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1996


Amec is acquiring a 48.6% stake in Spie Batignolles of France for up to £23m, in a deal which will create one the UK's biggest construction groups.
21-Dec-1996


Higgs & Hill is selling its construction division to Hollandsche Beton Groep, the Dutch construction company, for £28.5m, and changing its name to Swan Hill.
18-Dec-1996


Wolseley, the builders merchant, is acquiring Bandt's Brown & Tawse business, for £15.6m.
16-Dec-1996


Kingspan, the building materials group, is to buy Ward Building Systems from Rugby for £26m.
16-Dec-1996


Wellstream of the US is planning a £55m factory to make offshore pipes at Walker Riverside Park, Newcastle, creating over 200 jobs.
04-Dec-1996


Blue Circle Industries has bought Venesta Cubicle Systems, the manufacturer of washroom products, for £5.5m.
03-Dec-1996


Tarmac and ARC are merging their Midlands quarrying operations into a joint venture called Midland Quarry Products, a move which will result in the mothballing of ARC's Nuneaton and Whitwick quarries.
19-Nov-1996


Amec Developments is to build a £56m business park, called Castle Gate, for Dudley council in a project that will create 2,000 jobs.
15-Nov-1996


English Partnership, the urban regeneration agency, is assuming responsibility for over 5,000 acres of former British Coal sites, and with the backing of almost £400m of government money it is hoped that 55,000 jobs can be created over the next decade.
07-Nov-1996


Hewden Stuart, the construction equipment company, is acquiring Agent Plant from Kvaerner Construction for £9.4m.
29-Oct-1996


Case of the US has acquired Fermec, the Manchester-based maker of construction equipment, for undisclosed terms.
10-Oct-1996


Camas is acquiring Model Stone, the Minnesota-based ready-mix concrete business, for £19m.
03-Oct-1996


BP Chemicals is linking up with Neath Port Talbot Council and the Welsh Development Agency to launch a £230m redevelopment of Port Talbot, which will include an Energy Park that should create 2,800 jobs.
02-Oct-1996


Bryant is acquiring Admiral Homes, the south-east based housebuilder, for £62m as part of a strategy to increase output to 4,000 homes a year.
19-Sep-1996


Costain has sold its Land & Marine pipeline operation to Smit International of the Netherlands for £11m.
17-Aug-1996


Heywood Williams is acquiring Mila Beslag, the Danish distributor of components to UK makers of windows and doors, for £34m.
20-Jul-1996


Lafarge of France is to buy Ennemix, the quarry company, following a £8.8m recommended bid.
05-Jul-1996


CRH of Dublin has bought Allied Building Products, the US roofing and cladding supplier, for $121m.
05-Jul-1996


Blue Circle is planning a £180m cement plant in Kent as part of a £330m investment programme aimed at improving productivity.
22-Jun-1996


Beazer Homes has bought Charles Church, the housebuilder, from the Royal Bank of Scotland for £36m.
14-May-1996


Arlington Securities and Manchester city council are planning a £100m business park at Manchester airport, which will create 4,000 jobs.
09-May-1996


CRH has expanded its US building materials business with a number of acquisitions - Ritangela of NY state, Brooks Products, and Foster and Southeastern of Massachusetts.
08-May-1996


Ibstock has bought Redland's UK bricks business for £160m, giving it 35% of the market.
26-Apr-1996


BPB Industries, the plasterboard maker, is buying the remaining 80% of Borgardts, the German maker of gypsum plasters, for £21m.
26-Apr-1996


Rugby Group has appointed Amec to start work on the building of its £100m cement plant in Warwickshire, and Amec expects to create 200 new jobs from its involvement.
26-Apr-1996


ARC, the Hanson subsidiary, has bought Boral Edenhall, the Cumbrian-based concrete blocks company, from Boral of Australia for £24m.
25-Apr-1996


Redland has sold its European roof tiles operation to Braas, its German subsidiary, for £220m cash and at the same time increases its stake in Braas from 50.76% to 56.5%.
17-Apr-1996


Magnet has bought Allerton Glass, the double glazing concern, from Polypipe for £7m.
12-Apr-1996


Readymix has bought RMC Catherwood, which operates in Scotland, the north of Ireland and the Isle of Man, for £23m.
30-Mar-1996


CRH of Dublin is buying The Jack B Parson Companies, the quarry business with operations in Utah, Nevada and Idaho, for $87m.
21-Mar-1996


SIG is buying two German insulation product distributors - WKT for £39m, and a 50% stake in Golinski Group for £7.5m with an option to buy the remaining 50%.
20-Mar-1996


Pilkington's Tiles, the wall tiles and durable floors company, has been bought from BTR by management for £21m, and has plans to expand in the US, Hong Kong, China, the Middle East and the Netherlands.
28-Feb-1996


Wimpey and Tarmac have completed a deal to swap Wimpey's quarrying and contracting operations for Tarmac's housebuilding.
09-Feb-1996


Ashtead Group, the plant hire concern, is acquiring Leada Acrow, which rents construction equipment in the UK and Ireland, for £16m and McLean of the US for £20m.
01-Feb-1996


Blue Circle Industries is planning to build a new town at Ebbsfleet, Kent, with 3,200 homes, creating up to 20,000 permanent jobs.
31-Jan-1996


WS Atkins is acquiring Faithful & Gould, the Cleveland quantity surveyors, for £21m.
23-Jan-1996


John Fyfe, Bardon Group's Scottish concrete products maker, has acquired about £1m of assets from Robert Paterson Precast of Airdrie.
11-Jan-1996


CRH is expanding its US masonry products business and has also bought Grillo Bausysteme, the German rooflight maker, and Vebofoam, the Belgian polystyrene insulation concern.
11-Jan-1996


Vibroplant is selling its American Hi-Lift business to Primeco for $69m.
11-Jan-1996


Allen has bought the Rentall tool-hire company for £1.5m.
10-Jan-1996


Grafton Group of Dublin has bought RJ Johnson & Co, the Oxford builders merchant, and PPS Structural Services, the Scottish mortar business.
04-Jan-1996