What are we making at Boughton? - Plasmor
What are we making at Boughton? - Plasmor What are we making at Boughton? - Plasmor
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.
- Page 2 and 3: HEAD OFFICE PO Box 44 Womersley Roa
- Page 4 and 5: TEAMWORK B O U G H T O N THE BOUGHT
- Page 6 and 7: FIBOLITE ® STRANLITE ® AGLITE ®
- Page 8 and 9: COMMUNITY&SOCIALHousing RYFIELDS ha
- Page 10 and 11: RETAIL VOUCHERS Boots Gift Vouchers
- Page 12: What are we making at Boughton? ALL
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 />
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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 />
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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 />
8 <strong>Plasmor</strong><br />
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 />
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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 />
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RETAIL<br />
VOUCHERS<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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HOLIDAYS ON OFFER<br />
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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 />
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