TARMAC CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS HIGH SPEED RAIL
ABOUT TARMAC Tarmac, a CRH company, is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative services and solutions help to deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the economy today and create a more sustainable built environment to support our future prosperity. For further information please visit www.tarmac.com
“The bigger we all think today…. …. the better we can make tomorrow”
A number of the UK’s current and future large scale rail projects will be integral to the transformation of our transport infrastructure and will undoubtedly help rebalance the UK Economy and bring greater prosperity to the midlands and the north. HS2 for example is the UK’s largest infrastructure project to impact on the construction industry in modern times and with the scheme receiving royal assent, planning and preparation will be pivotal to the success of the project.
Tarmac’s wealth of expertise in developing and supplying construction materials for complex rail projects offers fully developed and economic solutions to the challenges posed. We are committed to supporting sustainable economic growth and have clear targets and a strategy to deliver this in our own business. Equally we are committed to building a zero harm culture that prioritises people’s health, safety and well-being, and targets continuous improvement and an ever-safer working environment.
Having a dedicated Major Projects Team working on the scheme since 2015 alongside other national infrastructure projects, we truly embrace early client and contractor collaborative engagement. Tarmac is able to supply a wealth of expertise on the latest value added products and systems from our business, supported and delivered by highly skilled, experienced and passionate people. With early involvement we can propose engineering and design solutions and advise on logistical considerations and alternative products, methods and services. This enables us to create innovative solutions that are beyond our customer’s expectations, often solving problems and creating efficiencies.
As a major employer we take a proactive approach in increasing the representation of local people in our workforce. We ensure that we work in harmony with local communities, develop a talented and diverse workforce and, that as a responsible business, we play our part in the training of the younger generation by taking on graduates and apprentices. Martin Riley Senior Vice President
WE ARE TARMAC
WE ARE THE UK’S LEADING SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS & CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS BUSINESS.
Our innovative services and solutions help to create a more sustainable built environment and deliver the infrastructure needed to grow our economy. The company has over 150 years of experience and offers a diverse range of products and services to the construction sector. All materials are responsibly sourced in accordance with BES6001 and service quality is determined by customer requirements. We listen to and work with our customers to deliver the best materials, services and solutions at the right time. A real understanding of all our customers’ wants and needs is what drives innovation and improvement.
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Through past collaborative engagement we are proud to have been in a position to add value to our customers supply and logistics strategies, utilising our extensive operational footprint, which we see also playing a significant role in many of the UK’s future large scale rail projects. We offer a national supply capability with a significant landholding of over 66,000 acres at our disposal. Our previous experience of supplying major schemes include; Crossrail, The Olympics Athletes Village and Network Rail.
SWARKESTONE
Tarmac Asset HS2 Route Stations
MOUNTSORREL
ALREWAS
HS2 Route
WALSALL ETTINGSHALL
HINTS
WEEFORD
Birmingham Curzon Street
OLDBURY HAYMILLS
CADEBY MANCETTER
GARRETTS GREEN Birmingham Interchange
SMALL HEATH
MERIDEN
COVENTRY SHAWELL WELFORD
NORTHAMPTON (BOARDEN CLOSE) NORTHAMPTON (CASTLE STATION YARD)
ELSTOW BANBURY
STEVENAGE
LUTON
PANSHANGER PARK
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TYTTENHANGER HARPER LANE ABINGDON
BROADWATER SLOUGH
STRATEGIC SITES ALONG THE HS2 ROUTE
WEST DRAYTON SONNING
PARK ROYAL WILLESDEN HAYES
London Euston KINGS CROSS
PADDINGTON BRENTFORD
SILVERTOWN GREENWICH
Old Oak Common
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TARMAC MAX BÖGL SLAB TRACK SYSTEM
Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions company, has formed a joint venture with Max Bögl, the largest privately-owned infrastructure engineering company in Germany, to deliver a new slab track system specifically for high speed rail applications in the UK. The JV draws upon Tarmac’s expertise and manufacturing capability for the UK rail industry and combines this with Max Bögl’s extensive experience of working on high speed projects.
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The precision and quality of the Max Bögl slab track system coupled with Tarmac’s local expertise in off site manufacturing and developing and supplying construction materials for complex rail projects, together offer an effective and economic solution for UK high speed rail. For over two decades Max Bögl have engaged in developing and constructing advanced, maintenancefree and durable ballastless tracks made of prefabricated parts for slab track systems. Prefabricated prestressed slab track units are produced using state of the art off site manufacturing techniques.
The Joint Venture have the ability to plan, design, produce and deliver the project specific production facilities as well as the plant and equipment for assembly. Additionally the joint venture offers the full supply solution here in the UK which also considers transport & logistics, installation and commissioning. www.tarmac-maxboegl.com
THE MAX BÖGL FFB SLAB TRACK SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY IN USE ON OVER 10,000 KM OF HIGH SPEED RAILWAY AROUND THE WORLD
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TUNNEL SEGMENTS
Through the relationship built between Tarmac & Max Bögl we both realised that the Tunnelling Sector in the UK is becoming a key growth market with a strong pipeline of tunnelling projects such as Thames Tideway Tunnel and of course HS2 at the forefront of imminent starts. It was therefore clear to both partners that an integrated solution that offers both companies key expertise would provide a unique supply solution. Considering not only the technical and quality aspects of major project tunnel segment supply but also the operational and logistical elements often associated in large volume haulage. Tarmac & Max Bögl have been individually manufacturing tunnel segments for many years as well as providing high specification concrete mix solutions for each bespoke major project.
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The Tarmac Max Bögl JV are also proud to be associated with CVB on the Thames Tideway Tunnel East Project to provide precast tunnel segments for both the Greenwich and the Main Chambers Wharf Tunnels. Through this arrangement we see many benefits associated to rail projects such as our ongoing operational and manufacturing excellence can be directly transferred to one of the high speed rail tunnel
projects as well as the logistical solutions currently integrated into our service to CVB in order to solve local logistical and storage constraints. With a strong technical support team, we are driven by a proactive approach to our customers and aim to provide unrivalled assistance throughout the project which starts at the preconstruction phase and carries through to delivery within a seamless transition.
SPECIALIST TUNNELLING PRODUCTS SPRAYED CONCRETE LINING
TUNNELLING GROUTS
TBM LIME
Tarmac have developed a Sprayed Concrete Lining (SCL) which has compatible cement and admixtures, with crushed rock aggregates. This gives it unique performance properties making it suitable for a 120 year design life.
Supported by a range of Cement, GGBS and Fly Ash raw materials Tarmac Pozament are a market leader in designing and supplying bagged and bulk grout solutions.
Tarmac are the market leader in lime products with a track record supplying TBM tunnelling operations.
We are renowned for our industryleading, pre-blended cementitious grouts, which offer high strength, low heat of hydration and minimal shrinkage.
Tarmac Building Products brand Pozament, delivers bespoke formulations and a professional range of specialist cementitious solutions to the construction industry.
These encompass annulus grouts, compensation grouts and specialist grouts suitable for potable water, flowing water and ground stabilisation.
These include construction and underground grouts, highways products, concrete repair and installation products, screeds and flooring products and Hydrotite waterstops.
Our SCL is backed up by our mobile plant solutions for site mixing requirements. SCL of intermediate properties is also available together with a range of Pozament Gunite shotcrete in bags or silos.
POZAMENT
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OUR PRODUCTS
AGGREGATES
CONCRETE
ASPHALT
Tarmac’s aggregate business combines industry leading innovation with an unrivaled supply and distribution network that includes over 100 quarries, 70 recycling operations, 20 marine wharves and 5 dredgers.
Producing over 3 million cubic meters per annum we supply a wide range of concretes for a variety of applications including tunnelling projects and selfcompacting concretes for structural solutions.
Tarmac offer a full range of products that enable flexibility in design and buildability of pavements. These include hydraulically bound materials as foundations and base pavement layers, with optimised mix designs utilising local aggregates and Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) pavement solutions.
We currently produce over fifty million tonnes of aggregates, every year.
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Our technical expertise is committed to delivering innovative solutions to meet the specific requirements of the customer on a project by project basis.
50 MILLION TONNES OF AGGREGATE
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8 MILLION TONNES OF ASPHALT
Asphalt products include solutions for; fast installation, less layers, recycled RAP, cold foamed asphalt, waterproofing, easy to compact, durability and recyclability.
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READYMIX PLANTS
3.2 MILLION
TONNES OF ASPHALT LAID PER YEAR
OUR SOIL STABILISATION PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN PROVEN ON MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDING; THE CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK, TERMINAL 5 AT HEATHROW AIRPORT & STRATFORD BOX STATION
CONTRACTING Tarmac Contracting is a leading supplier of road surfacing and highway maintenance services, constructing and surfacing over 4,800 miles of road every year and maintaining over 22,000km of highway. Every year Tarmac install more than 3.2 million tonnes of asphalt for a diverse range of contracts, from the resurfacing of motorways, roads and pathways, to the construction of car parks, runways and running tracks.
CEMENT Tarmac have been making the highest quality cements for over 100 years and our experience and expertise are unrivalled.
We have a number of cement manufacturing plants in the UK and Europe and a supply network comprising sea and rail capabilities, as well as an extensive road fleet demonstrating we are truly a nationwide supplier with 24/7 capability.
unsuitable material from site. Our soil stabilistation products have been used on major projects such at the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Heathrow Terminal 5.
BENEFITS
LIME & POWDERS SOIL STABILISATION Tarmac Lime and Powders is the UK’s leading producer of lime, powders and chemical stone. The products produced at our Tunstead quarry are renowned for their purity and consistency. Soil stabilisation enables contractors to maximise the use of site materials and obtain the properties that they need without removing
Proven Strength
Reduced Shrinkage
Easier Foundation Work
Less Waste
Lower Construction Costs
More Sustainable
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MOBILE BATCHING SOLUTIONS
MOBILE READYMIX BATCHING We have over 100 fixed readymix plants across the UK, complemented by a growing fleet of mobile assets and a dedicated site solutions team. Our mobile fleet can be split into two categories; Project Plants - which can provide outputs of 120m3/h or more where required. Mobile Plants - which include our Ultra mobile assets which have set up times in hours rather than days and an output of approximately 90m3/h. Our site solutions team are highly experienced at plant commissioning and the readymix mobile batching fleet can operate safely from a compact footprint.
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“NATIONAL OPERATIONS, LOCALLY MANAGED WITH SKILLED FULL TIME STAFF AND DEDICATED SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT”
This provides customers with a high level of flexibility to meet the varying production demands, site layouts and locations of any given project.
Delivering large scale rail projects involves many elements of construction work including the trackbed pavement, foundations and service roads as a few examples.
PAVEMENT SOLUTIONS
Tarmac have it covered through our extensive experience in optimising the use of materials through appropriate pavement and product design, together with manufacture and installation. Dedicated manufacturing hubs can be set up along side projects to meet customer requirements.
Tarmac Pavement Solutions are the partner of choice for major road building and infrastructure projects. Using the expertise and capability of Tarmac Contracting and National Road Planing, we provide specialist plant, materials and contracting services.
WITH ESTABLISHED ROUTES OF SUPPLY THROUGHOUT THE UK THROUGH OUR DEDICATED RAILHEADS WE ARE ONE OF THE UK’S LARGEST USERS OF THE RAIL FREIGHT NETWORK.
CASE STUDY TARMAC DRIVER ACADEMY We recognise that we have a role to play as a leading logistics supplier in the industry, to increase the number of younger people join the industry in all areas. We started a scheme in 2015 and have taken over 40 individuals from car licence through to Class 2 HGV trained and competent mixer drivers. This has been created in conjunction with our industry recognised training partner. The trainees are put through a broad agenda covering safety and more general business understanding, as well as their driving test and consequent ongoing assessment.
LOGISTICS CAPABILITY
Across the UK, our extensive transport fleet and established relationships with our third party supply chain, enables us to offer reliable and flexible material delivery options for major schemes.
ONE TARMAC AGGREGATE TRAIN HAULS THE EQUIVALENT OF
65 LORRIES ONE TARMAC CEMENT TRAIN HAULS THE EQUIVALENT OF
45 LORRIES
In additional to our highly professional operational logistics teams, we maintain a group logistics and supply chain team. The team can provide our customers with expert knowledge of road and rail transport, both externally and internally to Tarmac.
TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS To ensure we meet the needs of the future we are pioneering the use of innovative technology such as; VERIFI providing integrated concrete consistency control, and EPOD offering electronic delivery tickets enabling us to offer our customers real-time information on products and reduce administrative burdens.
We are looking to further develop the programme into our other units such as cement & TBP and become a full apprenticeship. TARMAC CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS
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HEALTH & SAFETY
Tarmac aims to achieve and maintain the highest standards of health and safety for all employees, contractors and members of the public and is committed to continual improvement in its health and safety performance. We work in potentially hazardous environments so it’s important that everyone understands how to go about their jobs safely. Our role is zero harm to anyone working for, or with, Tarmac. Creating a consistent, proactive safety culture through engagement, training and behaviour change, will
support us in achieving our goal. We are passionate that all tasks are done safely and through measurement and learning we can continuously improve our performance. Everyone working at Tarmac is expected to work in a safe, responsible manner and to challenge unsafe behaviour. We will proactively work with our customers to achieve the ambitious targets that will be set to deliver nationally important infrastructure schemes, ensuring the legacy objectives are embedded within our operations to promote our zero harm culture.
PROTECTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND THOSE AROUND US IS A CORE VALUE OF OUR BUSINESS.
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CASE STUDY SAFER BY DESIGN - TRIAL OF NEW CONCRETE MIXER TRUCK In 2015 we became the first company in the UK to trial the new Economic concrete truck mixer, which has been designed by Mercedes-Benz to improve the driver’s field of vision. Sporting a panoramic windscreen and floor-to-ceiling doors, the new vehicle gives drivers a better chance of seeing cyclists, particularly if they are approaching the near side of the vehicle, traditionally a blind spot. It also features a low-entry cab – with only two steps from the ground – which greatly reduces the risk of slipping, tripping or falling when leaving the vehicle.
SUSTAINABILITY
CASE STUDY USING LOW TEMPERATURE ASPHALT ULTILOW asphalts can be manufactured at a much lower temperature than regular asphalt. This means they can be laid faster, shortening the amount of time roads are closed for treatment – which saves on congestion and emissions. The lower temperature use also reduces the amount of energy required for manufacture and over the course of a job, cutting carbon emissions by more than a third. Working in close collaboration with the Carbon Trust and Highways England we were able to influence a change in UK highways specification to enable the use of low temperature asphalt.
We embed sustainability at the heart of everything we do - it influences how we work, and drives our vision to become our customers preferred choice for sustainable construction solutions. As a major provider of construction solutions, we recognise our responsibility to grow our business in a way that is good for people and the environment. This means considering not only the goods we purchase, our operations and logistics, but also the performance of our products in-use and how they are reused and recycled. By adopting this whole-life approach, we take action to minimise any negative aspects, while maximising the many positive sustainability benefits our business brings.
Our sustainability strategy confirms our key priorities, commitments and targets to drive continuous environmental improvement and embed sustainable practices throughout our business. Our four priority areas are; • People • Planet • Performance • Solutions We have set ambitious 2020 milestone targets for each of our key priorities. Our sustainability team have been working to understand the high speed rail sustainability drivers and how we can assist the client and contractors to achieve and drive the standards both within our business and the wider supply chain.
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MAJOR PROJECT SUPPORT
Collaboration is at the heart of our business. We believe that collaboration leading up to the start of construction is critical to the success of a project. In response to the challenges and opportunities offered by major construction schemes, Tarmac has in place a dedicated and experienced Major Projects Team. The team continues to develop an understanding of both HS2 and each Main Works Sections strategic priorities and technical requirements. The Major Projects Team can provide guidance on selection of materials, equipment, logistics and methods of project delivery. We will evaluate and make recommendations on the availability of materials and labour, installation and factors related to cost of alternative designs or materials
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to offer optimisation savings, better certainty of programme or additional sustainability benefits. Our past involvement on rail projects, allows us to support our customers with sound strategic supply advice as well as providing each pre construction activity with the relevant assessments and recommendations necessary to make timely, informed and data-driven business decisions. With sustainability at the forefront of all our solutions, the Major Projects Team have based their activities around the ethos of HS2’s measured scorecard whilst capturing the basis of collaborative engagement with our customers to deliver this very exciting project.
MAJOR PROJECTS TEAM CONTACTS
Steve Swain HEAD OF MAJOR PROJECTS & PROJECTÂ LEAD, HS2 steve.swain@tarmac.com
Charlotte Ryves MAJOR PROJECTS BID MANAGER charlotte.ryves@tarmac.com
OUR BUSINESS AT A GLANCE
6,900 EMPLOYEES
5
AGGREGATE DREDGERS
NATIONAL
15,000 £2BILLION CUSTOMERS
20
MARINE WHARVES
44
TURNOVER
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QUARRIES
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NETWORK OF BAGGING PLANTS
RECYCLING OPERATIONS
CONTRACTING DEPOTS
50 MILLION
8 MILLION
3.8 MILLION
TONNES AGGREGATE PRODUCTION
TONNES ASPHALT PRODUCTION
TONNES CEMENT
1,700 VEHICLES
110
READYMIX PLANTS
3
25 TRAINS
72
ASPHALT PLANTS
2
CEMENT PLANTS
LIME PLANTS
3 MILLION
66 THOUSAND
METRES3 READYMIX PRODUCTION
ACRES OF LAND
TARMAC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AGGREGATES
BULK CEMENT
BLOCKS
• Sand
• Ordinary Portland Cement
• Lightweight Aircrete Blocks
• Gravel
• Rapid Hardening Cement
• Aggregate Blocks
• Crushed Rock
• White Cement
• Pre-cast concrete
• Recycled Aggregates
• Portland Limestone Cement
• Prestressed Sleepers
• Fly Ash Cement
• Prestressed T Beams
ASPHALT
• Pozzolanic Fly Ash Cement
• Hot rolled asphalt
• (graded) Fly Ash
CONTRACTING
• Stone mastic asphalt
• Ultrafine cements
• Pavement construction and maintenance for roads and airfields
PACKED CEMENT
• Traffic Management
CONCRETE
• General Purpose Cement
• Safety Fencing
• Self compacting concrete and screed
• Mastercrete Cement
• Planing and retexturing
• Ferrocrete cement
• Decorative concrete • High performance concrete
• Fly-ash addition Sulfate resistant cement
• Design and construction of cementitious and recycled pavements
• Internal concrete flooring
• Procem
• Waterproof concrete
• White Cement
• Early strength concrete
• Ready to use Mortar
• Asphalt macadams
• Foamed concrete • Fibre reinforced concrete • Permeable concrete
• Term maintenance, network management and asset management
LIME • Lime • Lime Stone • Chemical Stone
MORTARS • Dry Silo Mortar • Dry Bagged Mortar • Ready to Use Mortar • Coloured Mortar • Lime Sand Mortar
SCREED • Traditional Screed • Fibre Reinforced Screed • Pozament Flowing Flooring Screeds
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