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Looking for winter grit or rock salt?

Tarmac can provide you with various options for managing snow and ice on roads. We draw from our experience of creating and maintaining the UK's roads to help you become better equipped for winter seasons as well as deal with any rock salt shortage.

 

See more on the winter grit or rock salt

Climate change challenege

Climate change challenge

Dr Martyn Kenny comments on Tarmac and Construction News' joint research into what industry leaders really think about climate change: "The challenge now is for our industry to take a holistic approach and recognise the long-term benefits that can come from thinking about these issues in a different way".Read more of Dr Martyn Kenny's comments and see his online interviews.

 

Peregrine Falcon pictured at Tarmac Northumberland quarry

Tarmac triumphs at National Sustainability Awards

Tarmac's Northumberland quarries have won the 'Award for Biodiversity', in recognition of the outstanding work that the company has done to create Biodiversity Action Plans, at the Sustain Awards.

TarmacDry in the Tarmac Homes project

TarmacDry and the Tarmac Homes project

See how TarmacDry porous asphalt system is being used in the eco home, built using Tarmac products, at Nottingham University.  An attenuation storage tank means rainwater can be reused for purposes like flushing toilets.  Read more on the Tarmac Homes project

Tarmac Toproc

BBA accredited high performance ready-mixed concrete

Super strength concrete which comes as heat-resistant, water-resistant, early-drying, early-strength and a range of other types.

 

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New fuel for Tunstead Cement Plant

4 February 2010

 

A public exhibition in Peak Dale to outline Tarmac Buxton Lime and Cement's plans to increase the substitution of fossil fuels in its Tunstead cement plant to around 50%.

 

New tricks with old bricks

18 November 2009

 

The viable zero-carbon home built with traditional materials. It's the holy grail of UK housebuilding: how to build affordable zero-carbon homes in volume using conventional materials. Now, Britain's housebuilders and housing associations can draw upon a blueprint for a zero-carbon home built using traditional masonry materials.

 

It's a bug's life at Tarmac

16 November 2009

A tiny rare water beetle has been discovered in a pond at a Tarmac quarry in Herefordshire.



Ready-mixed concrete truck system to drive industry change
28 August 2009

 

Forget sat-nav, there is a new on-board truck system which is set to revolutionise the production and delivery of ready-mixed concrete, improving product quality, data accuracy and consistently meeting the specified concrete slump.

 



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