In a UK-first, leading building materials and construction solutions provider Tarmac is trialling an all-electric tipper truck in Walsall, West Midlands. With an ambitious commitment to reach a 30% absolute reduction in emissions by 2030 from a 2021 baseline, decarbonising operational equipment and plant is part of the company’s roadmap to net zero.

Ben Garner, low carbon logistics lead, talks about the opportunities uncovered and the journey to net zero highways construction in the UK.

A new state-of-the-art, sustainable asphalt plant in Trowse, Norwich has been officially opened by Tarmac. It will supply the latest in low carbon surfacing materials and a wide range of Tarmac Ultimate asphalt products and solutions.

A new report from Tarmac, the sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, reveals how Hertfordshire’s communities have benefitted from £4m of social impact generated by its sites across the county.

An innovative digital analysis tool that can help to improve the sustainability of concrete has been named the winner of Tarmac’s 2023 Innovation Challenge – an annual competition encouraging supply chain companies, SMEs and other organisations to submit ideas for sustainable solutions.

The Geographic Information System (GIS) team at Tarmac won the Esri UK Customer Success Award for Excellence in Analytical Insights, at the Esri UK Annual Conference earlier this month. The award recognised their innovative use of the ArcGIS application.  The ArcGIS app – a web-based mapping platform created by Esri – was originally used by Tarmac’s Land and Natural Resources department to make digital data, such as site locations and Land Registry information, available to share online for business use.  When Tarmac’s cement and lime geology team looked for easier …

The team at Tarmac’s Mountsorrel Quarry have supported the refurbishment of a local war memorial and the steps up to it.

A research partnership led by carbon removal company CO2CO Ltd aims to revolutionise road construction with a novel, lower-carbon approach to producing bitumen from algae. If successfully scaled up, this pioneering innovation could further enhance the sustainability of road construction.

Tarmac has gifted Oare Marshes, an internationally important nature reserve in Faversham, to Kent Wildlife Trust.

Tarmac, a CRH company and the UK’s leading sustainable construction materials provider, is offering its customers access to advanced AI-enhanced digital sensors that can help to optimise concrete mixes, lower carbon emissions and reduce on-site construction time.