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Understanding breathable plaster systems
|Date: 29 April, 2025

Understanding breathable plaster systems
Luke Brooks, Senior Commercial Manager Specialist Packed Products at Tarmac, highlights a practical and e ...
Luke Brooks, Senior Commercial Manager Specialist Packed Products at Tarmac, highlights a practical and effective solution in the implementation of breathable plaster systems. The preservation of Br ...
29 April, 2025
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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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BoB completes project for a roofer who broke his back
|Date: 26 December, 2024

BoB completes project for a roofer who broke his back
Volunteer tradespeople have come together to finish a small extension at the home of a North Lanarkshire ...
Volunteer tradespeople have come together to finish a small extension at the home of a North Lanarkshire roofer who was left unable to complete the project he started after breaking his back and neck ...
26 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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Tarmac explains why the right tile adhesive can make a difference
|Date: 23 January, 2024

Tarmac explains why the right tile adhesive can make a difference
Garry Gregory, packed products director at Tarmac explains why the right tile adhesive can make all the d ...
Garry Gregory, packed products director at Tarmac explains why the right tile adhesive can make all the difference to your customer’s projects. Your customers will have spent a long time choosing the ...
23 January, 2024
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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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Tarmac supports Band of Builders garden makeover
|Date: 5 April, 2022

Tarmac supports Band of Builders garden makeover
Tarmac has teamed up with Band of Builders a national charity for tradespeople, to help transform the gar ...
Tarmac has teamed up with Band of Builders a national charity for tradespeople, to help transform the garden of a South Shields woman whose dog alerted her to ovarian cancer. The landscaping project, ...
5 April, 2022
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Working in winter products – December 2021
|Date: 7 December, 2021

Working in winter products – December 2021
FLOORING Made from the same moisture-resistant particleboard as the standard West Fraser CaberFloor P5, C ...
FLOORING Made from the same moisture-resistant particleboard as the standard West Fraser CaberFloor P5, CaberDek ensures that, whatever the weather, work can continue cleanly and safely. A protective ...
7 December, 2021
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Tarmac Cement joins forces with Band of Builders on Rob’s Project
|Date: 9 June, 2021

Tarmac Cement joins forces with Band of Builders on Rob’s Project
Tarmac Cement teamed up with Band of Builders to help transform the home of a former quantity surveyor, a ...
Tarmac Cement teamed up with Band of Builders to help transform the home of a former quantity surveyor, as part of the construction charity’s latest initiative, Rob’s Project. The renovation, which wa ...
9 June, 2021
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Band of Builders stars as special guests on One of the Family podcast
|Date: 28 April, 2021

Band of Builders stars as special guests on One of the Family podcast
Tarmac Cement is welcoming members of construction charity, Band of Builders, as special guests on the la ...
Tarmac Cement is welcoming members of construction charity, Band of Builders, as special guests on the latest episode of its popular One of the Family podcast. Band of Builders’ Trustee Gavin Crane an ...
28 April, 2021
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Tarmac first to launch 50% recycled content packaging for cement products
|Date: 26 March, 2021

Tarmac first to launch 50% recycled content packaging for cement products
Tarmac has become the first major cement manufacturer in the UK to move to 50 per cent recycled plastic i ...
Tarmac has become the first major cement manufacturer in the UK to move to 50 per cent recycled plastic in its packaging with the roll out of new all-weather, fully recyclable hybrid bags. Products ma ...
26 March, 2021
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Building a Construction Community: Tarmac launches the Blue Circle ‘One of the Family’ podcast
|Date: 14 January, 2021

Building a Construction Community: Tarmac launches the Blue Circle ‘One of the Family’ podcast
A new podcast aimed at supporting tradespeople and construction workers has been launched by Tarmac Cemen ...
A new podcast aimed at supporting tradespeople and construction workers has been launched by Tarmac Cement this month. The ‘One of the Family’ podcast will see figures come together from across the in ...
14 January, 2021
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How builders can get the most out of mortar
|Date: 11 December, 2020

How builders can get the most out of mortar
Simon Chudley from Tarmac Cement and Lime, outlines how builders can get the most out of mortar in the wi ...
Simon Chudley from Tarmac Cement and Lime, outlines how builders can get the most out of mortar in the winter months. It goes without saying that good organisation is key to the smooth-running of any ...
11 December, 2020
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Working with cement in the cold weather
|Date: 29 November, 2019

Working with cement in the cold weather
Gareth Davies, technical advisor at Tarmac Cement offers some essential advice to builders on working wit ...
Gareth Davies, technical advisor at Tarmac Cement offers some essential advice to builders on working with cement in the colder months. With the colder months approaching, the construction industry ha ...
29 November, 2019
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Using concrete in landscaping projects
|Date: 11 June, 2019

Using concrete in landscaping projects
Sandra Higginson, technical advisor at Tarmac Cement, discusses the positive implications for using concr ...
Sandra Higginson, technical advisor at Tarmac Cement, discusses the positive implications for using concrete in landscaping projects. Modern and visually appealing, with qualities of strength, durabil ...
11 June, 2019
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