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Product category: Design Services and Hard Landscaping
News Release from: Marshalls plc
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial Team on 01 November 2005

Marshalls scoops up top awards

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Marshalls plc recently scooped a collection of accolades at the British Precast Concrete Federation (BPCF) 'Oscars' ceremony.

Marshalls plc, the UK's leading manufacturer of superior, innovative hard landscaping materials, recently scooped a collection of accolades at the British Precast Concrete Federation (BPCF) 'Oscars' ceremony Featuring strongly in all of the BPCF Best Practice Awards 2005, Marshalls celebrated winning the top award in two of the areas and receiving High Commendations throughout the other categories

The most coveted of the evening's honours is the Innovation Award, which focuses on how the industry is continually innovating to meet the demand of the public.

This year, Marshalls took the top prize with 'The Marshalls Driveway Visualiser', a web-based application designed to enable customers to visualise a new driveway on their computers and then obtain three quotations from its list of approved Marshalls' Registered installers.

The conversion is achieved by allowing the user to transform an image of their own driveway into a stunning concrete block paving driveway, of their choice, from the Marshalls range of products.

The other top accreditation was received in the (Site) Sustainability category.

Marshalls' Eaglescliffe Works situated near Stockton on Tees, significantly demonstrated the effective implementation of:.

* The reduction of mains water usage through a recycling water treatment system on-site.

* Savings from recycling of waste materials.

* Effective management of the local natural environment which has encouraged a wide range of wildlife to return to the area.

Neil Glover, Marshalls Works Manager - Eaglescliffe, commented: "This award really demonstrates the combined efforts put in by everyone at Eaglescliffe".

"As a team, the whole works has made a conscious effort to improve sustainability, in the areas of the environment, social and economic issues." A full list of the awards received by Marshalls is now listed below:.

* Innovation Award.

Winner - Marshalls Driveway Visualiser.

* Sustainability Award (Site-based).

Winner - Marshalls Eaglescliffe Manufacturing Facility Topic: Water Use - Reduction and Recycling; Waste - reduction and recycling and Environmental.

Highly Commended - Brookfoot Manufacturing Facility.

Topic: Water Recycling with CO2 gas and Dust recycling project.

* Health and Safety Award Highly commended - Falkirk Manufacturing Facility Topic: Maintenance Servicing.

* Concrete Targets - Accident Reduction Awards Three Star Award - Year on year improvement award for safety company-wide.

* Sustainability Award (Company) Third Equal Topic: Marshalls Logistical Operations.

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