has supported a pioneering project in the West Midlands which aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of road infrastructure and the rollout of low carbon road resurfacing materials with its latest innovative asphalt technologies.

Holcim UK has completed its environmental restoration project at Newbold Quarry, which has
transformed a former aggregates extraction site within an active quarry into a thriving natural
habitat as part of its ongoing Nature Strategy.

Solar panels have been introduced by Holcim UK at a Devon quarry to power part of its operations. The 208 panels have been installed on the rooftop of workshops at Holcim’s Moorcroft site in Plymouth.