15th July 2008 - Paul Fleetham, Tarmac National Contracting, director, talks about "Funding for Britain's roads"
Hear Paul Fleetham, Tarmac National Contracting, director, talking about "Funding for Britain's roads".
14th April 2008 - Tarmac lays new car park at Harry Potter castle
Tarmac, working for Northumberland Estates, has just completed the construction of a new car park at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland.
14th April 2008 - Partnering for success - looking at the innovative Nottinghamshire Highways Partnership (NHP) two years on
It is just over two years ago that the Nottinghamshire Highways Partnership (NHP), a ground breaking approach to highway services based partnerships, was formed by Nottinghamshire County Council, and today it continues to deliver significant benefits for the county's highway works.
5th March 2008 - Nottinghamshire school safer thanks to eco pathways
A Nottinghamshire school has had new footpaths installed to improve safety of access for its pupils. The footpaths were laid at Flintham Primary School by staff from Tarmac’s National Contracting Division based in Nottinghamshire.
1st February 2008 - Tarmac wins top Midlands Highway Contracts
Tarmac has secured the prestigious 'Midlands Framework 3' (MF3) contract from the Highways Agency, which also includes additional work with local highway authorities through the Midlands Highway Alliance (MHA).
30th January 2008 - Tarmac secures £40 Million Leicestershire Alliance Contract
Tarmac has been awarded an innovative long-term highways maintenance and improvement contract by Leicestershire County Council, valued at up to £8 million per annum.
30th January 2008 - Tarmac to deliver £11 million Repair and Maintenance contract for Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has selected Tarmac to deliver a key two-year carriageway maintenance and repair contract worth around £5.5m per annum.
20th November 2007 - Highway partners to reveal encouraging results
With efficiency at the top of highway managers’ agendas, an update on the progress of an innovative approach to partnering is due to be revealed at the up-and-coming ‘Highways Efficiency’ event (4 October) – by Nottinghamshire County Council's Services Director Highways, Bob Hart, and Tarmac’s Contracting director (Midlands), Mike Elford.
19th November 2008 - National Contracting conquers the Midlands
'Leicestershire County Council has awarded a long-term highways maintenance and improvement contract to Tarmac and the Highways Agency has also appointed Tarmac for its Midlands Framework 3 contract.
15th October 2007 - Tarmac pioneers recycled surfacing on the national network via M25
A Tarmac and Mouchel Parkman joint initiative on behalf of the Highways Agency has pioneered a new recycled road surface on the national network.
20th August 2007 - M62 team overcomes tough weekend mission
Balfour Beatty, working for the Highways Agency, asked them to plane out, re-lay and white line 13,500 square metres of Junction 29 of the M62 and slip roads for the M1 southbound and northbound over just one weekend.
15th August 2007 - A trio of wins in the Midlands
Hard work and excellent customer service from a National Contracting team has paid off with three extensions to West Midlands surfacing contracts.
12th August 2007 - Dam Good work
When Gloucestershire County Council’s highways department was left without running water National Contracting – South West came to the rescue by supplying bottled water and portable toilets.
20th July 2007 - Tarmac wins its biggest surfacing contract
Tarmac has been chosen to carry out surfacing work on the widening of the UK's M1 motorway- its largest such contract to date.
14th June 2007 - Sunny side up
Tarmac National Contracting has transformed the heart of a Yorkshire beauty spot with an innovative renewal scheme.
18th May 2007 - 550,000 Tonnes all in a Day's Work
A groundbreaking £32 million conntract is underway to ease the flow of traffic along one of the busiest stretches of the M1, which takes drivers in and out of London.
5th February 2007- Tarmac film to be showcased at LGA Urban Conference & Exhibition
Tarmac will feature over the next couple of days as the only minerals operator to showcase its sustainability credentials via a short film at the Local Government Association's 'Thriving Economies, Cohesive Communities' urban conference in Newcastle, on 5th & 6th February.
23rd January 2007 - IN TOP GEAR TO MEET TARMAC CHALLENGE
Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, rose to the challenge to resurface a road in just 24 hours with just a little help from Tarmac National Contracting, in a show to be screened this Sunday (28 January) on BBC Two.
14th December 2006 - WINTER ROAD RENEWAL GETS UNDERWAY ON A40
A programme of winter road renewal is now well underway on the A40 and A487 in the picturesque port and coastal town of Fishguard, South Wales.
5th December 2006 - SOUTH WALES TRUNK ROAD AGENCY
Tarmac has recently won a two-year plus framework contract to manage and maintain part of the road network for the newly formed South Wales Trunk Road Agency (SWTRA). The partnership will see Tarmac, SWTRA and its agents Carmarthen County Council and Pembrokeshire County Council working together to plan, maintain and improve the road system for the Welsh Assembly Government.
4th December - TARMAC CHECKS IN FOR REPAIRS AT TRAVELODGE AND LITTLE CHEF
Tarmac Limited has been contracted by facilities management company, Enterprise CRW Maintenance, to survey and carry out infrastructure repairs and maintenance at about 240 TraveLodge and Little Chef sites around the country.
23rd November 2006 - TARMAC AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL LEAD THE WAY WITH NEW PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT
An innovative contract that will improve efficiency and share best practice while delivering highway construction and maintenance services is being implemented by Tarmac and Nottinghamshire County Council. As part of the Nottinghamshire Highways Partnership (NHP), the Tarmac contract has an anticipated budget of up to 80 million pounds to spend on improving the county's roads over the next ten years.
31st October 2006 - M6 is Britain's spookiest road
You're driving alone down a dark, country lane. The mist rolls in and the shadows cast by the full moon start to play tricks with you mind. You feel the hairs on the back of your neck rise with fear and you wish you'd taken the motorway to your destination - you wouldn't be feeling so spooked then.
12th October 2006 - Tarmac creates car park capable of storing rainwater
Tarmac has constructed an environmentally-friendly car park, capable of storing thousands of litres of rainwater, as a sustainable solution for a new community centre in Bristol, which is due to open this month.
20th September 2006 - A success from start to finish
Interest in road recycling technology has never been greater and, as the country's leading national road surfacing contractor, Tarmac has been at the forefront of investment in the development of new systems and equipment in this area.
4th August 2006 - New roads for old
By Dr Howard Robinson, head of product development, Tarmac Ltd. Road recycling is becoming an increasingly dynamic area of development as the construction industry looks for ways to recover old, worn out road surfaces and re-use them on some of the country's busiest trunk roads and motorways.
