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AdC Greenlights Jerónimo Martins, Visabeira and B&B Joint Buyout of Algarve Construction-Waste Operator Europontal on 15 May — Pingo Doce Holding Crosses Into Non-Hazardous RCD

AdC Greenlights Jerónimo Martins, Visabeira and B&B Joint Buyout of Algarve Construction-Waste Operator Europontal on 15 May — Pingo Doce Holding Crosses Into Non-Hazardous RCD

The Autoridade da Concorrência cleared the three-way Jerónimo Martins / Visabeira / B&B acquisition of Europontal on Friday 15 May 2026 with a non-opposition decision. The Algarve operator collects non-hazardous construction and demolition waste — Pingo Doce's parent enters a new vertical.
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Pinto Luz's Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro Lines Up Against AICCOPN's +26% Cement Print While Public Tenders Contract 26% — Portugal's Housing Supply Side Splits Into a Two-Speed Pipeline With Idealista Reading Stock Down 14%

Pinto Luz's Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro Lines Up Against AICCOPN's +26% Cement Print While Public Tenders Contract 26% — Portugal's Housing Supply Side Splits Into a Two-Speed Pipeline With Idealista Reading Stock Down 14%

Four data points from this week describe the same Portuguese housing-supply crisis from four different angles. Idealista's Q1 2026 housing-stock read printed a 14% national contraction in active listings , with Faro -38%, Porto -25% and Lisbon -13%....
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Miguel Pinto Luz Prepares a Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro for Câmaras Municipais After His Jornal de Negócios Podcast on Wednesday 13 May — Industrialised-Building Diploma Anchors the Government's Habitação Pipeline

Miguel Pinto Luz Prepares a Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro for Câmaras Municipais After His Jornal de Negócios Podcast on Wednesday 13 May — Industrialised-Building Diploma Anchors the Government's Habitação Pipeline

Infrastructure Minister Pinto Luz confirmed on a Jornal de Negócios podcast that an acordo-quadro for modular construction lands at the Conselho de Ministros within weeks. The framework opens municipal tenders to industrialised builders alongside the October 2025 design-build reform.
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INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE reads the Construction Cost Index for new housing at +5.8% year-on-year in March 2026 — labour climbs 8.2%, materials 3.7%, and the headline wedge widens 1.0pp from February. The labour-cost trajectory is the structural read inside Portugal's housing-affordability calculus.
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Mota-Engil Q1 2026 Earnings Land Wednesday 13 May — Preview Reads the €113.5 Million Linha do Minho Win Into the Hopper, the €5+ Billion Africa Backlog and the Latin-America FX Cushion as the Q1 2025 €40 Million Net-Profit Base Sets the Tape

Mota-Engil Q1 2026 Earnings Land Wednesday 13 May — Preview Reads the €113.5 Million Linha do Minho Win Into the Hopper, the €5+ Billion Africa Backlog and the Latin-America FX Cushion as the Q1 2025 €40 Million Net-Profit Base Sets the Tape

Mota-Engil reports Q1 2026 after market close Wednesday 13 May. The 8 May €113.5M Linha do Minho win lands in Q2 backlog; the Q1 print frames the 2025 €40M base, the €15-16B order book, the Africa EBITDA-margin trajectory and the Mozambique LNG mobilisation read.
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