Hanson UK - BCE Awards 2010 Major Commendation.

Measham brick factory

Hanson is one of the UK's leading suppliers of heavy building materials to the construction industry, producing aggregates, ready-mixed and precast concrete, asphalt, cementrelated materials and a range of building products including clay bricks, lightweight and dense concrete blocks, and concrete pavers. Hanson is part of the HeidelbergCement Group, a global leader in cement, aggregates and concrete.

Hanson UKHanson chose Measham in Leicestershire for its new state-of-the-art brick plant due to the central location and long-term reserves of clay. The plant, which is built on a brownfield site, took two years to construct and cost £50 million. It is the largest and most modern soft mud brick works in Europe and encompasses low energy and low waste processes to make bricks with the lowest embodied CO2. The factory is built to BRE Environmental Assessment Methodology 'Very Good' standard.

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