Tarmac’s national restoration manager, Enrique Moran Montero, has been named one of the winners of the 2024 Cranfield Design, Energy, Environment and Water Alumni Awards.

Leading building materials and construction solutions provider Tarmac has published its annual sustainability report for 2023. The report records the progress made against the ambitions set out in Tarmac’s Act sustainability strategy in 2022 and its three central themes of People, Planet, and Solutions.

A large-scale conservation project at Sandy Heath Quarry in Bedfordshire to turn a working sand quarry into land that will support an array of wildlife and nature, is paying off after an exciting discovery.

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.

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. 

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®.

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.

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.

Ben Garner, low carbon logistics lead, talks about the opportunities uncovered and the journey to net zero highways construction in the UK.

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.