Overview
Thrislington Quarry
Members of the Thrislington Quarry team.
About Tarmac
Tarmac, a CRH company, is the UK's leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business.
With over 150 years of experience and heritage to our name, we’re a national network of local businesses, combining the knowledge and expertise of two of the construction industry’s most iconic brands:
- Tarmac: pioneers and inventors of the modern road; and
- Blue Circle: the company that patented Portland Cement
We provide vital building materials such as stone, sand, gravel, concrete, asphalt, and mortar that enable the construction and maintenance of homes, roads and infrastructure which play a vital part of our everyday lives.
We employ around 7,000 people across a network of more than 400 sites in the UK. As a large landholder and custodian of natural resources, we are committed to managing the balance between industry, the natural environment, and the communities we work in by ensuring our work prioritises responsible stewardship, enhances wildlife, supports local communities, and boosts the local and national economy.
Thrislington Quarry plays an important regional and national role within Tarmac as it unusually supplies both limestone and sand. We currently employ 18 people on site, though this doesn’t include a number of local hauliers.
Meet the team
Josh Pilmore, Quarry Manager at Tarmac
Josh has been at Thrislington Quarry for three and a half years, having started at the site in July 2018. He has been in the industry for 10 years, with experience of sales and customer service as well as working in readymix. At Thrislington Quarry, he was previously Assistant Manager before becoming Quarry manager in June.
Tiffany Cox, Planning Surveyor at Tarmac
Tiffany is a Planning Surveyor working in Tarmac’s Planning Team which is headed up by Stephen. She joined Tarmac through the graduate scheme 5 years ago and is now working on a number of sand and gravel units in the northern region. Tiffany will continue to support the Nosterfield Operational Team with planning matters and is keen to continue to learn more about the site.
Craig Arditto, Regional Geological Manager at Tarmac
Craig has completed the geological investigation and quarry design work for this application. He is Tarmac’s in-house geologist with 29 years' experience preparing numerous working and restoration schemes for mineral development applications nationwide for both sand and gravel and hard rock sites. He is a Chartered Geologist.
Health and safety
Our ambition is to realise continuous improvement for all our employees and contractors
This approach to improving safety extends across our supply chain and to every aspect of our business - from the way we manage sites and the way train and equip our employees and contractors - to the safety features we install in our vehicles to protect road users.
We're proud to work with experts in the field of Health and Safety, such as the British Safety Council and The Health and Safety Executive and are also one of the founding partners of a mental health programme for people working in the construction sector called Mates in Mind.
We also have a brand new National Skills and Safety Park - 'The Park' - that is home to operational onboarding, professional operational training, assessments and health and safety learning, demonstrating our commitment to building the right safety culture as well as creating an enhanced experience for employees.