Several major contractors win places on TfL’s Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework
Kier, Eurovia, Tarmac and FM Conway are among the winners on Transport for London’s Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework. Costain and VolkerFitzpatrick also feature on the framework which will mainly cover highway work but also possibly other surface related assets in London as well. Transport for London’s bid process meant that the companies with the […]
Tarmac delivers record supply of specialist asphalt for major A11 upgrade
A major strategic road in Norfolk has been given a new lease of life thanks to the installation of Tarmac’s largest ever supply of a specialist asphalt solution, specifically designed to maintain roads where the underlying concrete has deteriorated. With the lean concrete base of an eight-kilometre section on both carriageways of the A11 near […]
Tarmac receives RoSPA Award for achievements in health and safety
Tarmac has won an internationally recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards which has included successfully adapting its operations to the challenges of COVID-19. The leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business has received a RoSPA Gold Health and Safety Award for working hard to ensure its employees and contractors get home safely […]
Tarmac reaches major milestone for HGV emissions standards
Tarmac has reached a major milestone in its commitment to continuously improving the emissions standards across its fleet of heavy goods vehicles. The company has recently seen the 1,750th HGV in its fleet become compliant with Euro 6 emissions standards, meaning 90% of its vehicles are now fully in line with the benchmark environmental regulations. Introduced in 2015, […]
Tarmac provides specialist asphalt to Cheshire infrastructure project
Tarmac has successfully supplied and installed a specialist asphalt surface course to the largest infrastructure project East Cheshire has seen to date. Laid with the assistance of paver averaging beams to provide the best possible finished surface, Tarmac supplied and laid 12,000 tonnes of the specialist asphalt as part of a 79,000-tonne surfacing package. In […]
Tarmac demonstrates how to keep roads moving in Rutland with JCB’s new pothole repair machine
Tarmac and JCB have completed trials of the PotholePro in partnership with Rutland County Council. With the ability to repair a pothole in less than eight minutes, Tarmac’s highway services team carried out a full day of demonstrations with the JCB PotholePro on a 140 square metre patch of asphalt at Ashwell Business Park in […]
Total UK, Tarmac and Highways England put new bitumen binder on long-term trials on A43
A new bitumen binder which aims to help increase the lifespan of roads is being put to the test in a long-term study. Total UK has partnered with Highways England and Tarmac to resurface a section of the A43 dual carriageway in Northamptonshire, with Total Styrelf Long Life. Three sections of the road have been surfaced, the first with a […]
Tarmac secures HAPAS accreditation for use of rubber asphalt
Tarmac has become the first company in the UK to secure recognised industry approval for its rubber modified asphalt incorporating recycled end of life car tyres for use on the strategic road network. Following a series of successful trials over a number of years, the leading sustainable construction solutions company’s ULTIPAVE R is the first […]
Highways England announces contractors who will deliver major concrete road replacement works
Morgan Sindall and John Sisk are among the contractors who will work on Highways England major programme to repair and replace concrete roads across the country. The two companies will carry out full reconstruction work, which will see them work on a design and build basis demolishing existing pavement and replacing it with new flexible […]
Tarmac helps Leicestershire’s drive towards greener roads
Tarmac is helping Leicestershire County Council to deliver greener roads with the biggest supply to date of a new rubberised asphalt for the resurfacing of the A426 Blaby Bypass. With 4,800 tonnes supplied, the asphalt incorporates rubber from approximately 3,300 waste car tyres. Locally supplied from the leading sustainable construction solutions company’s Mountsorrel Quarry near […]