Hanson Concrete

Bridgwater & Cannington Credentials Our fully integrated supply capabilities What we can do Hanson UK Hanson UK, a capable business Local production sites

Hanson UK is part of the HeidelbergCement Group, Hanson Concrete is the UK’s largest supplier Operations employing 53,000 people across five continents. of ready-mixed concrete from a national network HeidelbergCement is the global leader in aggregates of 178 fixed and site-based plants. Marine licences and a leader in cement, concrete and heavy building products (brick, block and precast concrete). Hanson Asphalt and Contracting supplies and lays asphalt for road surfacing and provides a range Hanson UK is split into four business lines offering of infrastructure services. Its civil engineering division GLOUCS the broadest range of products and services in the specialises in the construction of wind farms and Our UK operations heavy building products market. waste-to-energy plants. Aggregates depots and wharves 15 Hanson Aggregates produces sand, gravel Hanson Cement is a leading manufacturer of Asphalt plants 30 and crushed rock from over 70 quarries, depots Portland Cement, both in bulk and in bags, and and wharves in and Wales, which includes produces ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) Bagged product plants 12 Hanson Aggregates Marine, Europe’s largest under the brand name Regen – a cement replacement Block paving plants 1 producer of marine-dredged sand and gravel. in ready-mixed and precast concrete – and a range of WILTSHIRE Brick works 8 bagged cementitious and aggregate products. Cement depots and wharves 6

Cement plants 3 SOMERSET Concrete/aircrete block plants 7

Regen plants 3

Marine dredgers 7 DORSET Precast concrete and flooring plants 2 DEVON

Quarries – sand and gravel 27

Quarries – crushed rock 25

Ready-mixed concrete plants 178 CORNWALL Recycling/landfill sites 13

TOTAL 337

Aggregate dredger Arco Dart cement works in Ready-mixed concrete delivery All our production sites are certified to ISO 14001 and ISO 9001

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Highlights 2013 2013 Awards Division Business/activity Product/service ISO 14001 ISO 9001 OHSAS 18001 BES 6001

• Mineral Products Association health and safety • Boldstones quarry near Pateley Bridge in Yorkshire was Bulk cement products Grey, white, blends and Regen ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Environmental complaints reduced by 50 per cent awards – a stainless steel netting system to prevent highly commended in the restoration awards and also Cement Cement, ready-to-use loose material falling from the roof of cement won an MPA special award for the Coldstones Cut, Packed products mortar, concrete, asphalt, ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Waste to landfill falls by 5,000 tonnes aggregate and sand cyclones during maintenance won the MPA Trophy a 92 hectare screening bank which incorporates a Concrete, mortars, dry silo for engineering initiatives. A system to remove broken viewing platform created from a major piece of Concrete Smiths Concrete Nine megawatt solar farm comes on stream mortar, screed and EcoPlus ✓ ✓ ✓ teeth from the primary crusher at Cliffe Hill quarry in sculptural art Sand, gravel, crushed rock, Leicestershire (engineering) and a GPS-based Aggregates ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mains water use per tonne of product down by 12 per cent recycled aggregate and silica sand system for monitoring site boundaries at Mercaston • British Ready-Mixed Concrete Association Aggregates Marine aggregates Sand and gravel quarry in Derbyshire (contractor safety) were awards – the gold medal for excellence in customer ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ Right first time initiative drives quality improvements service went to Hanson Concrete for exceptional Bath stone masonry runners-up in their categories. Three employees Natural stone and Portland Stone ✓ ✓ ✓ were recognised for individual achievement. work on a rail viaduct repair project in Yorkshire Hot rolled asphalt, stonemastic Asphalt ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ • Mineral Products Association biodiversity and • Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Asphalt and asphalt and asphalt macadams - Hanson Contracting received the Order of Contracting Highway maintenance, road restoration awards - the ‘landscape scale restoration’ Contracting N/A surfacing and MoD works ✓ ✓ ✓ category of the biodiversity awards, sponsored by Distinction to mark 22 consecutive years of Natural England, was won by the Upper Nene Valley achieving the gold standard. Clay bricks and brick specials, clay Bricks pavers, bespoke clay products, ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ nature reserve in Northamptonshire. The reserve Red Bank chimneys and roofing comprises a 16 mile long string of six restored former Aggregate blocks Dense concrete blocks ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Hanson sand and gravel quarries stretching from Earls Barton in the south to Irthlingborough and Aircrete blocks Thermalite aircrete products ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Stanwick, which has been linked to create one of Retaining walls, culverts Building Precast concrete barriers, floors, stairs, structural Europe’s newest Special Protection Areas for Products and flooring ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ vulnerable bird species. A project to create a safe walls and basements Cladding and Structherm external wall insulation, haven or ‘ark’ site for the threatened white-clawed N/A render systems structural EWI and Fastbrick ✓ ✓ ✓ crayfish at Whiteball quarry in Somerset finished Formpave products, SUDS Block paving runner-up in the biodiversity ‘innovation’ category. and geothermal ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Brick and block laying Irvine Whitlock contracting services ✗ ✓ ✗ N/A

✓ certificate available online ✗ system in place – not yet certified Not certified N/A Not applicable

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New River Crossing Wigg Island River Mersey

Silver Jubilee Bridge Wigan Runcorn Garston Scunthorpe Town Centre Wharf Brindley Warrington Arts Centre M48 Garston Runcorn M5

M4 M5 Asphalt Cardiff 1 Runcorn Hanson Cement Rail Terminal Bridgwater Concrete Abergele A4 Products available – Cement, Regen Products Supplied – Ready-mix concrete General Overview – Rail connected facility General Overview – Bridgwater Concrete is well located Hanson Concrete within Avonmouth Docks receiving cement by within Bridgwater to offer a high level of service to Runcorn rail from production facility at Ribblesdale. contracts in and around Bridgwater as well as supply to M5 Ellesmere Port Output: 15 K/tonnes storage Cannington and Hinkley when necessary. Much of the early Clevedon works associated with Hinkley C have been supplied from Our South West capabilities Bridgwater Concrete. Town Hall Batts Combe Quarry 3 A37 Output: 36m per hour A370 Products Supplied – Full range of aggregates - Delivered by ready-mix lorry Why Hanson is ideally located single sizes and fill materials General Overview – Batts Combe Quarry is located Taunton Concrete to serve contracts surrounding Hinkley: on the Mendips near Cheddar. Its location is extremely Padeswood A38 well placed to supply both external customers in Products Supplied – Ready-mix concrete Weston-super-Mare addition to in house supply to Hanson Concrete General Overview – Taunton Concrete located to the • Concrete plants at Cannington, Bridgwater and Taunton A368 and Asphalt. The carboniferous limestone is of an south of the area is well positioned to back up all • Local management team in place to support customers’ operational, logistics extremely high quality and is used in a number of works within Bridgwater. A370 different industries due to its purity. 3 and commercial requirements with a thorough understanding of the local market Output: 42m per hour 2 Output: 750 K/tonnes per annum Delivered by ready-mix lorry Halton Lea • Hanson have vast experience in supplying material to Hinkley A, B and C over Delivered by lorry Cheddar Cannington Concrete a number of years Batts Combe Asphalt A371 Products Supplied – Ready-mix concrete Products Supplied – All asphalt products • Hanson is the largest aggregate producer and concrete supplier in the South West, General Overview – Our plant at Cannington has been with the ability to draw on local expertise and resources Hinkley Point General Overview – The asphalt plant based in strategically located to be best placed to supply both the quarry at Batts Combe is fed from materials Hinkley’s on and offsite requirements. Located outside Marine sand licence • Hanson has been working with EDF Energy for a number of years on Hinkley C – from the quarry in addition to the imported of Cannington, its position is unrivalled to supply Hinkley Penmaenmawr specifically on materials and logistics hardstone. Its location is well placed to supply and the outlying works. contracts throughout west Somerset. Output: 60m3 per hour • Hanson is the best placed heavy building materials supplier, with all materials 3 Output: 40 K/tonnes per annum located within close proximity to Hinkley A361 Delivered by ready-mix lorry A39 6 Delivered by lorry A39 • Hanson have a detailed understanding of the Hinkley Point Delivery Management Bridgwater Wharf System and its requirements 4 Products Supplied – Sand & Gravel Key • The location of our facilities and our use of the rail network ensures that the Bridgwater General Overview – The Wharf located on the

A37 River Parrett in Bridgwater receives sand and gravel environmental impact of transporting materials is minimised Asphalt plants dredged from the Bristol Channel. Its location enables material to be landed within close proximity to the • The Concrete National Technical Laboratory is located at Bristol – well placed Concrete plants to develop mixes and carry out testing of concrete. A358 A361 point of use, providing a sustainable source of material. Regen plants Output: 100 K/tonnes per annum A372 5 Cement plants Delivered by lorry A378 Aggregate quarries

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Runcorn Concrete Our companies and products Hanson UK is the leading supplier of heavy building materials to the UK construction industry. We are split into three business lines – Hanson Cement, Hanson Building Products and Hanson Quarry Products. Hanson UK is owned by the HeidelbergCement Group, which employs over 53,000 people and operates worldwide. Hanson UK employs around 4,200 people across over 300 sites.

For detailed information on all areas of Hanson and our products visit: hanson.com/uk

Hanson UK 14 Castle Hill, Maidenhead SL6 4JJ T: 01628 774 100 E: [email protected] W: www.hanson.co.uk

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