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Tarmac wins £8m Surrey resurfacing deal01/09/2011 Tarmac National Contracting has been awarded an £8m highways contract with Surrey County Council to deliver up to 30 maintenance schemes. |
Tarmac alternative is made from plant seeds07/06/2012 A new surfacing alternative to tarmac has been launched made with plant seeds used to treat constipation. |
Tarmac tackles rising cost of bitumen17/10/2012 Tarmac is launching a new highways division to help cut the cost of resurfacing roads for contractors and clients. |
Worker killed operating tarmac cutter29/04/2013 A Portishead plant hire company has been fined £100,000 after a worker was killed while operating a tarmac cutter in Box, Wiltshire. |
CRH completes takeover of Lafarge Tarmac03/08/2015 CRH has completed a deal which sees two British construction brands, Tarmac and Blue Circle come together to form Tarmac. |
Tarmac trials new concrete mixer10/08/2015 Tarmac has become the first company in the UK to trial a new Econic concrete mixer – a vehicle designed with road user safety in mind. |
Tarmac unveils new £6.6m asphalt plant21/09/2015 Tarmac has unveiled a £6.6 million asphalt plant inside the M25 at Harper Lane, Hertfordshire. |
Midlothian Council adopts lower-temperature asphalt22/09/2015 A local authority in Scotland is the first to adopt lower-temperature asphalt. |
Tarmac earns Nottinghamshire contract extension28/09/2015 Tarmac has been awarded a two-year extension on its highways maintenance contract with Nottinghamshire County Council. |
Largest graduate intake for Tarmac28/10/2015 Tarmac has started the recruitment process for its largest graduate intake to date with 37 university leavers set to join its nationwide programme next year. |
Tarmac wins £3m A12/A14 improvements contract02/11/2015 Tarmac has been awarded a £3 million contract to carry out improvements on the A12 and A14 in Essex and Suffolk. |
Tarmac wins £30m Knowsley highways contract10/11/2015 Tarmac has been awarded a five-year £30 million highways maintenance contract with Knowsley Council. |
Tarmac launches recruitment campaign02/02/2016 Tarmac is encouraging more people to consider a career in construction through the launch of a new recruitment campaign. |
New apprenticeships recruitment drive from Tarmac15/03/2016 Tarmac has announced the creation of up to 50 new apprenticeships for 2016 to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week which is taking place from 14-18 March. |
More than 1,100 tonnes of tarmac laid in one night31/05/2016 A record amount of tarmac has been laid in a single night – more than 1,100 tonnes – by contractors working on behalf of Highways England. |
Tarmac and Amey set new asphalt laying record in Scotland14/07/2016 Tarmac and Amey have set a new record for laying asphalt in Scotland after delivering almost 2,500 tonnes in under 30 hours on a section of the M9. |
Tarmac acquires 11 new readymix plants01/08/2016 Tarmac has acquired 11 readymix concrete sites from Breedon Aggregates and Hope Construction Materials. |
Tarmac launches safety innovation22/08/2016 National Road Planing (NRP), Tarmac’s road planing contractor has developed a new lighting solution to highlight safety zones around planing machines. |
Tarmac recognised by Considerate Constructors Scheme04/10/2016 A partnership between Tarmac and Nottinghamshire County Council has become the first highways maintenance contract in the UK to achieve Ultra Site status with the Considerate Constructors Scheme. |
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. |
Tarmac takes on 45 ex-Carillion staff to drive highways projects01/03/2018 Tarmac has so far taken on 45 former employees of the failed construction and outsourcing giant Carillion, including two apprentices, and is encouraging others to apply for work. |
Boosting productivity in a single pass04/04/2018 The 20km-long Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NNDR) is nearing completion and leading materials group Tarmac is applying the finishing touches with some of the latest major additions to its fleet. |
Mr Brown goes to...Tarmac03/05/2018 Tarmac has bolstered its contracting senior management team with the appointment former Carillion MD of Andy Brown as director, Tarmac Infrstructure. |
Highways England: Paving the way to smoother journeys03/05/2018 Thanks to a new piece of kit, Highways England and its contractors are working hard to speed up resurfacing work on a major scheme. |
Round table: The human touch14/06/2018 The latest Highways round table, in partnership with Tarmac, sought the views of a group of new entrants and some of those seeking to be part of the solution, on the enduring question of how to make the sector a more attractive and better-understood proposition. |
Tarmac secures £40m extension on Norfolk contract05/07/2018 Tarmac has secured an extension to its major highways maintenance contract with Norfolk County Council worth up to £40m. |
Long read: Planning for productivity and unlocking efficiencies01/08/2018 Tarmac gives Highways an exclusive insight into how it unlocks efficiencies using planning, plant, software and data. |
Tarmac electronic proof delivery28/09/2018 Tarmac is rolling out a new digital system for tracking and recording deliveries to boost efficiency and enhance its customer service. |
Preston Bypass: Taking the high-tech road23/01/2019 Brian Kent, technical director at Tarmac – which built the country's first motorway, the Preston Bypass – looks at how things have changed in the road building sector - and will change in the future. |
Preston Bypass: A trip down memory road23/01/2019 John Baxter, who worked on the Preston bypass as a young civil engineer, speaks exclusively to Dominic Browne about the project and lifelong fellowships built on the road |
Tarmac on track to resurface Silverstone09/05/2019 Silverstone has appointed Tarmac to resurface its entire Grand Prix circuit. |
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. |
Highways England trials rubber asphalt08/08/2019 Highways England is funding trials into Tarmac's new asphalt mix, which uses crumb rubber from recycled tyres. |
Tarmac pledges 'efficient and effective stewardship' on new A1(M) deal18/10/2019 Tarmac has been awarded a nine-year extension on a highways maintenance contract for a section of the A1(M). |
Tarmac takes aggregate off the road for new asphalt plant09/01/2020 The first freight trains have delivered aggregate to the site of a new asphalt and aggregates facility under construction by Tarmac in north east Birmingham. |
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