Cement News tagged under: Hope Construction Materials
UK: the latest buzz about Hope biodiversity13 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsA UK cement company is helping out in the UK’s campaign to grow Britain’s bee population. Hope Construction Materials has introduced 100,000 honeybees to two Derbyshire quarries to help improve biodiversity in its nearby area. The UK’s leading independent supplier of concrete and cement, is farming the bees at two of its two largest operations – Hope Cement Works, Hope Valley, and Dowlow Quarry near Buxton, in Derbyshire. The hives have a three-mile radius of suitable nectar supply, predomi... |
Hope Construction Materials supplies Scottish wind farm, UK19 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsHope Construction Materials, Britain’s leading independent concrete producer has just completed the supply of almost 12,000m3 of ready-mixed concrete to a new Scottish wind farm being built by renewable energy specialists Community Windpower Ltd. Hope Construction Materials supplies Aikengall II Community Wind Farm with 12,000m3 of ready-mixed concrete (Photo credit: 360 Aerial Photography) The concrete has provided the foundations for 19 new wind turbines at Aikengall II C... |
Hope Partnership Agreement launched, UK17 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsUnion representatives have joined with Hope Construction Materials to launch an agreement which will bring benefits to 200 colleagues working at the Hope Works in the UK, the company said in a statement on Monday. Regional Officers from the GMB and Unite Unions visited the cement works in the Hope Valley, Derbyshire to meet senior Hope managers and works-based National Union Representatives to launch the Hope Partnership Agreement. This agreement continues the cement works’ strong track r... |
Hope announces GBP1m wagon investment26 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsHope Construction Materials has announced a major investment in rail transportation from its flagship Derbyshire cement operation in the UK. The company is investing over GBP1m in the manufacture and long-term lease of 48 tailor-made rail wagons for the distribution of cement from its Hope Works, in Hope Valley. The wagons are being manufactured by German company Feldbinder, and are due for delivery to Hope Works in the autumn of 2015. Once in use, they will improve Hope’s ability to... |
Waste-derived fuel solution commissioned for HCM21 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsSaxlund International has collaborated with Hope Construction Materials (HCM) to install and commission a new waste-derived fuel solution for the UK-based cement producer. Located at the company’s Hope Works cement plant in Derbyshire, the largest in the UK, the solution has been designed to provide storage, transportation, weighing and injection of Solid Waste Fuel (SWF) to the two kilns at its Derbyshire site. The goal is to increase the rate at which Hope can replace fossil fuels with w... |
Hope launch search for new recruits to join their Apprenticeship Academy15 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsHope Construction Materials is once again on the lookout for top young talent to join its business in Derbyshire, Yorkshire and the northeast UK. The firm’s Apprenticeship Academy has reopened for its second year, with Hope searching for three new apprentices at its quarries at Holme Hall near Rotherham, Coxhoe in County Durham and its cement works in the Hope Valley. Current apprentices Daniel Repton, Henry Wilde and Matthew Richardson As the construction materials market ... |
Hope supplying concrete for the build of 11 wind turbines27 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsHope Construction Materials (HCM) is supplying 4500m3 of concrete to specialist civil engineering contractor I&H Brown to build 11 wind turbine bases at Crook Hill Wind Farm on the Lancashire Pennine Moors, UK. The project, which launched in October 2014 and should be complete by the end of July 2015, will secure renewable energy for 25,000 homes near Rochdale in East Lancashire with up to 36MW of electricity in total being generated from the wind farm. HCM is supplying 4500m3 of co... |
Hope celebrates second anniversary with major investment08 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsHope Construction Materials is investing GBP14m (EUR17.9m) to boost production at its Hope Works cement plant in the Derbyshire Peak District, UK. The company, which yesterday celebrated its second year of cement production, has kicked off several major capital projects which will help improve the plant’s sustainability, improve the efficiency of the operation and help to secure future supplies for construction. Hope has owned and operated the cement works since January 2013 and has made... |
Hope Construction Materials introduces TomTom Telematic to fleet16 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsHope Construction Materials, the UK’s leading independent supplier of construction materials, is introducing TomTom Telematics technology to their 400-strong fleet to improve sustainability and customer service. Installation of the integrated telematics system in cement tankers, tipper trucks and concrete mixers is well underway with the entire fleet set to be connected by the start of 2015. The move will see more efficient route planning and provide a wealth of data on vehicle movements... |
Hope Construction Materials wins MPA’s John Crabbe Award for health and safety05 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsHope Construction Materials, the UK’s leading independent supplier of construction materials, has won the MPA’s prestigious John Crabbe Award for health and safety in the industry. The trophy, which was presented to Amit Bhatia, founder and chairman of Hope Construction Materials, during a ceremony in London, is awarded for outstanding excellence in health and safety. The news comes one day after Hope reached the milestone of 300 days without an LTI (lost-time incident) to any of Hope’s e... |