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The five sustainability considerations of the cement industry
|Date: 30 December, 2024

The five sustainability considerations of the cement industry
Garry Gregory, packed products director at Tarmac provides insight into the industry’s perspective on sus ...
Garry Gregory, packed products director at Tarmac provides insight into the industry’s perspective on sustainability and the five key pillars that underpin it. Production Sustainable production of cem ...
30 December, 2024
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Professional Builder visits Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry
|Date: 26 September, 2024

Professional Builder visits Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry
Given the ubiquity, longevity and heritage of the iconic Blue Circle cement brand it demands an industria ...
Given the ubiquity, longevity and heritage of the iconic Blue Circle cement brand it demands an industrial process to match and Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry certainly delivers. It is here that the manufac ...
26 September, 2024
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All you need to know about lower carbon concrete and cement
|Date: 16 April, 2024

All you need to know about lower carbon concrete and cement
Richard Kershaw, UK Technical Manager, Cemex, outlines all you need to know about lower carbon concrete a ...
Richard Kershaw, UK Technical Manager, Cemex, outlines all you need to know about lower carbon concrete and cement The latest changes to the British standard for concrete, BS 8500, (introduced in No ...
16 April, 2024
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Drive Through Concrete, Mortar & Screed Solution launches in South Wales
|Date: 5 February, 2024

Drive Through Concrete, Mortar & Screed Solution launches in South Wales
LBS Builders Merchant takes on fibo Collect's drive through concrete, mortar & screed solution in Sou ...
LBS Builders Merchant takes on fibo Collect's drive through concrete, mortar & screed solution in South Wales Watch a short video on how the process works here: fibo Collect | UK Builders Merchant ...
5 February, 2024
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Aggregate Industries acquires Eco Readymix
|Date: 13 January, 2024

Aggregate Industries acquires Eco Readymix
Aggregate Industries, a member of the Holcim Group, has acquired Eco Readymix Ltd, a leading producer of ...
Aggregate Industries, a member of the Holcim Group, has acquired Eco Readymix Ltd, a leading producer of mortar and concrete in the north-west. The acquisition will reinforce Aggregate Industries' po ...
13 January, 2024
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Advertisement Feature: Click & Collect concrete, mortar and screed station comes to Yorkshire!
|Date: 24 October, 2023

Advertisement Feature: Click & Collect concrete, mortar and screed station comes to Yorkshire!
Family run Yorkshire business, Palmer Landscapes has launched Yorkshire’s first drive-thru service for co ...
Family run Yorkshire business, Palmer Landscapes has launched Yorkshire’s first drive-thru service for concrete, mortar and screed products. The revolutionary new service allows the likes of builders, ...
24 October, 2023
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Tarmac: Using concrete as a design statement
|Date: 11 September, 2023

Tarmac: Using concrete as a design statement
Tarmac shares its top tips on using concrete to make a design statement. Modern and visually appealing, c ...
Tarmac shares its top tips on using concrete to make a design statement. Modern and visually appealing, concrete is increasingly being used in exterior garden design, with its durability, resistance a ...
11 September, 2023
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Demand for heavy-side building materials rebounds in the first quarter
|Date: 11 May, 2023

Demand for heavy-side building materials rebounds in the first quarter
Producers of heavy-side building materials, including mineral products such as aggregates, asphalt and co ...
Producers of heavy-side building materials, including mineral products such as aggregates, asphalt and concrete, recorded a much welcomed and broad-based rebound in demand in the first three months of ...
11 May, 2023
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Installing Gravelrings
|Date: 8 April, 2023

Installing Gravelrings
Professional Builder follows a Gravelrings installation John Ridgeway Construction undertook a project to ...
Professional Builder follows a Gravelrings installation John Ridgeway Construction undertook a project to develop an old barn into two modern housing developments. This involved chestnut wooden claddi ...
8 April, 2023
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Concrete facing bricks with Marshalls
|Date: 9 September, 2022

Concrete facing bricks with Marshalls
What if your perception of concrete bricks is wrong? Marshalls explains why you should be considering con ...
What if your perception of concrete bricks is wrong? Marshalls explains why you should be considering concrete facing bricks You know the stories, “They’re too heavy and too slow to lay. They don’t cu ...
9 September, 2022
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The UK’s first zero carbon concrete block
|Date: 14 April, 2022

The UK’s first zero carbon concrete block
CEMEX has introduced what it describes as the UK’s first zero carbon concrete block. Professional Builder ...
CEMEX has introduced what it describes as the UK’s first zero carbon concrete block. Professional Builder’s Lee Jones finds out more. We are now set firmly on an inexorable path towards a greener and ...
14 April, 2022
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Precast concrete foundations win NHBC approval
|Date: 1 April, 2022

Precast concrete foundations win NHBC approval
A greener way of using concrete in housebuilding has gained the thumbs up from the National House Buildin ...
A greener way of using concrete in housebuilding has gained the thumbs up from the National House Building Council, NHBC. The warranty company has approved Roger Bullivant's RBeam precast concrete fou ...
1 April, 2022
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Anderton Concrete explores benefits of precast concrete shuttering systems
|Date: 15 October, 2021

Anderton Concrete explores benefits of precast concrete shuttering systems
Tim Fields, Technical and Development Manager at Anderton Concrete, explores the benefits of using precas ...
Tim Fields, Technical and Development Manager at Anderton Concrete, explores the benefits of using precast concrete shuttering systems to construct resilient retaining walls and basements. The UK hous ...
15 October, 2021
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DI-WHY? before and after: garden path revamp 8th October 2021
|Date: 8 October, 2021

DI-WHY? before and after: garden path revamp 8th October 2021
DI-WHY? 'before and after' has been a huge hit with our Twitter audience since it started just two months ...
DI-WHY? 'before and after' has been a huge hit with our Twitter audience since it started just two months ago. We have had so many remarkable transformations sent in of both interior and exterior work ...
8 October, 2021
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Benefits of AG’s Concrete Facing Brick
|Date: 4 August, 2021

Benefits of AG’s Concrete Facing Brick
The Concrete Facing Brick has now truly come of age, according to Michael Davies, Technical Manager from ...
The Concrete Facing Brick has now truly come of age, according to Michael Davies, Technical Manager from AG. Ask any design purist what they’re looking for in a Facing Brick and they’ll probably tell ...
4 August, 2021
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The benefits of Longley Concrete’s flooring solutions
|Date: 14 July, 2021

The benefits of Longley Concrete’s flooring solutions
Michael Longley, Managing Director at Longley Concrete, explores the wide-ranging sustainability, efficie ...
Michael Longley, Managing Director at Longley Concrete, explores the wide-ranging sustainability, efficiency, and cost-effective benefits of its flooring solutions. Providing a quick working platform ...
14 July, 2021
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