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Hanson has launched a new guide to highlight how its Thermalite® block range can help developers achieve all levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes. more ›

Hanson UK has developed Modern Masonry one of the key attractions at Ecobuild 2011 to illustrate the important role heavy building products play in helping the construction industry reduce carbon emissions. more ›

A £260,000 Environment Agency contract to supply stone from Hanson UK’s Whatley quarry in the Mendips to Minehead in Somerset has scored a double sustainability hit. more ›

A new guide to the famous London brick has been launched by manufacturers Hanson UK today (November 26) to help builders, merchants and specifiers find the perfect match for extension, renovation or restoration projects. more ›

Hanson UK has supplied specialist concrete for the high speed construction of the service towers for Glasgow’s new National Indoor Sports Arena and the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. more ›

Excavations carried out at Hanson’s Must Farm quarry at Whittlesey, near Peterborough, have shed new light on the daily lives of Bronze Age East Anglians. more ›

Hanson UK is the first brick manufacturer to achieve BES 6001 Responsible Sourcing of Materials (RSM) certification for all products from its UK brick production sites. more ›

Hanson has gained a major commendation in the Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) awards for its low energy, zero waste, soft mud brick factory at Measham in Leicestershire. more ›

An office development on Hanson’s former brick works site at Stewartby in Bedfordshire, has won the 2010 British Precast Concrete Federation’s ‘best project’ award.

The 63,500 square foot building, more ›

Hanson UK’s line up of packed building products – the broadest in the market – has a fresh new look. more ›

Hanson has become the first company in the UK to produce and lay low energy asphalt (LEA) in a move that will reduce the level of carbon emissions associated with asphalt production for road building by up to 50 per cent. more ›

Hanson UK has won its second supplier of the year award after claiming top honours at the annual Cemco Merchant Network conference. more ›

A newly-completed commercial building developed by Hanson UK at its former brick works in Bedfordshire has received the top BREEAM Excellent rating. more ›

Hanson’s Thermalite blocks are the latest product line to be certified with the Responsible Sourcing of Materials (RSM) standard with a performance rating of ‘very good’ more ›

The Delivering sustainable value and solutions award, received by Hanson Contracting, recognises suppliers that have integrated environmental, social, economic and management aspects of sustainable development into the delivery of HA contracts. more ›

Hanson UK has scooped first prize in ‘the innovative use of brick and clay products’ category at the 2011 Brick Development Association (BDA) awards. Lawn House, a Code Level 6 ecohouse in Burbage, more ›