Asphalt Plants, Equipment & Applications

Tarmac has won the first ever Purpose Business Coalition Levelling Up Awards 2022, in recognition of the building materials company’s achievements in helping to improve social mobility across the UK.

Key innovation award nominations have been revealed for the bauma 2022. There have been 15 nominations made across five categories.

Tarmac has installed hundreds of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at its Birmingham asphalt plant in Washwood Heath as part of the major UK sustainable building materials and construction solutions business's commitment to meeting its net zero targets.

Aggregate Industries has transitioned to warm mix asphalt (WMA) production as standard across its asphalt product portfolio.

Tarmac is to phase out traditional hot mix asphalt for highways projects and move to a lower carbon production method at 40 of its plants.

Centennial Asphalt Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Granite Construction Incorporated, has completed the purchase of a liquid asphalt terminal.

Building materials provider Hanson has secured UK government funding to develop a net zero carbon route map for its Midland Quarry Products (MQP) Cliffe Hill quarry and asphalt plant in Leicestershire.

Hanson has completed what it says is an innovative and collaborative project to upgrade the A414 in Hertfordshire, UK using durable and low carbon asphalt solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of the scheme and provide a more resilient road.