Our range of products offers the designer a wide selection of profiles and finishes for use in most structural building and civil engineering applications where a high quality, aesthetically pleasing choice of materials is required.
Benefits of Our Products
Our products have the look and feel of quality natural stone, coupled with a host of benefits including consistent colour to match the local environment, product quality, ease of use on site, availability when compared to increasingly rare, uneconomic, and unsustainable local natural stone, and little or no wastage during construction
Our Sectors – House Building
Our products are widely used by Developers of executive housing, notably in high density flats or apartment applications where aesthetics are highly important in setting the development apart from the crowd. There are also applications in social housing, especially where a sustainable product (Enviromasonry) is required. Our products remain the product of choice for both self build and housing developers in Scotland.
Our Sectors - Commercial Buildings
The ease of build, outstanding look, and toughness of our products is especially attractive to the commercial market. Our products are specified for use on many prestigious project types including sports and leisure centres, supermarkets, schools and colleges, hospitals, sea defence and flood protection projects, retail parks, conservation projects and hospitals,
Our Track Record
Expertise in house-building and commercial developments and has been built up over many years on a large number of projects. Please see our case studies for a representative sample of projects where our products have been integral to the overall development.
Quality and Performance Standards
We are certified to BS EN ISO 9001:2008 and BS EN ISO 4001; in addition as part of Aggregate Industries, our products are certified as coming from a responsible source, certified under BRE BES 6001. This is of special relevance schemes seeking high ratings under the Code for Sustainable Homes guidelines or BREEAM rated developments.
Technical Support and Partnering
Our level of technical support and partnering skills on both large and small contracts has an enviable reputation within our industry.
Research and Development
Furthermore, as part of Aggregate Industries, we have an unrivalled access to the highest quality raw materials, concrete technology and research, and contractor best practice. This expertise is constantly being channeled into developing new, innovative products in masonry, for example our Enviromasonry products.
Allied to all of this is a company ethos underpinned by rigorously implemented Environmental, Sustainability, Health and Safety Policies which ensure that we offer the very best at every interface with the people who design, specify, build with, use, and live amongst its products
Ownership
As an Aggregate Industries business, we benefit from the financial and global business strength of its holding company, Holcim, one of the world’s largest cement producers.