Dr Bill Price offers some essential advice merchants can give their customers on working with concrete in the colder months. Good organisation is always an important part of any project but, as winter approaches, industries that involve outdoor construction need to thoroughly consider weather conditions while planning and executing their …

Bill Price,  National Technical Manager  at Tarmac Cement talks a lot of hot weather Britain has been basking in another week of hot sunshine, with forecasters now predicting that 2018 could be our hottest year on record. Great news for many, but those of us in the building and construction …

Recent surveys have suggested that an increasing number of us Brits are relatively unskilled in basic DIY tasks, and becoming more so. Yet many of us also say that we would like to do more if we had more confidence in our own abilities. Whilst the main customer base for …

The social and economic environment that we are living in is changing at an unprecedented rate and whilst building and construction is often considered as a traditional and conservative industry, which changes very slowly, we cannot expect it to remain immune from these changes.   The natural customer base of …

Whilst the concept of sustainable construction is readily accepted in major projects, it is only now filtering down to the smaller building projects in the residential sector. Interest in smaller ‘eco’ buildings is growing steadily, and several websites now exist to provide builders with the information they need.

Last September, Tarmac's Cement business opened its new state of the art cement packing facility at Tunstead near Buxton (home of the iconic Opera House, the Devonshire Hospital, and other architectural gems), building on its capability to produce cement packed in plastic sacks or plastic tubs at the works. This was also combined with improved…

Whilst the influence of ‘designer brands’ dominates the high street , does a similar process operate in the building materials sector?

It’s the start of another year and the grim reaper has seen fit to spare me yet again (he said with a smile). So it’s time for the usual game of trying to predict what the new year will bring.

The construction industry, as a whole, is not likely to be the first sector you’d think of when talking about innovation. We all know that technology has transformed the way that people communicate, bank, shop and sell – but the innovation that goes on in the construction world is perhaps less well known.

Whilst the housing market remains depressed, many homeowners may well opt to improve their property rather than to move house.