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Collaborative working practices have allowed many highways schemes to continue throughout 2020. Although the housing industry has slowed significantly, road building and asphalt supply has remained strong throughout 2020. Careful adjustment to working practices and transport arrangements have minimised the risk of transmission, while allowing work to continue. Some local...

To mark National Pothole Day on 15 January, Tarmac launched an online guide to pothole repairs. Timely intervention and choosing the right material can help prevent serious deterioration in the condition of a road and help extend its life. The online guide helps highways teams to choose from the range...

Warm mix asphalts offer big savings in carbon emissions, but the UK is still way behind the US in the use of this technology. Despite over 300 local authorities declaring a climate emergency in 2019 and Warm Mix Asphalt getting the backing of The All Party Parliamentary Group [APPG] on...

After learning more about its sustainability benefits, Wolverhampton City Council decided to use Tarmac’s Rubber Modified Asphalt to resurface Northycote Lane, a busy road in the Bushberry North Area of the city. As well as having 8% lower carbon emissions due to the warm mix binder technology, using this material...

The A312, Mandeville Road, a busy A-road linking the A40 to Harrow and servicing the London Underground Station at Northolt required scheduled resurfacing. ULTILAYER, Tarmac’s high-performance asphalt was selected using a 14mm steel slag aggregate and Ultilow warm mix binder technology.

In line with the London Borough of Bromley’s commitment to the use of sustainable materials, the binder course was to be supplied as a Warm Mix Asphalt and the ULTIPAVE used steel slag aggregate. The shorter curing time of Warm Mix Asphalt enabled Riney to plane off, lay the binder...

A project to develop a wellbeing garden for serving personnel at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, is taking shape – with Tarmac support.

This February Tarmac is spreading the simple message ‘bee kind’ to help raise awareness of the UK’s declining bee population, which is having a hugely negative impact on the environment.

The dismantling of the Perry Barr flyover in north Birmingham has successfully been completed by Tarmac, marking a major milestone in Phase 2 of the A34 Perry Barr highways improvement scheme.

Tarmac is celebrating the success of higher apprentices and graduates who have completed the businesses two-year core skills development programme – a programme designed to equip higher apprentices and graduates with the skills and knowledge needed for a successful career within the construction industry.