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E-Mail: [email protected] WIRTGEN Ireland_WG_G_02_B_DIN A4.indd 1 18.06.18 10:45 Northern Ireland Providing Essential Materials Contents Foreword ................................................................................07 Standing up for the Trees - Woodland Trust .........................71 DAVID STERLING, Head of The NI Civil Service Nature before minerals, giant bird tables - RSPB NI ............72 Chairman’s Report .................................................................09 Unexpected Oasis ..................................................................74 EAMON FINNEGAN, QPANI Chairman CATHERINE BERTRAND, Butterfly Conservation and LINDA THOMPSON, Celebrating 20 Years of QPANI ..............................................11 Irish Salt Mining & Exploration Co. Ltd Transform the fortunes of vanishing wildflower QPANI Regional Director’s Report .........................................13 meadows, grasslands and wildlife ........................................76 GORDON BEST, QPANI Regional Director Protecting the Ballinderry River, QPANI, A valuable partner to Government ...........................16 a River of Global Importance .................................................78 Department for Infrastructure ..............................................18 Community Irish Concrete Federation - A View from the South .............20 Delivering Prosperity through our Local Councils ................82 View from the Partners ....................................................22-32 Derek McCallan CEO NILGA Economy Careers in the Industry #NotJustForBoys .............................85 Preparing your business for Brexit - a go-to guide ..............34 Innovation Cleaver Fulton Rankin Dalradian – Building Prosperity for Businesses Getting the Province’s future workforce skills ready ..........36 in Tyrone and Northern Ireland .............................................88 The Institute of Quarrying (IQ) Northern Ireland Peter Fitzpatrick Ltd - Marking almost a Irish Cement - 80 years from 1938 to 2018 ..........................38 Century of Success ................................................................90 Department for the Economy and Geological Tracey Concrete is one of the largest precast Survey of Northern Ireland ....................................................40 concrete manufacturers in the UK and Ireland ....................93 MINERAL PLANNING ..............................................................43 MCL Consulting Focused on Quarryplan Limited Delivering for Its Clients ........................................................95 Cookstown cement plant celebrates Quinn Cement & Quinn Quarries ...........................................96 50 years of production - Lafarge Cement Ireland ................46 RTU: A Company With A Clear Vision ....................................98 A rooftop oasis in Paddington - Acheson+Glover ................48 Terex’s Generation 10 TA400 - FP McCann .........................101 It’s Business As Usual for the Lagan Products A Game Changer for ConveyorTek ......................................104 Businesses Acquired by Breedon Group...............................50 NEW 1000TC Cone Crusher - TESAB ....................................107 Further enhancing the level of customer service ................53 Bell B50E ADT Makes an Impact at Lagan Northstone Materials Cement’s Kinnegad Quarry ..................................................108 FP McCann Ltd goes from Strength to Strength..................56 Home-Grown Global Firm CDE on Stellar Trajectory ..........110 Drone Mapping Streamlines Surveys for McHale Plant Sales Gives Metso Crushers Minerals Production Operations - Six west Limited ............58 ‘A Strong Presence’ in fixed and Mobile Markets ..............112 Kilwaughter - An example of MATTEST Quality Testing for the Construction professionalism and innovation ............................................61 Industry for 25 Years ............................................................114 Taking offsite concrete to new heights ................................62 Specialist Cost Auditors Help You Spend Creagh Concrete Smarter & Perform Better ...................................................116 Environment Gleeson Steel & Engineering Ltd Marks Half a Century of Expertise & Innovation ......................................118 Maximising opportunities for Liebherr L 586 XPowerÒ impresses Hanson wildlife on minerals sites.......................................................64 Aggregates with its extremely low fuel consumption ......123 The All Ireland Pollinator Plan ...............................................66 Fifth-generation business operating for over 130 years ...127 AOIBHINN CORRIGAN, Conservation Designations and McQuillan Companies Protection NI Environment Agency Beyond Brexit: Embedding a Natural Capital Application for Full Membership.........................................131 Approach; from Policy to Practice.........................................68 QPANI Committees ..............................................................132 DR JONATHAN BELL Northern Ireland Environment Link Membership List 2018 & Advertisers Index .......................134 Published by: This journal is published by ‘Plant & Civil Engineer’, a division of 4 SM (NI) Ltd, at The Old PLANT & CIVIL Coach House, 12 Main Street, Hillsborough, N. Ireland BT26 6AE. The publishers cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies supplied by the contributors. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form, either in part or in full, including photocopying and recording, without the written SM consent of the owner. Nor may any part of this publication be stored in a retrieval system MEDIA & EVENTS Justin Carrigan Business Development Manager of any nature without prior written consent of 4 SM (NI) Ltd. Joel Byers Production Manager Nick Stokes Designer QUARRY 2018 is Published by: Plant & Civil Engineer, Eleanor Blane Accounts Manager The Old Coach House, 12 Main Street, Hillsborough BT26 6AE Helen Beggs, Garfield Harrison Publishers TEL: 028 9268 8888 FAX: 028 9268 8866 Email: [email protected] 2018 5 WA320-8 WHEEL LOADER ENGINE POWER 127 kW / 170 HP OPERATING WEIGHT 15.700 - 16.225 kg BUCKET CAPACITY 2,6 - 3,2 m³ An all-around performer A perfect mix of power, comfort and reliability, the new highly versatile Komatsu WA320-8 wheel loader comes with an advanced hydrostatic drive line that gives you exceptional tractive force and ultra-low fuel consumption. A multipurpose PZ-linkage combines advantages of Z-bar linkage and parallel lift. New optional Komatsu short lever steering and high efficiency buckets boost both comfort and productivity. W.A.C McCandless (Engineers) Ltd 95-99 Limestone Rd · Belfast Tel: 028 9035 1811 · Fax: 028 9074 6015 www.wacmccandless.com · Email: [email protected] komatsu_WA320-8_210x297en_McCandless.indd 1 14.08.2017 11:47:13 Northern Ireland Providing Essential Materials Foreword The quarrying sector is no exception. It has been particularly active in markets outside Northern Ireland and I am aware that gritstone from our local quarries is in high demand – being used in road projects from Hong Kong to Rotterdam. Equally, the Quarry Products Association has maintained strong channels of communication more locally. It is to QPANI’s credit that it has maintained a constructive approach over a long period with Government and others in the supply chain. QPANI has particularly strong links with the Department for Infrastructure, particularly on the Roads side which accounts for a large proportion of the work of member companies. It is important that we have a competitive and sustainable construction sector. However, too much competition for Government contracts can drive the wrong behaviour. The practice of sub-economic tendering remains a real concern for Government and the construction industry. Following consultation with the Construction Industry