Case Studies
Tarmac Building Products have already turned many construction visions into reality. If you’re looking for inspiration for your project then exploring our case studies will show you just how much is possible.
Tarmac began by supplying just a single product - ‘the black stuff’ – but today we offer over 200 products. That means we can help you construct almost anything you can imagine, from a football stadium or flood defences, to a self-build home.
We already work with many of the UK’s main contractors on projects encompassing utilities, rail networks and commercial buildings. We also supply house builders of all sizes; stock the logistics hubs of national merchants such as B&Q and Jewson; plus provide products to unique one-off projects and heritage refurbishments, such as St Pancras Station, London.
Moving forward, we’re committed to developing sustainable solutions that will help all of our customers build a better future. Amongst the case studies you’ll see are the sustainable schools solution we’ve developed, to help overcome the challenges of the Government’s ‘Building Schools for the Future’ programme, and the two sustainable homes we built, to demonstrate our straightforward solutions to the Government’s ‘Code for Sustainable Homes’ targets.
1 – Tarmac Homes Project
See our two semi-detached concept homes built to levels 4 & 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. They combine traditional building methods with readily available products for a mass-market solution that proves the Code can be simple, affordable and repeatable.
2 – Nurture Future
Children are undoubtedly the future, which is why we’ve provided a solution for building a new generation of low and zero-carbon schools and academies that will protect the environment for future generations.
3 – Nottingham Geospatial Building
Discover how our TermoDeck product is providing a more sustainable alternative to air conditioning for this geospatial science facility, which will include research laboratories, testing facilities and project units.
4 – Howe Dell Primary School
This £8 million school project is the first building in the UK to control its temperature by utilising an underground Interseasonal Heat store (IHT) combined with TermoDeck, our high thermal mass and mechanical ventilation system.
5 – Preston Flood Alleviation Scheme
Find out how our products helped Balfour Beatty Utilities produce a series of surface water drainage ducts and a collection tank to alleviate flooding in Northwest England.
6 – Lords Cricket Ground
Tarmac Building Products has played a major role in the first ever complete replacement of the playing surface at London’s world-famous Lord’s Cricket Ground. Find out how our Topsport range made this possible.
7 – Lewes Sewer Project
See how working closely with Southern Water allowed us to tackle challenges including groundwater and uplift problems using our Charcon Tunnel product.
8 – Code 3 Housing Project
Read how our Durox thin join system helped Essex house builder EJ Taylor and Sons meet Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes simply and easily.
9 – Leeds Innovate Building
See the commercial building in Leeds that’s been awarded the highest ever BREEAM rating - 87.55% - by utilising the high thermal mass of our structural hollow core concrete product, TermoDeck.
10 – London St Pancras station.
Discover how our Limelite heritage mortars and grouts helped restore London’s historic St Pancras station buildings to their Victorian splendour.
