CRH to buy Arcosa for $8.5B to deepen U.S. infrastructure footprint
CRH will acquire U.S.-based Arcosa in an $8.5 billion all-cash deal at $150 per share (a 10.4% premium), expanding CRH’s North American materials and infrastructure platform. The transaction, expected to close in Q1 2027, adds quarries, yards, asphalt plants and infrastructure products for grid modernization and data centers, with about $175 million in cost synergies by year three and earnings accretion in the first year after close.