HBC Construction signs platform deal
MukAway, the digital platform transforming how the construction industry manages materials and waste, has announced a landmark group partnership with HBC Construction Ltd - its first significant contractor to join the platform and a deal that signals a new chapter in the business's rapid growth.
The agreement represents a strategic step change for MukAway. While the platform has already attracted some of the country's largest housebuilders and a growing number of civil engineering companies, the addition of a major contractor completes a critical piece of the construction ecosystem - creating, for the first time, the conditions for genuine, end-to-end collaboration across the supply chain.
MukAway was built on a simple but powerful message: the construction industry generates enormous quantities of reusable material that is routinely wasted because the infrastructure to share it efficiently doesn't exist.
This platform changes that as it connects contractors, housebuilders and civil engineering businesses in a single digital environment where materials can be tracked, traded and redeployed rather than sent to landfill.
The HBC Construction partnership opens that network to the contracting sector at scale, unlocking a level of cross-industry collaboration that has not previously been possible.
Fraser Linaker, Chief Executive of MukAway, said: "This is the partnership we have been working towards. We've been proud to work with some of the biggest housebuilders in the country, and our civil engineering relationships have grown strongly, but a full construction solution requires contractors at the table, and HBC Construction brings exactly that.
"Lee and his team understood immediately what MukAway can do for their business and for the wider industry. They’ve made a commitment to doing things differently. The commercial case is clear, the environmental case is undeniable, and the fact that a business of HBC's standing has made this move will send a very strong signal to the rest of the contracting sector. We expect others to follow."
Lee Powell, Managing Director of HBC Construction Ltd, said: "MukAway has created a digital platform to enable a level of collaboration between contractors and housebuilders that has never been seen. This will transform contracting industries and significantly reduce our cost base whilst delivering real sustainable reductions in waste to landfill. With a low subscription fee, MukAway is simply a no-brainer decision."
The HBC Construction agreement adds further momentum to a platform that has seen rapid uptake since launch, with over 60 of the UK's leading construction businesses already signed up. With contractor representation now established and word of mouth out there, MukAway is positioned to deliver on its promise a connected construction industry that wastes less, costs less and collaborates more.
