Mortar News Association Promoting Quality Factory-Produced Mortar
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mortar industry Mortar news association promoting quality factory-produced mortar MIA sponsors National Bricklaying Awards Producer members 5 1 Producers offer mainland UK coverage 0 unless otherwise stated 2 Breedon Aggregates 01332 694000 g n www.breedonaggregates.com i r CEMEX UK Materials Ltd 01932 568833 p S www.cemex.co.uk 9 Cornish Lime Company 01208 79779 1 www.cornishlime.co.uk e u CPI Mortars Ltd 0845 850 9090 s s www.euromix.com I Hanson 0845 845 6699 www.hanson.biz Hugh King & Co 01294 557515 www.hughking.co.uk John Carr (Liverpool) Ltd 0151 2070067 (Liverpool) Marshall Watts Mix 01262 675383 Winner of the junior section of the Guild’s north west region competition, Joe Higginson of Bury College, receives www.wattsmix.com his trophy from the guild’s vice president, John Howe (right) and regional chairman, Jeff Dunn. Premier Mortars 0345 3013030 www.marshalls.co.uk/premiermortars Guild of Bricklayers national At a recent MIA executive meeting, bricklayers’competitions in 2015 are representatives of the guild emphasised RTU 02890 851441 being sponsored by the Mortar there is no shortage of quality bricklayers www.rtu.co.uk (Belfast) Industry Association (MIA). in the UK, contrary to many recent media Remix Dry Mortar Ltd 01329 231200 reports. Their message was simple: if you www.remixdrymortar.co.uk Association members are supplying free of need a bricklayer contact your nearest Smiths Concrete Ltd 01295 278177 charge, factory-produced mortars for each college offering construction courses for www.smithsconcrete.co.uk (Oxfordshire) of the ten regional competitions and for help and advice. Tarmac Building Products 08701 116116 the grand final to be held at the Leeds www.tarmacbuildingproducts.co.uk College of Building on 17 June. MIA has MIA director, Brian James, said: ‘MIA also sponsored a trophy for the ultimate member products play such a winner. fundamental role in the UK construction industry it makes great sense for us to Follow MIA on social media Competitions are organised by the Guild help support the training and of Bricklayers and held at colleges around development of young bricklayers to You can now follow MIA activity on social media. the country offering construction courses. ensure we have the necessary skills There are two competition grades: junior available to continue to build the houses, MIA news appears via the Mineral for new industry entrants with little or no schools and commercial buildings we so Products Association Twitter site site experience and working towards desperately need.’ while there is a UK mortar industry S/NVQ / diploma level and senior for interest group on Linkedin. trainees working towards S/NVQ/diploma Follow the live links below. level 3. Twitter Each college within a region is allowed one competitor at each level Linkedin Four regional competitions have already been held, those for Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, the North West, Wales and the West Midlands. The MIA sponsored trophy mia mortar industry association mortar industry www.mortar.org.uk association Marshalls Premier supplies mortar to military contract Director of sub-contractor Andy Flynn Brickworks, Andy Flynn, said: ‘We recently commenced works on the latest phase of the Whittington Barrocks site which will require approximately 300m3 of mortar with Carillion being the main contractors. ‘The programme is set to be very fast paced, with flexible daily deliveries a must in order for us to meet the client’s expectations. Due to the nature of the An artist’s impression of the finished Whittington project project, strict delivery times and conditions are also in place. Factory-produced mortars from Managed by the Defence Infrastructure Marshalls Premier Mortars are being Organisation, the £144m project will ‘Marshalls Premier Mortars have been supplied for the development of new establish the West Midlands as the able to meet all our requirements in that facilities at the Defence Medical central focus for the DMS, bringing they offer daily deliveries to suit us Services (DMS) centre at Whittington, together a full range of services and (either AM or PM) and contact a member near Lichfield, Staffordshire. training, with care for service operational of our staff on approaching site so they casualties at the nearby Queen Elizabeth can meet them and escort them to the The project will provide state-of-the-art Hospital and University Hospitals designated delivery point. training facilities including a learning Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. centre, lecture theatre, living ‘All in all, Marshalls Premier Mortars have accommodation for permanent staff and Thousands of army, navy and RAF gone above and beyond in order to meet trainees, and a junior ranks dining and medical trainees will be based each year our requirements on this and other welfare facility. at the site. projects across the Midlands Region.’ MIA exhibits at Eco Build New home registrations up New homes registered in the UK increased by 23% in the rolling quarter December 2014 to February 2015 compared to the same period last year, says the NHBC. A total of 36,505 new homes were registered compared to 29,681. The private sector recorded 28,139 registrations compared to 21,373 (+32%) a year ago with the public sector showing a marginal one per cent increase with 8,366 new homes compared to mortar 8,308. MIA demonstrations at Eco Build industry association Block laying demonstrations at the MIA exhibit NHBC chief executive, Mike Quinton, said: ‘We are very Gillingham House within the Concrete and Masonry Pavilion at this pleased that the growth we saw throughout last year 38–44 Gillingham Street London, SW1V 1HU year’s Eco Build exhibition in London drew great has continued into 2015, with our latest figures clearly interest from visitors. showing that registrations are up on 2014 levels for the Tel +44 (0)20.7963 8000 Fax +44 (0)20.7963 8001 last three months, which is great news for the industry. [email protected] Trainee bricklayers from Barking & Dagenham College www.mortar.org.uk demonstrated their skills on a stand that also showed a ‘However, we have been clear that we are building way MIA is part of the Mineral Products Association, mini dry mortar dispensing silo/mixer and a range of below the level of homes that our country so the trade association for the aggregates, standard details for where floors go into walls, with desperately needs, therefore it is important that we asphalt, cement, concrete, lime, mortar and weatherproofing and thermal requirements keep up this momentum.’ silica sand industries.