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ECOncrete Research & Development Project

Project part financed by the Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme for Northern Ireland co financed by the European Regional Development Fund

Moore Concrete Products Ltd is in receipt of a Grant for R&D supported from Invest NI for Moore Concrete’s collaboration with ECOncrete to Develop an Ecological Solution for the UK & Ireland Environment . This project which is part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme 2014-2020 aims to develop solutions for the UK & Ireland Environment that develop and nuture organic life on concrete structures. ECOncrete products uniquely encourage indigenous species to prosper while enhancing the strength the concrete structure itself, reducing maintenance and enhancing design life. This groundbreaking technology until now has only been tested in Israel and US, Moore Concrete’s R&D project is scheduled for completion on the 13th July 2018

Prestressed Bridge Beam

Project part financed by the Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme for Northern Ireland co financed by the European Regional Development Fund

Moore Concrete Products Ltd has received an Invest NI Grant for Research and Development, supporting company innovation in services, products and processes. Part financed by the Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme for Northern Ireland co financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The project to research the feasibility of prestressed bridge beam production, will be implemented over the next 18 months, concluding on the 10th Jan 2018.

 

Moore Concrete Products Ltd picks up prestigious RoSPA Gold Award for 10th Consecutive Year.

Moore Concrete Products Ltd is a winner at the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards 2017.

The company, based in BALLYMENA, achieved the President’s (10 consecutive Golds) award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

The award was achieved during a special year for family-safety charity RoSPA, as it celebrates its centenary.

Through the RoSPA Awards scheme, which is open to businesses and organisations of all types and sizes from across the UK and overseas, judges consider entrants’ overarching occupational health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement. The awards are now in its 61st year.

Nicola Mowbray,  Human Resources Officer, said: “We are very proud to have achieved this prestigious Presidents ROSPA award.  I would like to thank all our employees for their continued efforts to put Health & Safety at the core of everyday working life, in line with Moore Concrete’s number 1 company value of Health and Safety.”

Julia Small, RoSPA’s head of awards and events, said: “The RoSPA Awards are the most prestigious in the world of occupational health and safety, and held in high regard around the world, as winning one demonstrates an organisation’s commitment to maintaining an excellent health and safety record. Achieving the standard required is no mean feat.

“This is a special year in the history of RoSPA, and we congratulate all of our winners in this, our centenary year”.

The majority of awards are non-competitive and mark achievement at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels. Gold medals, president’s awards and orders of distinction are presented to organisations sustaining the high standards of the gold level over consecutive years. For the first time in 2017, the Patron’s Award has been presented to those organisations that have achieved consecutive gold awards for 25 years or more.

Competitive awards go to the best entries in 24 industry sectors including construction, healthcare, transport and logistics, engineering, manufacturing and education.

There are specialist awards for occupational health, environmental management and fleet safety, and excellence trophies for the best international, new entry, workforce involvement and organisation operating or based in Scotland. RoSPA’s top accolade is the Sir George Earle Trophy.

Headline sponsor of the RoSPA Awards 2017 is NEBOSH – the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health – for the 12th consecutive year.

For more information about the RoSPA Awards visit www.rospa.com/awards

Moore Concrete At Balmoral Show 2017

Another successful Balmoral Show for Moore Concrete. We where delighted to have the opportunity to speak to some many existing & new customers, introducing them to new products within our range as part of the companies continuing innovation. These included our Ox Strain Post – Octagonal Strainer Post System, new larger slurry channel and ECOncrete Bio Dynamic Living Wall.

Moore Concrete Launch New Ox Strain Post

Newly developed reinforced concrete Ox Strain Posts are octagonal shaped strainer posts ideal for agricultural fencing.  Regardless of ground conditions, Ox Strain Posts provide a durable, strong, maintenance free, fencing solution with a 50 year design.

Moore Concrete Proud to Sponsor Holstein Show

Pictures of the April Holstein Show and Sale at Dungannon includes;

• Champion bull at Holstein NI’s April show and sale in Dungannon, Prehen Franzen ET PLI £571 bred by Stuart Smith, Londonderry. He sold for a top price of 4,700gns. Adding their congratulations are sponsor Jeff Haslett, Moore Concrete; and judge James Walker, Randalstown.
• Adam Watson, Macosquin, exhibited the reserve champion bull Derrydorragh Righteous Brother ET PLI £308 sold for 3,900gns. Also included are Jeff Haslett, Moore Concrete, sponsor; and judge James Walker, Randalstown.

Moore Concrete Attend Flood & Coast 2017

For the first time Moore Concrete attended the hugely successful Flood and Coast 2017 Exhibition led by the Environment Agency at the Telford between the  28th and 30th of March.  We took the opportunity to showcase our relationship with ECOncrete as their manufacturing and distribution partner for the UK & Ireland.  ECOncrete enhances the ecological performance of concrete in coastal and urban infrastructure, while contributing to their structure stability and longevity.  Dr Andrew Rella CEO of ECOncrete Inc joined us from New York and was delighted to discuss the applications of ECOncrete in bespoke projects and standardised products including Tide Pools, Pile Encapsulation, Bio Active Wall Tiles and Sea Defense Walls.

 

 New Wear Bridge Sunderland Project

Incredible to see the final bridge push on this project, including 4,750 tonnes of Moore Concrete deck units. Congratulations to everyone involved in this critical operation which required millimeter precision to navigate the deck through the middle of the pylon and onto the temporary supports built in the river to support it. The temporary blue steel nose will be removed from the deck over the coming weeks and the remaining 40m section of the bridge deck will be built in-situ during the summer months.

Riada Probus Visit to Moore Concrete

Moore Concrete where delighted to host 25 members of Riada Probus on Monday 27th March, after presentation by MD Wilbert Moore, the group completed a full tour of our factory.

Careers Fairs

Moore Concrete attended two careers fairs this week.  Cambridge House Careers Fair gave us the opportunity to speak to pupils from 10 local schools in the Ballymena area, about future career options within Moore Concrete.  Discussions included opportunities open to young people in terms of apprenticeships, work experience and summer employment. Ballyclare’s job fair gave us the opportunity to speak to potential candidates seeking employment in vacancies we currently have.

Cattle Lameness Presentation & Workshops 21st Feb 2017

Roger Blowney was the key speaker at 3 presentations on the 21st Feb, presenting Updates from the World of Cattle Lameness, Jeff Haslett from Moore Concrete discussed Surefoot Slip Resistant Slats with James Trotman from Barclays looking at Coping with volatility in the dairy sector.  Provita also ran workshops on Bespoke semi-automated footbaths, Hoofsure HELP Service & Digital Dermantitis App (SQP/CPD points awarded).

 

Sunderland New Wear Bridge

Incredible scale of New Wear Bridge, the pylon made from 1,000 tonnes of steel and 550 tonnes of concrete (equivalent of 125 double decker buses) was lifted into place over the course of 2 days using ‘Big Benny’ one of the worlds largest cranes. Planning for the operation began 2 years ago, with the process calculated to the nearest millimeter. Moore Concrete are delighted to have been involved in such a prestigious project, and congratulate Farrans Construction on successful completion of this delicate operation.

Mid and East Antrim Job Fair

Moore Concrete’s Nicola & Leeanne attended the Mid and East Antrim Job Fair on Thursday the 2nd Feb at The Braid Centre Ballymena. They were delighted with the number of highly skilled people, they spoke to regarding future employment opportunities at Moore Concrete.

Ulster Farmers Union Ballymoney Visit

We were delighted to host 51 members of Ballymoney’s Ulster Farmers Union on Friday 20th Jan 2017, at our premises outside Ballymena. Our thanks to Chairman Brian Jamieson and Group Manager David Lennox for organizing the visit and kindly commenting ‘ I know by talking to the farmers they were really impressed with the warm welcome, your informative presentation and talked highly about the overall standard of product being produced by Moore Concrete’

LAMMA 2017

We are exhibiting at LAMMA 2017 on the 18th & 19th of Jan at the East of England Showgrounds in Peterborough.  On our stand located in Hall2 number 219, we are displaying Bunker Walls, Concrete Tractor Weights, Feed Blocks, Surefoot Slip Resistant Slats and Rat Bait Boxes. If you have any enquiries arising from the show please call us on 028 2565 2566 – Ext 1

Winter Fair

ROSPA 2016

Moore Concrete Products Ltd is a winner in the RoSPA Awards 2016. The achieved the Gold Medal (9 consecutive Golds) award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The RoSPA Awards is celebrating 60 years of presenting highly-regarded and sought after accolades to businesses and organisations which have shown commitment to accident and ill-health prevention.

 

 

Slemish Probus

Wilbert Moore was delighted to accept Slemish Probus’s invitation to speak with members at their Nov meeting held in the Adair Arms .  Discussions included an outline of how it all began as the youngest of five, with a personal determination and uncompromising work ethic to succeed.  This is still in evidence today, with a continuing burning passion to drive further innovation, and pride in developing a team at Moore Concrete who can drive the business to the next level.

 

Concrete Society Award

Glynn River Rail Bridge Project was awarded a Certificate of Excellence by the Concrete Society to the main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey .  The replacement concrete bridge constructed using Moore Concrete precast units, resulted in the minimal disruption to the Belfast Larne train line only closing for 9 days in total.  More information

Pudsey Tractor Weight

Listen to Hugo Duncan’s Hugothon Auction for Children in Need on BBC Radio Ulster Friday 18th Nov from 1.30pm to bid on this Tractor Weight and lots of other items, for such a good cause.

Landmark Sunderland Bridge Project

Moore Concrete Products proud to be manufacturing the bridge deck for this immense project, with 850 separate units and over 4250tonnes of precast concrete, to Farran’s Construction who are delivering this unique £117m development as part of a joint venture with Victor Buyck. More information

Greenmount Student visit

CAFRE Agriculture students visit Moore Concrete. A group of 32 final year Extended Diploma students from CAFRE recently visited Moore Concrete Products Ltd. The purpose of the visit was to see at first hand how businesses operating in the manufacturing and supply sectors feed into production agriculture. More information

 

ECOncrete Partnership

Moore Concrete are delighted to have forged a new partnership with the innovative ECOncrete. More Information

 

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Bath and West Dairy Show 2016

We exhibited at the Bath and West Dairy Show on 5th October 2016.  The event took place at the Bath and West Showgound, Shepton Mallet. More Information

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UK Dairy Day 2016

We attended the UK Dairy Day on the 16th September at the Telford International Centre, Shropshire. More Information

 

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NRC Business Award 2016

Moore Concrete’s Nicola Mowbray recently visited Coleraine NRC to present Fergal Cudden with the Moore Concrete Cup. More Information

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Highland Show 2016

We attended the Highland Show from the 18th-21st June. More Information

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Cereals Show 2016

We recently attended the Cereals Event on the 15th and 16th of June. More Information

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Balmoral Show 2016

We attended the Balmoral Show from the 11th-13th May 2016. More Information

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Hazelbank Primary School Presentation

Roslyn McMillan, Projects Co-Ordinator at Moore Concrete was a recent visitor to Hazelbank Primary School, Broughshane. More Information

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LAMMA 2016

We attended the LAMMA show at the East of England Showground, Peterborough, on the 20th and 21st of January 2016. More Information

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Winter Fair 2015

We exhibited at the Royal Ulster Winter Fair on Thursday 10th December. More Information

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 Cullybackey College Visit

Students from Cullybackey College, were recent visitors to our premises. More Information

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Certificate of Excellence 2015

We are proud to have been awarded a second successive Certificate of Excellence at the 2015 Concrete Society Awards.  More Information

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Dunclug College Visit

Students from Dunclug College, Ballymena, were recent visitors to our premises. More Information

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World Record Meccano Bridge

Students at Queen’s University Belfast recently completed the construction of the world’s largest Meccano bridge. More Information

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Deputy Mayor Visits Loughshore Park

The Deputy Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Council visited Loughshore Park, Jordanstown to check out our Table Tennis and Chess Tables.  More Information

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Belfast Marathon

We were delighted to hand over a cheque for a huge £3,105 to the Meningitis Research Foundation.  More Information

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Charolais Sale 2015

We sponsored the Charolais sale held at Ballymena Mart on the 17th of April.  More Information

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