April 2009
Aggregate Industries invests in
Future Industry Leaders
Aggregate Industries is continuing to invest
in the future stars of the construction and building materials
world by providing bursaries for geology students at the University
of Leicester for the second year running.
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March 2009
Aggregate Industries wins through
at Sustain Awards
Aggregate Industries has picked up two
industry accolades for sustainable construction at this year’s
Sustain Awards.
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March 2009
Aggregate Industries sustains
performance in challenging market
Aggregate Industries, the Leicestershire based
construction and building materials company, has helped parent the
Holcim Group perform in line with the market in the UK during the
current economic downturn.
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October 2008
Aggregate Industries has scooped
the top prize at the Quarry Products Association (QPA) Health and
Safety Best Practice Awards.
The UK’s leading supplier of building and
construction materials was awarded the John Crabbe Memorial Trophy
for ‘Outstanding Excellence in Health and Safety’
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May 2008
Bardon Hill Quarry Achieves
Biodiversity Award
Aggregate Industries has been awarded The
Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity Benchmark in recognition of its
ongoing commitment to improving biodiversity at Bardon Hill
Quarry.
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November 2007
Aggregate Industries US enters key partnerships with two
national sustainability programs
As a part of a continued commitment to
sustainable practices, Aggregate Industries US announced today it
has entered into a partnership with the US Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA’s) Climate Leaders program.
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October 2007
Aggregate Industries invests
further in ready-mixed concrete for the South West
Aggregate Industries has acquired the
remaining share of CEMEX Readymix South West Ltd, a company it is
has been a joint venture partner in since 1959, further
strengthening its network of ready-mixed concrete operations
throughout the UK.
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October 2007
Aggregate Industries Announces
Board Changes
Construction and building materials supplier
Aggregate Industries announces that Peter Tom CBE, non-executive
Chairman of the Company, has decided to step down from the
board.
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more...
October 2007
West Central Region wins
Colorado's Sustainability Champion Award
Aggregate Industries’ West Central Region has
won the State of Colorado’s Sustainability Champion Award for
reservoir projects at the Morrison Quarry and the Thornton /
Hazeltine sand and gravel site.
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more...
September 2007
Aggregate Industries acquires
remaining 50 per cent of Halsvik Aggregates
Aggregate Industries announces that it
has purchased the remaining 50 per cent share of its Norwegian
joint venture, Halsvik Aggregates AS.
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August 2007
Aggregate Industries acquires
Hardaway Concrete
Aggregate Industries announces that it
has completed the acquisition of the entire issued capital of
Hardaway Concrete Company Inc. and Hardaway Concrete Company
Upstate Inc.
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July 2007
Future of Bucbricks secured with Aggregate
Industries
Aggregate Industries has purchased the family
owned specialist sand business, Bucbricks’, based at Ardleigh, near
Colchester in Essex, strengthening its offer to the specialist sand
market.
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June 2007
Forfar Quarry Receives Top
Restoration Award
Bardon Aggregates’
Forfar Quarry in Angus, Scotland has been recognised as a leader in
quarry restoration, after receiving the industry's premier award
for best practice, the Quarry Products Association (QPA), Cooper
Heyman Cup.
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May 2007
Bradstone Scoops 'Best in Show'
at Chelsea
Bradstone has wowed the
judges and scooped the top title of ‘Best in Show’ at the Chelsea
Flower Show with a stunning garden that was quite literally out of
this world!
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May 2007
Aggregate Industries announces
three non-executive directorships
Aggregate Industries has further
strengthened its Board with the appointment of three non-executive
directors.
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April 2007
Aggregate Industries signs up to
help create Breathing Places
Aggregates Industries has committed
£360,000 to The Wildlife Trusts over the next three years, in
support of the environmental organisation’s involvement in the BBC
Breathing Places campaign.
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April 2007
Aggregate Industries' Sustainable Products Guide promotes
Best Practise in Sustainable Construction
Launched at Ecobuild 2007, Aggregate
Industries’ new Sustainable Products brochure is now available
containing sustainable product examples from asphalt to ready-mixed
concrete.
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March 2007
Aggregate Industries Recognises
Excellence at the Civic Trust Awards
Aggregate Industries was again delighted to be represented at
the Civic Trust’s 49th Annual awards held in the splendid settings
of Blackpool Winter Gardens.
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February 2007
Bradstone provides a taste of Life on Mars at The 2007
Chelsea Flower Show
Outer space arrives at the Chelsea Flower Show for the first
time ever this year in the form of a terrestrial Mars garden ‘600
Days With Bradstone’.
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February 2007
Launch of the UK Green Building
Council - transforming the £90bn built environment into a green
industry
An unprecedented coalition of the UK’s leading built environment
organisations today launched the UK Green Building Council, with
the aim of dramatically improving the sustainability of the built
environment within the next ten years.
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November 2006
Aggregate Industries Receives BSI
Award for its Commitment to the Environment
A leader in the construction and building materials sector,
Aggregate Industries UK Ltd, has been awarded the prestigious
national British Standards Institution (BSI) award for ‘Most
Innovative Organisation’ in recognition of its commitment to
environmental management across its operational units and
contracting divisions in the UK.
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July 2006
Aggregate Industries Completes Acquisition of
Meyer Material Company
Following the announcement of Aggregate Industries’ agreement to
acquire Meyer Material Company, competition clearance has been
granted and the transaction has been completed.
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July 2006
Ash solutions joins Aggregate
Industries' Group
Aggregate Industries, through its Paragon Materials subsidiary,
has reached agreement to acquire a majority stake in Ash Solutions
Limited.
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June 2006
Foster Yeoman joins Aggregate
Industries' Group
We are extremely proud to announce that Foster
Yeoman has joined Aggregate Industries.
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May 2006
It's a Gold Medal for Bradstone
at Chelsea!
The ‘Walking Barefoot with Bradstone’ garden has been awarded a
gold medal at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show!
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April 2006
Save Water, Save the
Environment
In the UK an ever growing population and changing climate means
water resources are under increasing pressure.
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30 March 2006
Bardon Superflex wins quality in Construction
Award
Bardon Aggregates, part of Aggregate Industries, is celebrating
the success of its proprietary asphalt product, Bardon Superflex,
after winning the Quality in Construction Awards ‘Product and
Materials Innovation’ category.
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February 2006
Aggregate Industries further strengthens Contracting
Division
Aggregate Industries has acquired the shares of Sitebatch
Limited and Roller Compacted Concrete Limited for an undisclosed
sum.
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