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Pierce Voted Quarry Manager of the Year 2022
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Pierce Kirwan, our Craigantlet Quarry Manager, has been awarded the prestigious Plant Civil Engineer Quarry Manager of the Year 2022 (Sponsored by Jabez Safety Solutions).The accolade was presented during the glittering ceremony at the Crowne P...
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Northstone Materials is going for GOLD
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Northstone Materials is going for GOLD!Fantastic News for the Northstone Materials team as we achieve GOLD in the 2022 Environmental Benchmarking Survey supported by Business in the Community.Our third year taking part in the survey, where we ha...
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Double Success For Northstone Materials At Awards Night!
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We were delighted to be presented with the prestigious Health Safety Award (Sponsored by Pat ODonnell Co) and the award for Environmental Initiative (Sponsored by Bailey Waste Recycling) at the recent Plant Civil Engineer Awards at the Crowne...
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Agricultural Projects
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Agricultural ProjectsOver the past few weeks we have produced concrete from our Coleraine Depot, distributing to numerous farmers in the North Coast, spanning across the Limavady, Aghadowey and Bushmills areas.The concrete supplies have covered ...
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NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT
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We have launched a new range of Eco Mix concretes specifically designed for residential foundations and subfloors.The Eco Mixes provide Co2e reductions of between 1030% using a combination of alternative cements and high-performance admixtures. ...
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Northstone Donate Rocks to Canal Walk and Lock Keepers Cottage, Toome development
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Lovely to have been able to assist with the development at the Canal Walk and Lock Keepers Cottage, Toome.Well done to all involved at Tidal Toome. Looks fabulous....
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Congratulations to Siobhan Blaney, Rebecca Henry, Amy McMullan, Judith Napier and Laura Wallace on winning NI Credit Team of the Year at the Irish Credit Awards.
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Congratulations to Siobhan Blaney, Rebecca Henry, Amy McMullan, Judith Napier and Laura Wallace on winning NI Credit Team of the Year at the Irish Credit Awards.The event took place at the World Credit Congress at the Aviva Stadium Dublin on 11 ...
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Congratulations to Eleanor Forrest Reid for running the London Marathon
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Pictured below, is Eleanor Forrest Reid done busted after running the London marathon on Sunday 2nd October to help Northstone Materials raise funds for Cancer Focus Northern Ireland.Eleanors quote My first marathon in almost 5 years (not a PB ...
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50 Year milestone for Trevor Anderson
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Trevor Anderson started his career with JT Glovers in 1972 on a 6-week contract as a nipper making tea for lorry drivers; two big kettles were always on the boil.He was based at Springwell Gravel Pit in Coleraine, supplying material for the New ...
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New Volvo L180H into service at Hutchinson’s Sand Site, Toomebridge.
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We were delighted to put our new Volvo L180H into service last week at Hutchinsons Sand Site, Toomebridge.Mark OHagan, who will be the primary driver of the vehicle, was a very happy man indeed!The vehicle includes both an upgraded bucket and up...
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Request for more than 200 tonnes of clean stone and just under 600 tonnes
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We were delighted when we received a request to deliver more than 200 tonnes of clean stone and just under 600 tonnes of our finest lough sand. The request came from Knockaghview Equestrian Centre which is set on 100 acres of picturesque country...
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Norman McIlwaine achieved a remarkable 45th work anniversary milestone
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Norman McIlwaine achieved a remarkable milestone on 22nd August 2022, his 45th work anniversary.When connect caught up with the location manager, Ciaran Cunningham, he said:Its hard to believe that some of us had not even been born when Norman f...
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Congratulations to William Megaw on completing 25 Years of Service
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Congratulations to William Megaw on completing 25 Years of Service with the company!William joined the company on 20th August 1997, starting his career with Bertie Boltons squad in Coleraine. He was quickly transferred to Derek McKendrys squad f...
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Steven and Eleanor, visit our Mountfield Concrete Plant and Block yard
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Our Sales Marketing Director, and our Head of HSE, Steven and Eleanor, visited our Mountfield Concrete Plant and Block yard this week for an SLI and site visit.Gabriel ONeill led the site tour highlighting all of the health and safety improveme...
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Eleanor Forrest Reid prepares for the London Marathon for Cancer Focus
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Run Eleanor, Run!!Our head of Health Safety, Eleanor Forrest Reid, is preparing to run the London Marathon for our charity partner, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland.In preparation, and for a bit of fun, Eleanor will be attending the Parkrun at the...
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Our first golf outing of 2022
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Fore left!!Our first golf outing of 2022 took place on Sunday 14th August. We had seven participants in total from various departments within our business. Despite the weather conditions, all that attended had a great time, and are looking forwa...
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After 36 years in the concrete industry at Carrickfergus concrete plant, Peter Arkins decided to call time on the concrete business.
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After 36 years in the concrete industry at Carrickfergus concrete plant, Peter Arkins decided to call time on the concrete business.Big Red, as he is known, will be greatly missed by both staff and customers for his dedicated work and gracious m...
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New upgrade at Gregg’s sand and gravel plant.
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Upgrade complete!We recently replaced an old Finlay dewatering system with a new CDE EvoWash at Greggs sand and gravel plant.The EvoWash will enhance the quality of the sand by significantly increasing the effectiveness of the washing process.We...
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We invite you to Northern Ireland’s first of its kind educational event on all things Screed!
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We invite you to Northern Irelands first of its kind educational event on all things Screed!A team of industry specialists will present on a wide range of screed related topics, with a QA session at the end.We believe that, given the increasing ...
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Band of Builders Charity Involvement
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This is why we love our wee country!We were delighted to be involved in this project by the wonderful charity Band of Builders, a charity which provides support to members of the UK construction industry facing life-changing or limiting circumst...