Hillhouse Achieves Group CertificationThursday, February 25th, 2010 / Hillhouse Group News
Hillhouse Quarry Group is pleased to announce Group certification to BS EN ISO 9001.
At the beginning of 2009 the decision was taken to increase the scope of certificaton from concrete and asphalt to all product streams.
During 2009 certification to BS EN ISO 9001 was achieved for the Carnoustie and Inverness Precast business units, [...]
Hillhouse support Craigengillan Fort ProjectFriday, January 29th, 2010 / Community
The Hillhouse Group recently supported the Craigengillan Fort Project, located near Dalmellington in Ayrshire.
The Craigengillan Fort project will be available for use by the all of the Cadet Forces.
The photograph shows a 1.7 tonne portable cabin being lifted into position by a Sea King helicopter.
Hillhouse To Provide Pothole Patching ServiceFriday, January 22nd, 2010 / Hillhouse Group News
The Hillhouse Group are responding to the general need to repair the pot holes on our roads and footpaths.
The poor weather conditions in the last few months have made the situation worse and Hillhouse can now provide a specialised team dedicated to pot hole and patching repairs.
The team consists of a dedicated Hot Box to [...]
Re-Branding of Dick PrecastFriday, January 22nd, 2010 / Hillhouse Group News
The trading names of Dick Precast Carnoustie and Dick Precast Inverness will be rebranded effective from the first of January 2010.
From that date the business units will incorporate the Group Identity and be rebranded as follows: –
Hillhouse Precast Concrete (Carnoustie) (HPCC)
Hillhouse Precast Concrete (Inverness) (HPCI)
It is considered that this re-branding will confirm [...]
Hillhouse Supports Gatehead Playpark ImprovementThursday, December 10th, 2009 / Community
With the help of a donation from Hillhouse Quarry, children will now be able to play more safely at Gatehead playpark.
Councillor Tom Cook, local member for Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse said: “Hillhouse Quarry, through their Corporate Social Responsibility Programme, donated £1,000 to the community of Crosshouse for the benefit of young people. I worked closely [...]
Clydebank Housing Associaton ProjectTuesday, December 1st, 2009 / Case Studies
A £5.1m Queens Gate Housing Project which provides the first “eco-friendly” homes in Clydebank. This landmark building with its curved façade and high quality external appearance is also the first social housing in Clydebank for 5 years.
There are 40 one or two bedroom apartments over 4 storeys for social rent for Clydebank Housing Association. The [...]
Dam Park College New ReceptionWednesday, November 25th, 2009 / Case Studies
Hillhouse Quarry supplied local contractor Smith Contracts with the Armour Stone needed for the focal point water feature of the new reception area at Ayrs Dam Park College.
South Ayrshire Engineers visited the quarry and hand selected the 35 pieces of Armour rock needed for their water feature, these pieces ranged from 2 Tonne up to [...]
Dalry Community WindfarmWednesday, November 25th, 2009 / Case Studies
Dalry Community Windfarm Project
During November and December 2005 Hillhouse Quarry supplied RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd. over 1500m3 of concrete to this project.
The project consisted of erecting 6 wind turbines capable of supplying enough energy for 13000 homes. The site for these turbines was the Wardlaw Wood hill 3 miles North West of Dalry.
Each Turbine required [...]
Hillhouse Group and the CommunityTuesday, October 20th, 2009 / Community
Hillhouse Group has a long established tradition of supporting the local community offering sponsorship of the Dundonald Games and Dundonald Show as well supporting the development of the Dundonald Woodland Pathway.
Ready-mixed concrete specific cost model studiesTuesday, October 20th, 2009 / Case Studies
The BMRCA has completed 3 ‘Ready-mixed concrete specific cost model studies’ in downloadable PDF format, examining ready-mixed concrete design options versus steel and precast, highlighting the cost advantages of ready-mixed concrete, the programme advantages of ready-mixed concrete and the benefits of ready-mixed concrete in terms of Cost-in-use, Acoustics, Fire, Energy efficiency and Sustainability.
The pdfs can be downloaded using [...]