Having a blast at Hillhead14/06/2024 Hillhead is a unique centrepiece of the highways calendar. This is the largest show of its kind in the world, where heavyweight quarrying, construction and recycling kit is brought to life. |
National Highways in want of net zero ideas30/03/2023 National Highways has launched a competition to find ‘innovative’ solutions for net zero carbon maintenance and construction, with up to £110,000 available to successful entrants. |
Barnet bounces back better with waste tyres16/12/2021 Barnet Council has said its highways contractor is achieving ‘significant improvements in the sustainability of road resurfacing’ with new asphalt technology that uses rubber waste from tyres and reduces embodied carbon. |
Waste not - 10,000 tonnes of ash used in A14 scheme08/07/2020 More than 10,000 tonnes of ash from Drax, the UK’s biggest power station, was used in the early completion of the UK’s biggest road scheme. |
Roadmender Asphalt unveils 'greener, faster, cheaper' Elastomac material16/04/2020 Sheffield based material engineering company Roadmender Asphalt has launched a new road repair material that aims to be greener, faster to install and less expensive than traditional asphalt. |
Breedon celebrates 'excellent' results11/03/2020 Breedon Group has celebrated an 'excellent performance' in its 2019 full-year results, with its profit before tax jumping by 18% to reach £94.6m. |
When the rubber meets the road: Tarmac celebrates UK first05/06/2019 A new asphalt that uses recycled waste tyres has been launched by Tarmac. |
Second asphalt acquisition for FM Conway05/01/2017 FM Conway has acquired United Asphalt, building on the company’s recent purchase of Berkshire Macadam. |
Demand for asphalt starting to fall, research shows14/11/2016 Demand for asphalt has begun to fall after two years of solid growth, according to research carried out by BDS Marketing. |
United Asphalt recognised as a growing SME17/03/2015 United Asphalt – a producer of asphalt and macadam – has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange’s 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain. |
£20m road materials deal up for grabs17/10/2013 West Lothian Council is looking for a supplier of road surfacing materials under a three-year deal worth up to £20m. |
£6.6m road materials deal up for grabs10/10/2013 Rotherham council is looking for road surfacing material suppliers for a four-year framework deal worth £6.6m. |
More competition in asphalt and aggies market01/05/2012 The Competition Commission has ruled that Tarmac owner Anglo American and Lafarge must sell a large chunk of their operations before a proposed joint venture in the UK can go ahead. |
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