What are we making at Boughton? - Plasmor

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SHOWPIECE SHOPPING The Light, Leeds NEW CONCEPT IN RETIREMENT LIVING Ryfields Village CLASS CHOICE in Education POINTSNEW 33 ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT THE INSIDE STORY OF OUR BOUGHTON PLANT WE TAKE A DETAILED LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE ART MANUFACTURE OF PLASPAVE CONCRETE BLOCK PAVING AT BOUGHTON IN THE HEART OF SHERWOOD, PRODUCTS, PROMOTIONS & PEOPLE latest news NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MANCHESTER LANDMARK For Stranlite and Harvey Nichols BOUGHTON - our multi million pound investment serving Lincolnshire and the East and West Midlands is now in full production and making a significant contribution to the way Plasmor are meeting the growing demand for concrete block paving across the region. A full profile of the new plant can be found on pages 2, 3, 4 and 12.

SHOWPIECE<br />

SHOPPING<br />

The Light, Leeds<br />

NEW<br />

CONCEPT IN<br />

RETIREMENT<br />

LIVING<br />

Ryfields<br />

Village<br />

CLASS CHOICE<br />

in Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

POINTSNEW 33<br />

ENGINEERING<br />

ACHIEVEMENT<br />

THE INSIDE STORY OF OUR BOUGHTON PLANT<br />

WE TAKE A DETAILED LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE ART<br />

MANUFACTURE OF PLASPAVE CONCRETE BLOCK PAVING<br />

AT BOUGHTON IN THE HEART OF SHERWOOD,<br />

PRODUCTS,<br />

PROMOTIONS<br />

& PEOPLE<br />

l<strong>at</strong>est news<br />

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE<br />

MANCHESTER<br />

LANDMARK<br />

For Stranlite<br />

and Harvey<br />

Nichols<br />

BOUGHTON - our multi million<br />

pound investment serving<br />

Lincolnshire and the East and West<br />

Midlands is now in full production<br />

and <strong>making</strong> a significant contribution<br />

to the way <strong>Plasmor</strong> <strong>are</strong> meeting the<br />

growing demand for concrete block<br />

paving across the region.<br />

A full profile of the new plant can<br />

be found on pages 2, 3, 4 and 12.


HEAD OFFICE<br />

PO Box 44 Womersley Road, Knottingley, West Yorkshire WF11 0DN<br />

Telephone: 01977 673221 Facsimile: 01977 607071<br />

E-mail: knott@plasmor.co.uk Web site: www.plasmor.co.uk<br />

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POINTS NEW IS THE MAGAZINE OF THE PLASMOR GROUP<br />

OF COMPANIES AND PLASMOR LIMITED - BRITAIN’S LARGEST<br />

PRIVATELY OWNED BLOCK MANUFACTURER<br />

Special<br />

COMPANY DEVELOPMENTS MERIT A SPECIAL<br />

ISSUE OF POINTS NEW. FEW EVENTS<br />

HAVE REPRESENTED SUCH IMPORTANCE<br />

TO PLASMOR AS THE COMMISSIONING<br />

OF OUR NEW CONCRETE BLOCK PAVING<br />

PLANT IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, THE EIGHTH<br />

CONCRETE PRODUCT PLANT IN THE GROUP.<br />

BOUGHTON REPRESENTS A £5.5 MILLION<br />

INVESTMENT IN GEOGRAPHICAL EXPANSION<br />

AND PLASPAVE BRAND DEVELOPMENT<br />

AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT IT’S ALREADY<br />

PAYING DIVIDENDS. IN ADDITION TO GIVING<br />

READERS AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF<br />

BOUGHTON, THIS ISSUE ALSO RECOGNISES<br />

SOME OF THE IMPRESSIVE DEVELOPMENTS<br />

UNDERTAKEN BY PLASMOR CUSTOMERS -<br />

PARTICULARLY IN THE BUILDING OF NEW<br />

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, IN SOME<br />

REMARKABLE COMMUNITY HOUSING<br />

PROJECTS AND IN THE RETAIL SECTOR.<br />

A SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING<br />

PLASMOR - WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE<br />

PLAYED OUR PART.<br />

Issue 33<br />

10<br />

BOUGHTON Teamwork<br />

LIFESTYLEPROJECTS<br />

The Light, Leeds<br />

The Shambles, Manchester<br />

Excellence in Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

COMMUNITY&SOCIALHOUSING<br />

Ryfields Retirement Village<br />

Almshouses, Beverley<br />

PRODUCTSOLUTIONS<br />

Plasmobility Kerb 99<br />

Website Upd<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Architectural Masonry Guide<br />

NEWSROUNDUP<br />

John Swain<br />

<strong>Plasmor</strong> Group Sales & Marketing Director<br />

Everything about<br />

BOU G H T O N<br />

BOUGHTON<br />

REPRESENTS<br />

A TOTAL<br />

INVESTMENT OF<br />

£5.5 MILLION<br />

IS IMPRESSIVE<br />

Since <strong>we</strong> first carried news of our<br />

new concrete block paving plant in<br />

issue 32 - things have progressed to<br />

the point where production output<br />

is already <strong>making</strong> an impression on<br />

the Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire,<br />

Derbyshire <strong>are</strong>a and <strong>we</strong> <strong>are</strong><br />

developing our market in<br />

Leicestershire and Warwickshire.<br />

Our <strong>we</strong>ekly output of paving<br />

products since <strong>we</strong> began <strong>making</strong><br />

deliveries in January 2003 averages<br />

15,000m 2 which is in line with our<br />

initial <strong>we</strong>ekly target capacity for<br />

<strong>Boughton</strong>’s first year.<br />

Some interesting facts about BOUGHTON<br />

PLANT STRATEGICALLY LOCATED CLOSE<br />

TO GROWING, DYNAMIC MARKET.<br />

PREMIUM QUALITY, LOCALLY AVAILABLE<br />

TRENT VALLEY AGGREGATES.<br />

H IGHLY SKILLED ENGINEERING<br />

WORKFORCE<br />

ADOPTION OF TEAMWORK BASED,<br />

MULTISKILLING APPROACH TO<br />

PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE<br />

REGIMES.<br />

ALL DELIVERIES OF PLASPAVE AND<br />

FIBOLITE PRODUCTS WILL BE MADE<br />

BY PLASMOR’S OWN FLEET OF CRANE<br />

OFF-LOAD DELIVERY VEHICLES.<br />

11<br />

CUBING & PACKAGING<br />

STATION<br />

2 BATCHING PLANT<br />

3 PEMAT MIXER<br />

10 SOPHISTICATED CONTROLS<br />

AT THE HEART OF THE PLANT


1<br />

AGGREGATE<br />

FEED CONVEYOR<br />

PALLET RETURN LINE<br />

FIBOLITE BLOCK LINE<br />

6 9<br />

ELEVATOR LOWERATOR<br />

The Schlosser SP 4000 Block Machine<br />

is a new gener<strong>at</strong>ion design capable<br />

of producing rectangular block paving,<br />

concrete cobble setts or Fibolite Ultra<br />

- light<strong>we</strong>ight Aggreg<strong>at</strong>e Blocks. Potential<br />

Fibolite production capacity is anticip<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

<strong>at</strong> 30,000m2 per <strong>we</strong>ek. Flexibility of<br />

production readily switches from paver<br />

production to block production to quickly<br />

respond to market demand.<br />

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3<br />

11<br />

10<br />

2<br />

5<br />

PAVER LINE<br />

7<br />

SCHLOSSER FINGER CAR<br />

TRANSPORTER<br />

9<br />

4 SCHLOSSER SP 4000<br />

BLOCK MACHINE<br />

8 CDS CURING SYSTEM<br />

6<br />

7<br />

5<br />

PRODUCT EXITING BLOCK<br />

MACHINE<br />

The CDS Curing System<br />

is a st<strong>at</strong>e of the art<br />

system with chamber<br />

by chamber control for<br />

energy efficient curing.<br />

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SIENA<br />

PRODUCTION<br />

PLANT<br />

PROJECT DETAILS<br />

MAIN CONTRACT:<br />

PLASMOR DESIGN AND BUILD<br />

KEY SUBCONTRACTORS:<br />

BUILDING CONTRACTOR:<br />

N. Zaifert<br />

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR:<br />

D. Sykes<br />

STEELWORK CONTRACTOR:<br />

Compass Engineering<br />

CLADDING CONTRACTOR:<br />

Ronnie Carson Insul<strong>at</strong>ions Ltd.<br />

STEELWORK CONTRACTOR:<br />

S+P Fabric<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

STRUCTURAL CONCRETE:<br />

Caddick Construction<br />

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TEAMWORK<br />

B O U G H T O N<br />

THE BOUGHTON STORY BEGAN<br />

IN MAY 2001 WHEN AFTER<br />

CONSULTATION WITH NEWARK<br />

AND SHERWOOD DISTRICT<br />

COUNCIL PLASMOR ACQUIRED<br />

A 12 ACRE SITE ON THE BOUGHTON<br />

SOUTH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. THE<br />

2,275m2 FACTORY BUILDING USED<br />

A COMBINATION OF PLASMOR<br />

PRODUCTS - STRANLITE PAINT<br />

GRADE ON THE INTERNAL WALLS<br />

AND PLASMOR ARCHITECTURAL<br />

MASONRY SPLIT FACE SPAR IN<br />

NATURAL WHITE / BLACK FLECK<br />

ON THE EXTERNAL WALLS.<br />

ENGINEERING<br />

TEAMWORK<br />

Dave Quinn, the Works<br />

Engineer <strong>at</strong> <strong>Boughton</strong> with<br />

his team of engineers who<br />

have all been involved with<br />

the plant install<strong>at</strong>ion on the<br />

Maun Way site since day one.<br />

The rel<strong>at</strong>ively trouble free<br />

commissioning of the plant<br />

<strong>at</strong> <strong>Boughton</strong> was overseen by<br />

Mike Wilcox, Group Production<br />

Director and is a tribute to the<br />

close working co-oper<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

bet<strong>we</strong>en the <strong>Boughton</strong> team<br />

and the Group Engineering<br />

team travelling from <strong>Plasmor</strong>’s<br />

Yorkshire factories.<br />

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Plant install<strong>at</strong>ion began in December 2001<br />

and was completed in September 2002<br />

with plant commissioning in the October.<br />

Full autom<strong>at</strong>ed commercial production<br />

started in December 2002<br />

The conception, design, engineering drawing<br />

- the full plant specific<strong>at</strong>ion is the work<br />

of an in-house <strong>Plasmor</strong> team headed by<br />

Chairman, Antony Sl<strong>at</strong>er and Jim Marshall<br />

(pictured below), supported by Engineering<br />

Draughtsman, Barry Healey.<br />

A large proportion of the important<br />

components <strong>we</strong>re also manufactured<br />

in-house by <strong>Plasmor</strong> and the Company’s<br />

Engineering Team carried out the<br />

install<strong>at</strong>ion. The project was managed<br />

by Mike Bailes, (pictured above right)<br />

General Manager of the <strong>Boughton</strong> site.<br />

FULL LINE UP AT BOUGHTON<br />

Mike Bailes, General Manager and Dave Quinn,<br />

Works Engineer head up a production team<br />

of 12. Craig Hardy, Sales Manager <strong>at</strong> <strong>Boughton</strong><br />

is supported by Richard Banks, Technical<br />

Represent<strong>at</strong>ive and by Administr<strong>at</strong>ive Assistant,<br />

Teresa Roach.<br />

PROJECT: The Light, Leeds<br />

CONTRACTOR: Bovis Lendlease<br />

Blockwork: Irvine Whitlock<br />

ARCHITECTS: Diamond Lock Grabowski<br />

& Partners, Leeds<br />

PRODUCT: Stranlite and Stranlite Paint Grade<br />

30,000m2 supplied by Eastern Division<br />

ENHANCED BY STRANLITE<br />

THE LIGHT - retail and leisure development<br />

offers 7 days a <strong>we</strong>ek showpiece shopping from<br />

a prime loc<strong>at</strong>ion on the Headrow in Leeds city<br />

centre. The Light fe<strong>at</strong>ures fashion retailing,<br />

restaurants, a 13 screen STER Century<br />

Cinema, the Esporta health club,<br />

the Radisson SAS de luxe hotel and a 400<br />

space lo<strong>we</strong>r level car park.<br />

For more inform<strong>at</strong>ion visit:<br />

www.thelightleeds.co.uk


THE LIGHT<br />

Experience<br />

PROJECT: The Shambles<br />

CLIENT: Prudential<br />

THE SHAMBLES on New C<strong>at</strong>hedral Street makes three<br />

impressive projects in a row in the Millennium Quarter<br />

of Manchester. The Shambles retail development is<br />

now partly occupied but still awaits the opening<br />

of its main anchor store - Manchester’s much<br />

ARCHITECTS: Building Design Partnership, London<br />

MAIN CONTRACTOR: Bovis Lendlease<br />

anticip<strong>at</strong>ed new Harvey Nichols.<br />

Neighbouring landmark buildings<br />

constructed using Stranlite blocks<br />

<strong>are</strong> Marks & Spencer/Selfridges<br />

and Urbis - the City Museum<br />

fe<strong>at</strong>ured in issue 32.<br />

STRANLITE ® & STRANLITE PAINT GRADE<br />

This artists impression is reproduced by kind<br />

permission of Building Design Partnership.<br />

LifestylePROJECTS<br />

BLOCKWORK: Irvine Whitlock<br />

PRODUCT: Stranlite and Stranlite Paint Grade<br />

22,000m 2 supplied by Western Division<br />

RETAIL


FIBOLITE ® STRANLITE ®<br />

AGLITE ® PLASCON ® PAINT GRADE BLOCKS<br />

Excellence IN EDUCATION<br />

School new builds, extensions,<br />

technology blocks, refurbishments -<br />

healthy signs of the commitment<br />

to and investment in the educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

sector. One hundred thousand squ<strong>are</strong><br />

metres - which is one million <strong>Plasmor</strong><br />

Blocks have been supplied for school<br />

and college projects over the past 12<br />

months.<br />

<strong>Plasmor</strong> Light<strong>we</strong>ight Aggreg<strong>at</strong>e Blocks and<br />

Plascon Dense Concrete Blocks have been<br />

particularly popular in the Liverpool City<br />

Council <strong>are</strong>a and with Lincolnshire County<br />

Council where <strong>Plasmor</strong> blocks have been<br />

supplied to virtually all schools building<br />

projects in Lincolnshire. Too many to list<br />

them all and name all our Contractor<br />

customers.<br />

GOOD ATTENDANCE<br />

According to Stuart W<strong>at</strong>son, Commercial<br />

Manager of our Northern Division, a key<br />

fe<strong>at</strong>ure of supplying blocks to school sites<br />

where there <strong>are</strong> existing buildings, is the<br />

importance of timed deliveries to ensure<br />

there <strong>are</strong> no pupils in the vicinity.<br />

“We’re getting house points for good<br />

behaviour on deliveries” claims Stuart.<br />

ROLL CALL - SCHOOLS<br />

LONDON E13<br />

Cumberland Primary School, Plaistow<br />

Contractor: Skanska Construction Ltd -<br />

Blockwork: Swift Brickwork<br />

PRODUCT: Aglite 7N (various) 2,010m 2 ,<br />

Aglite 10.5N 212m 2 supplied by<br />

Southern Division<br />

CROYDON<br />

Royal Russell School<br />

Contractor: TSL Construction<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade (various) 1,094m 2<br />

supplied by Southern Division<br />

WATFORD<br />

Queens School<br />

Contractor: Jarvis Contracting<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade (various) 1,557m 2<br />

supplied by Southern Division<br />

LYMM - CHESHIRE<br />

St<strong>at</strong>ham County Primary School<br />

Contractor: Ingham & Garner Ltd<br />

PRODUCT: Fibolite 77m 2 supplied<br />

by Eastern Division<br />

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DERBYSHIRE<br />

Hollymoorside Primary School and<br />

St. Andrews Primary School, Ilkeston<br />

Contractor: Derbyshire County Council<br />

PRODUCT: Fibolite 180m 2<br />

supplied by Eastern Division<br />

WEST MIDLANDS<br />

Colley Lane School, Cradley<br />

Contractor: Ballast Construction<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade 4,500m 2 and Stranlite<br />

1000m 2 supplied by Western Division<br />

LINCOLNSHIRE<br />

Schools <strong>at</strong> Boston, Bourne, Gainsborough,<br />

Grantham, Grimsby, Lincoln, Mablethorpe,<br />

Spalding for Lincolnshire County Council<br />

PRODUCT: Fibolite approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 3,457m 2<br />

supplied by Eastern Division<br />

LIVERPOOL<br />

L4 Florence Melly School<br />

Contractor: Jarvis Management<br />

Blockwork: Keith Walton<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade 2,771m 2 Plascon<br />

446m 2 supplied by Western Division<br />

L11 Wellesbourne Infant<br />

and Nursery School<br />

Contractor: Jarvis Management<br />

Blockwork : Keith Walton<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade 3,136m 2 Plascon<br />

302m 2 supplied by Western Division<br />

L12 Mab Lane Primary School<br />

Contractor: Jarvis Management<br />

Blockwork: Keith Walton<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade 2,963m 2 Plascon<br />

367m 2 supplied by Western Division<br />

L14 Dovecote School<br />

Contractor: Jarvis Management<br />

Blockwork: Keith Walton<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade 2,195m 2 Plascon<br />

309m 2 supplied by Western Division<br />

SPEKE<br />

Middlefields School<br />

Contractor: Jarvis Management<br />

Blockwork: Keith Walton<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade 2,957m 2<br />

Plascon 410m 2 supplied by<br />

Western Division<br />

WALLASEY<br />

Wallasey High School<br />

Contractor: Jarvis Management<br />

Blockwork : Keith Walton<br />

PRODUCT: Stranlite 7N 1,273m 2<br />

Paint Grade 4,940m 2 supplied by<br />

Western Division<br />

FLEETWOOD<br />

Fleetwood High School<br />

Contractor: Eric Wright Construction<br />

PRODUCT: Stranlite 7N 6,156m 2<br />

Paint Grade 3,692m 2 supplied by<br />

Western Division


RUNCORN<br />

Runcorn Sixth Form College<br />

and Halton College<br />

Contractor: Barr Construction<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade 2,825m 2<br />

supplied by Western Division<br />

STOCKTON ON TEES<br />

Grangefield School and Billingham<br />

Campus - Technology Units<br />

Contractor: Gordon Durham<br />

PRODUCT: Plascon 1150m2 supplied by Northern Division<br />

Riverside College<br />

Contractor: Shepherd Construction<br />

PRODUCT: Stranlite 2300m2 supplied by Northern Division<br />

Ingleby Barwick<br />

Community Campus<br />

Contractor: Robertson Construction<br />

PRODUCT: Paint Grade 10,000m2 supplied by Northern Division<br />

left<br />

Runcorn Sixth Form College<br />

below<br />

Wellesbourne Infant<br />

& Nursery School,<br />

Liverpool.<br />

PRESTIGEPROJECTS<br />

HIGHER EDUCATION<br />

KINGSTON UPON THAMES<br />

Kingston University<br />

Contractor: Mount Anvil<br />

PRODUCT: Stranlite 4.2N 2,266m 2<br />

& Stranlite 7N 902m 2<br />

supplied by Southern Division<br />

MANCHESTER<br />

Manchester College of Arts<br />

& Technology (MANCAT)<br />

Contractor: Eric Wright Construction<br />

PRODUCT: Stranlite 7N 660m 2<br />

& Stranlite Paint Grade 7N 920m 2<br />

supplied by Western Division<br />

HULL<br />

Kingswood School<br />

One of the first major projects of the eighties<br />

to fe<strong>at</strong>ure <strong>Plasmor</strong> Architectural Masonry -<br />

Split Rib is being refurbished. Originally<br />

named the Perronet Thompson School,<br />

this Bransholme school has been renamed<br />

‘Kingswood’. <strong>Plasmor</strong> Architectural Masonry<br />

has been supplied for the refurbishment<br />

by Eastern Division.<br />

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COMMUNITY&SOCIALHousing<br />

RYFIELDS has been developed by the Arena<br />

Housing Associ<strong>at</strong>ion in partnership with<br />

Warrington Borough Council and the ExtraC<strong>are</strong><br />

Charitable Trust with the aim of helping<br />

people to stay active and independent for as<br />

long as possible. The completed scheme is a<br />

c<strong>are</strong>fully considered self-contained community<br />

with 226 fl<strong>at</strong>s, 17 bungalows, with an internal<br />

street which offers a shop, laundry, hairdresser,<br />

gymnasium, computer centre, village hall,<br />

village bar and village restaurant. Ryfields is<br />

set in beautifully landscaped gardens within<br />

a secure self contained environment.<br />

Scheme management will be democr<strong>at</strong>ic<br />

with residents having a say in the running<br />

of the community.<br />

Ryfields<br />

THE RYFIELDS RETIREMENT VILLAGE IN WARRINGTON IS<br />

NOW COMPLETE AND POINTS THE WAY TO A NEW APPROACH<br />

TO COMMUNITY LIVING FOR RETIRED PEOPLE.<br />

OTHER WORK IN PROGRESS<br />

Two further projects using Stranlite have<br />

been supplied by Southern Division<br />

BELLWAY HOMES LTD<br />

HOUSING ASSOCIATION PROJECT,<br />

CHURCH FIELDS, CHURCH LANE,<br />

SHINFIELD, BERKSHIRE<br />

PRODUCT: 3580M 2 STRANLITE<br />

WILLMOTT DIXON HOUSING<br />

SOCIAL HOUSING,<br />

LE FEVRE WALK, BOW, LONDON E3<br />

PRODUCT: 7650M 2 STRANLITE<br />

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SETS THE STANDARD<br />

Almshouses<br />

OPENED BY A DUCHESS -<br />

NEW HOMES FOR TOWN RESIDENTS<br />

The <strong>at</strong>tractive Leconfield Close Almshouses<br />

development on Keldg<strong>at</strong>e, Beverley is the<br />

l<strong>at</strong>est of many new properties in the East<br />

Yorkshire town to be built by Barker & Grantham<br />

for their client Beverley Consolid<strong>at</strong>ed Charity.<br />

Opened by The Duchess of Northumberland<br />

last September, the development comprises ten<br />

town houses and four bungalows. Occupants<br />

<strong>are</strong> required to be over 60 years of age and<br />

have been residents of Beverley for more than<br />

ten years. The Almshouses <strong>are</strong> only a short walk<br />

along Keldg<strong>at</strong>e to Beverley Minster and about<br />

five minutes walk to the main pedestrianised<br />

shopping streets.<br />

BEVERLEY<br />

PROJECT:<br />

Almshouses, Beverley<br />

MAIN CONTRACTOR:<br />

Barker & Grantham<br />

PROJECT:<br />

Ryfields Retirement Village<br />

MAIN CONTRACTOR:<br />

Cruden Construction<br />

PRODUCT:<br />

Stranlite 25,000m 2 supplied<br />

by Western Division<br />

PRODUCT:<br />

Fibolite and Stranlite<br />

supplied by Eastern Division


Smoothly does it ...<br />

no bumping!<br />

NEW KERB FOR<br />

DISABLED ACCESS<br />

Local Authority readers will be interested to hear about a<br />

co-oper<strong>at</strong>ive venture in design and development bet<strong>we</strong>en<br />

<strong>Plasmor</strong>, Sheffield City Council and the three Metropolitan<br />

Borough Councils of South Yorkshire. The outcome: two new<br />

kerb products which form part of the Councils response to<br />

the Building Regul<strong>at</strong>ions 2000 part M “Access Facilities for<br />

Disabled People”<br />

The new kerb PLASMOBILITY Kerb 99 and its associ<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

Transition Kerb used with our established low chamfer paving<br />

product Plasline, will accommod<strong>at</strong>e the Councils requirements<br />

and accord with the terms of their ‘New Design Guide’ for<br />

Home Zones, Squ<strong>are</strong>s, Mews and Court. As part of the<br />

development process <strong>Plasmor</strong> consulted with the relevant<br />

disabled persons groups and the disabled persons officers<br />

of the Councils.<br />

In Sheffield and South Yorkshire, Contractors <strong>are</strong> being advised<br />

to use the new Kerbs with 60mm or 80mm PLASLINE -<br />

a paving product with such a minimal chamfer<br />

25<br />

th<strong>at</strong> it virtually elimin<strong>at</strong>es vibr<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />

bumping when crossed by<br />

30<br />

wheelchairs and pushchairs.<br />

175<br />

145<br />

175<br />

125<br />

100<br />

25<br />

104<br />

30<br />

100<br />

145<br />

145<br />

125<br />

200<br />

COMPLETELY REVISED INFORMATION ON LINE<br />

100<br />

60 or 80<br />

If it is a while since you visited our <strong>we</strong>b site -<br />

www.plasmor.co.uk you <strong>are</strong> in for a pleasant surprise.<br />

During February <strong>we</strong> have been busily upd<strong>at</strong>ing all our<br />

product sections to include all the l<strong>at</strong>est changes and<br />

the ne<strong>we</strong>st project photography.<br />

The Architectural Masonry section now includes helpful<br />

pdf downloads of Design Details and a gre<strong>at</strong>ly extended<br />

project portfolio as <strong>we</strong>ll as new pages on Architectural<br />

Masonry Split Face Str<strong>at</strong>a and Split Rib. The Concrete Block<br />

Paving section now includes a gre<strong>at</strong>er depth of inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

on colours, p<strong>at</strong>terns and pack sizes. Visit our site -<br />

the inform<strong>at</strong>ion is there to help you.<br />

300<br />

www.plasmor.co.uk<br />

PRODUCTSOLUTIONS<br />

ARCHITECTURAL<br />

MASONRY<br />

SPECIFIERS GUIDE<br />

Published November 2002 - an inform<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

36 page brochure of product inform<strong>at</strong>ion. Sections<br />

show examples and give details of colours and<br />

textures in the <strong>Plasmor</strong> Architectural Masonry range<br />

including Split Face & Split Rib, Split Face Spar,<br />

Split Face Str<strong>at</strong>a, Shotblasted and Vertiblock,<br />

Textured and Specials. All products <strong>are</strong><br />

EFFLORESCENCE FREE - achieved by a unique<br />

autoclave curing process - an important fe<strong>at</strong>ure of<br />

the range. Pages <strong>are</strong> devoted to specials selection,<br />

design details, model specific<strong>at</strong>ion, ordering and<br />

recommended site practice. The new brochure<br />

fe<strong>at</strong>ures large pictures of projects using various<br />

masonry textures and colours.<br />

THE PROJECT fe<strong>at</strong>ured on the front cover is the new headquarters<br />

of the Scarborough Building Society, Scarborough.<br />

ARCHITECTS: Harris Partnership, Wakefield.<br />

CONTRACTOR: S. Harrison Group<br />

PRODUCT: Architectural Masonry - Textured in Buff<br />

<strong>Plasmor</strong> 9


RETAIL<br />

VOUCHERS<br />

Boots Gift Vouchers<br />

can be exchanged for an<br />

unrivalled range of beauty<br />

products and services.<br />

10 <strong>Plasmor</strong><br />

Mini 150 Mixer<br />

560 points<br />

Mini Pave Block Splitter<br />

425 points<br />

Stihl Cutter TS 400 2 stroke<br />

940 points<br />

Minipac 300 Compactor<br />

Honda Petrol 2.5hp with single<br />

direction compaction pl<strong>at</strong>es<br />

960 points<br />

GREAT NEW<br />

Plaspaver Club<br />

promotion<br />

TOOLS ON OFFER<br />

Contractors who <strong>are</strong> members<br />

of the Plaspaver Club will have<br />

the additional benefit of being<br />

able to redeem their incentive<br />

points against new equipment<br />

as an altern<strong>at</strong>ive to claiming<br />

Travel or Retail Vouchers<br />

PROMOTION RUNS UNTIL<br />

END OF NOVEMBER 2003<br />

Next Claim d<strong>at</strong>e - end of July<br />

Join the Plaspaver Club Now<br />

Eastern England: 01977 673221<br />

Western England: 0151 423 1161<br />

HOLIDAYS ON OFFER<br />

Your choice of all major package<br />

holidays when you claim Thomas Cook<br />

Worldwide Travel Vouchers<br />

LEISURE VOUCHERS<br />

For every 50 points you can claim a £25<br />

voucher for a restaurant, red letter day<br />

or other leisure activities.<br />

750,000 m 3<br />

AND EXPANDING<br />

THIRD ANNIVERSARY<br />

OF EXPANDED CLAY<br />

PRODUCTION<br />

As <strong>Plasmor</strong> approach the third anniversary of<br />

expanded clay production <strong>at</strong> Heck <strong>we</strong> have already<br />

hit a landmark output figure - more than three<br />

quarters of a million cubic metres of expanded clay<br />

aggreg<strong>at</strong>e pellets. The fact th<strong>at</strong> this far surpasses<br />

the initial design output of the Kiln is due<br />

to a combin<strong>at</strong>ion of continual research and<br />

development and the cre<strong>at</strong>ive use of various<br />

new additives and innov<strong>at</strong>ive practices.<br />

In his Annual Production and Maintenance Report<br />

prep<strong>are</strong>d after the annual winter shutdown of the<br />

Kiln, Clay Plant Manager<br />

Ron Parker (pictured above)<br />

revealed another impressive<br />

st<strong>at</strong>istic - a 91.6 % reduction<br />

in production downtime.<br />

This staggering improvement<br />

reflects a reduction from 297.2 hours in 2001<br />

to a mere 24.9 hours in 2002. A remarkable<br />

performance by the Clay Plant team.<br />

Supply of our high quality ultra light<strong>we</strong>ight<br />

expanded clay has been extended to all block<br />

producing factories in the Group resulting in<br />

increasing Fibolite Block range sales in each<br />

<strong>Plasmor</strong> Division.


CONGRATULATIONS<br />

NVQ TRAINING<br />

AT HECK WORKS<br />

The majority of the Heck workforce have<br />

recently undertaken an on-site training scheme<br />

which will result in a City and Guilds N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

Voc<strong>at</strong>ional Qualific<strong>at</strong>ion in Performing<br />

Manufacturing Oper<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />

This training has involved taking part in three<br />

half-day workshops and ongoing on-the-job<br />

evalu<strong>at</strong>ion. The objective is to lead the personnel<br />

involved towards a culture of manufacturing<br />

excellence, with the added benefits of job<br />

security and s<strong>at</strong>isfaction.<br />

Les Hutchinson, the Works Manager, who<br />

along with other managers on site <strong>at</strong>tended the<br />

course, says “it is not always easy to find<br />

the time for training programmes of this<br />

size, involving so many people. Ho<strong>we</strong>ver,<br />

I believe the benefits to the workforce<br />

and the Company make it <strong>we</strong>ll worthwhile<br />

with increased quality aw<strong>are</strong>ness<br />

helping to keep <strong>Plasmor</strong> <strong>at</strong> the leading<br />

edge of block manufacture”.<br />

BEST WISHES<br />

to our General Manager<br />

Southern Division,<br />

Michael Davison and his<br />

wife Jo on the birth of their<br />

son - Thomas.<br />

A new recruit to the Luton<br />

Town FC Supporters Club.<br />

25 YEARS SERVICE<br />

FRANK BRAIN, Engineer <strong>at</strong> Knottingley<br />

completed 25 years of service with <strong>Plasmor</strong> in<br />

January 2003. At a present<strong>at</strong>ion in front of<br />

colleagues to celebr<strong>at</strong>e the occasion, Frank<br />

received W<strong>at</strong>erford Crystal from Mike Wilcox,<br />

<strong>Plasmor</strong> Group Production Director.<br />

Frank served 20 years in the Knottingley works<br />

and for the past five years has been heavily<br />

involved in the procurement of new<br />

equipment for all the Company’s new plant<br />

projects including the expanded clay kiln <strong>at</strong> Heck<br />

and the new Block Paving Plant <strong>at</strong> <strong>Boughton</strong>.<br />

UPDATE:<br />

NURSERY SCHOOL<br />

PROJECT IN THE<br />

GAMBIA<br />

Following our report on the Aid project<br />

undertaken by Knottingley Sales Office<br />

Manager Lynn Cox in Points New issue<br />

32, Lynn and her husband Ian have<br />

continued their fundraising efforts and made<br />

several more trips to the Marlin Nursery school.<br />

Lynn spent a <strong>we</strong>ek in the Gambia over the<br />

Christmas period when she saw the roof<br />

timbers being erected and the roof<br />

completed. During her stay Lynn <strong>we</strong>nt to<br />

the local builders merchants to purchase<br />

reinforcing bars which as the photo above<br />

shows was delivered to site by donkey<br />

and cart.<br />

Progress is very slow but steady with<br />

all the blocks having to be handmade<br />

on site using a single block mould. GMT<br />

takes on a very different meaning -<br />

“Gambia Maybe Time”.<br />

Work is currently going on to complete the<br />

toilet block - with five junior toilets en route<br />

from the UK to the Gambia in a container.<br />

All the blocks pictured right <strong>are</strong> for blocking<br />

out the walls of the septic tank.<br />

Largest Fish<br />

ON THE DAY<br />

Last year’s Coarse Fishing competition,<br />

set up for Builders and Merchants,<br />

was won by Simon Clark of E.H. Smith<br />

who landed a 81 /2 lb. Carp. If you <strong>are</strong><br />

interested in particip<strong>at</strong>ing in this years<br />

fishing competition, contact -<br />

Michael Davison, Southern Division.<br />

NEWSROUNDUP<br />

Bow depot<br />

UPDATE<br />

The significant investment in our Bow depot<br />

reported in issue 32 has resulted in a number<br />

of visual and practical improvements.<br />

Refurbishment of the office and corpor<strong>at</strong>e<br />

signage is now complete. But the changes <strong>are</strong><br />

more than skin deep. The track and sidings<br />

have been extended and Bow now has a new<br />

access road. All part of a planned programme<br />

aimed <strong>at</strong> increasing the importance of Bow and<br />

its role in serving <strong>Plasmor</strong> customers in London<br />

and the South East.<br />

<strong>Plasmor</strong> 11


<strong>Wh<strong>at</strong></strong> <strong>are</strong> <strong>we</strong> <strong>making</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Boughton</strong>?<br />

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to paving contractor sales.<br />

Telephone Sales Enquiries:<br />

EASTERN DIVISION 01977 673221 email: sales@plasmor.co.uk<br />

WESTERN DIVISION 0151 423 1161 email: haltonsales@plasmor.co.uk<br />

NORTHERN DIVISION 01325 312328 email: sabey@plasmor.co.uk<br />

SOUTHERN DIVISION 01767 314545 email: biggs@plasmor.co.uk<br />

Year on year Plaspave is taking a<br />

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the Paving Plants <strong>at</strong> Knottingley<br />

and Widnes have worked throughout<br />

the season <strong>at</strong> full capacity to<br />

meet demand.<br />

The Group’s £5.5 million investment<br />

in the new Block paving plant <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>Boughton</strong> will add a further<br />

15,000m2 per <strong>we</strong>ek to our paving<br />

product capacity.<br />

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