MPANI 20/21

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McQuillan Companies look to the future McQuillan Companies has been established for over 125 years as a family business based in Northern Ireland. Through our 4 main companies we provide a diverse range of activities including civil engineering, road surfacing & maintenance, demolition, quarrying, hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, outdoor cleaning services and analytical chemistry. McQuillan Companies are proud to support the essential work of the Mineral Products Association Northern Ireland, which represents members’ interests on policy, planning and technical matters with government departments, local authorities, professional trade bodies and other key audiences at European, national and local levels. As one of the founding companies of the Association we are continuing to provide representation across the Association’s various committees, including the current Chair Paul Brogan, and we wish him and MPANI

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every success in the matters they deal with through this difficult period. In 2022 Northern Ireland saw a renewed focus on climate change and the environment, with the passing of Northern Ireland’s first Climate Bill. Sustainability and the efficient use of the earth’s natural resources has always been at the heart of McQuillan Companies business operations. This year we reinforced our commitment to this by the establishment of a working group, Chaired by Director Stephen McQuillan to focus on the production of a 2030- 2050 Sustainability strategy and focus on all aspects of business

where immediate improvements could be made based on the current technology available. With each passing year, we are committed to the decarbonisation of our businesses and committed to improving biodiversity, and ensuring the highest environmental practices are introduced in all aspects of our works. In parallel with our Sustainability Group, McQuillan Quarries have developed a strong technical team of Senior Managers and Production Staff, who along with John McQuillan Contracts management representatives are involved in a Technical Committee.

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MPANI Committees

1min
page 125

Financial Guarantees: Appropriate Delivery and Considerations regarding Mineral Restoration

21min
pages 118-120

Tobermore opens new £8.6m factory to expand production

2min
page 122

The Innovative Eco Green Filter Unit Rockbag

2min
pages 116-117

Tracey Concrete

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pages 114-115

Metso Outotec – Force for change in the aggregates and ancillary sectors

3min
pages 110-111

Cookstown Cement rebranding to Cemcor following £15m investment

3min
pages 108-109

The Point of Ayre - Working in partnership for Manx nature and the community

4min
pages 92-94

Preparing for the Technologically Advanced Mines of the Future

3min
pages 100-101

Connecting habitats & how mineral & aggregates extraction sites can be a biodiversity lifeline

5min
pages 96-98

Campbells Contracts Ltd

1min
pages 102-103

Quarries, Wildlife and Landscape

3min
pages 90-91

Geological Survey of Northern Ireland

2min
pages 86-87

Geoscience Ireland (GI Continued Growth Despite Challenges

4min
pages 84-85

Cleaver Fulton Rankin Immigration Update

5min
pages 82-83

Colas Ireland Group

3min
pages 74-75

Breedon embracing people power to build a sustainable future

1min
pages 80-81

McQuillan Companies look to the future

3min
pages 76-77

In unprecedented times, RTU continued manufacturing for a significant Belfast project - the Lagan Gateway

3min
pages 72-73

Skills & Training is vital for the future of the Northern Ireland construction industry

2min
pages 70-71

A coordinated approach: Growing apprenticeships through collaboration

3min
pages 68-69

Zero-Carbon Cooperatives: Working together to decarbonise and for prosperity

4min
pages 64-65

Kilwaughter Minerals

2min
page 63

Digital technologies make industry more optimised, sustainable and resilient

4min
pages 60-61

Ulster Farmers Union

3min
page 62

Northstone Materials is a CRH company and a division of Northstone (NI) Limited

3min
pages 54-55

The CBI Minerals Group Implementing the UK Minerals Strategy

6min
pages 48-50

PCP Group Celebrating 55 Years

3min
pages 46-47

Public Sector Procurement: Maximising social value in public sector spending

7min
pages 44-45

Mannok Publishes its 2030 Vision a Sustainability Roadmap Focused on People, Planet & Partners

5min
pages 42-43

MPA UK Concrete - To Net Zero & Beyond

6min
pages 38-40

Concrete Society

5min
pages 36-37

Irish Mining and Quarrying Society

6min
pages 34-35

Norman Emerson Group One of Northern Ireland’s Success Stories

4min
pages 32-33

View From Our Partners

19min
pages 25-30

MPA Good Neighbour Scheme Engaging & Building Trust with Local Communities

4min
pages 16-17

Improving Health and Safety Standards – A Collaborative Approach

2min
page 24

Manufacturing NI

3min
pages 22-23

Foreword

3min
pages 7-8

Logistics UK

4min
page 21

Irish Concrete Federation

6min
pages 18-19

MPA Scotland

3min
page 20
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