Hanson Concrete has delivered its biggest non-stop concrete pour in Scotland - 1,508 cubic metres in just 13.5 hours for a new motorway roundabout underpass.Thirty mixer...
Client: Cumbria County CouncilProducts: A range of specialist concretes including FastTrack and UnderwaterVolume: 1100m³Overview: Structural repair works...
Located in Greater Manchester with easy access to the M60 and M602 motorways, the Salford ready-mixed concrete plant is capable of meeting the demands of major...
Hanson is looking for 7 ambitious graduates to become its leaders of tomorrow.Our two-year graduate trainee manager programme gives graduates exposure to all aspects of the...
Hanson has launched a free online training portal to help merchants and their staff improve their knowledge of cement and in turn improve the service they offer to their...
Hanson’s asphalt division has kicked off a multi-million pound investment programme to reduce energy consumption, increase the use of recycled products and improve the...
Work to extend MQP’s Clee Hill quarry in Shropshire is going ahead after the creation of a new habitat for the resident great crested newts.Permission to strip the soil from...
A power balancing system called Dynamic Demand is being installed at 29 operational sites in a phased roll out. It allows items such as pumps used to dewater quarries and...
A £21 million investment programme at Ribblesdale and Ketton cement works will improve production efficiency and ensure the plants meet and exceed current and emerging...
The team behind the successful £22 million upgrade of a 5.2-mile stretch of Dorset’s busiest road was praised for its “exceptional effort” in delivering the rebuild of...
Community open days were held at four of our sites during the year. More than 700 people visited Batts Combe quarry in Cheddar in July. Three coaches on a continuous loop...
Nineteen potential future leaders were taken on in 2016 through a newly launched graduate scheme and the latest intake for our well-established Leadership, Education and...
The sustainability benefits of warm rather than hot asphalt are well known - energy saving, lower emissions and enhanced durability. Now the product’s ability to get traffic...
Around a quarter of the Hanson delivery fleet will be replaced over the next 12-18 months with new trucks featuring improved fuel economy, lower emissions and higher payload...
An 11-strong team of future leaders carried out three volunteer projects over the summer as part of their development training.
The first was to install a 3.5-metre-tall...
The former Middleton Hall sand and gravel quarry on the Staffordshire/Warwickshire border has won a top European restoration award. The site was named ‘best of the best’ by...
A former sand and gravel quarry at Manor Farm, Milton Keynes, which has been transformed into a floodplain forest nature reserve, was officially opened by celebrity farmer...
A critical part of manufacturing and selling cement is ensuring the product meets the required quality standards. If anything goes wrong, it can be highly disruptive - and...
A team of Heidelberg Materials employees is kick-starting a refurbishment project in aid of the Calvert Trust in the Lake District.The six-strong team is renovating the...
Product
Gussasphalt mastic asphalt
Overview
Innovative, highly durable asphalt, produced at Hanson’s Brayford plant in north Devon, has been used to complete...
