A new carbon-negative aggregate is being trialled on a stretch of motorway as part of National Highways’ hunt for new and innovative solutions to help reduce its carbon footprint.
The Lochend Stones: new public artwork for Lochend Woods
A new art installation and woodland trail, The Lochend Stones, has been unveiled at Lochend Woods in Dunbar. It features seven carved stone artworks by James Winnett showcasing historical events that have taken place nearby.
Redbridge first in London to trial groundbreaking new asphalt
A road resurfacing scheme in London has used a new material that has enabled the city to lay asphalt with a significantly lower carbon footprint.
Redbridge Council in partnership with Kensons Highways have used a new type of asphalt for the resurfacing works at Lodge Hill Road in Redbridge. The asphalt mix supplied by Tarmac significantly lowers the project’s carbon footprint by incorporating a carbon negative aggregate, named ACLA®.
Tarmac accelerates plans for the future at exclusive customer event
Following the success of 2023, Tarmac hosted its second NextGen 2030+ event on 27 June 2024 to continue leading the conversation and accelerate change in the industry. Focusing on digitisation and diversity, as well as the role that collaboration within the building materials industry can play, the event introduced more of Tarmac’s dynamic solutions to support ongoing challenges.
Tarmac trials UK first EV tipper for low emissions transport
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.
Net zero plant and logistics – the opportunities uncovered
Ben Garner, low carbon logistics lead, talks about the opportunities uncovered and the journey to net zero highways construction in the UK.
Tarmac launches new modern and sustainable asphalt plant
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.
Volunteers help to deliver £4m of social impact on Tarmac’s sites across Herts
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.
New app to improve the sustainability of concrete wins Tarmac Innovation Challenge
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.
Tarmac winners at the Esri UK Customer Success Award 2024
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 …
