The Mineral Products Association Northern Ireland has listed companies that can guarantee customers of quality and responsibly sourced materials. The move follows recent concerns being raised about the quality of mortar.
“Customers of concrete products need to be assured that the products they buy and use come from sites that are managed in a safe and environmentally responsible way,” says MPANI Director Gordon Best. “They also need to have the guarantee of quality and that what they ask for is what they get.”
To that end, MPANI with the support of QSRMC and BSI, has published a list of those companies that can meet customer expectations and can offer a guarantee of third party quality assured products.
“This will allow customers to make better decisions when purchasing materials from the industry,” says Gordon.
Public sector procurement policy in Northern Ireland requires that all concrete used on public sector construction sites must be sourced from Third Party Quality Assured Concrete Suppliers.
It states: “All ready-mixed concrete supplied for government contracts must be from production plant currently certified by a body accredited by the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) to BS EN 45011 for product conformity certification of ready-mixed concrete. These include QSRMC (The Quality Scheme for Ready Mixed Concrete).
In terms of private housebuilding the National Housebuilding Council ( NHBC ) standards specification clearly states that Ready mixed concrete being used on an NHBC registered housing site is only acceptable from a supplier operating a full quality control system such as operated by QSRMC or the BSI kitemark or an equivalent system acceptable to NHBC.
QSRMC REGISTERED COMPANIES
LD Aggregates – Cookstown
B McCaffery & Sons Ltd – Enniskillen
Breedon/Whitemountain – All sites
Northstone NI Ltd – All sites
Tracey Concrete – Enniskillen
Quinn Building Products – Enniskillen
Norman Emerson Group – Craigavon
F P McCann – All sites
Clady Quarries Newry – Armagh
Creagh Concrete – All sites
BSI REGISTERED COMPANIES
Alpha Quarry Products Ltd – Co Down
Alpha Quarry Products Ltd – Co Down
RTU Ltd – Newtownabbey
CES Quarry Products Ltd- Newtownards
Carryduff Concrete – Lisburn
Neil Mullin & Sons Limited – Omagh
McGarrity Bros – Omagh
CES Quarry Products Ltd – Saintfield
Loughran Rock Quarries Ltd – Carrickmore
Macrete Ireland Limited – Toomebridge
Robinson Concrete Ltd – Claudy
Robinson Concrete Ltd – Ballymoney
Stoneyford Building Supplies – Lisburn
Loughran Rock Industries – Armagh
Joseph Barrett & Sons Ltd – Dungannon
W & J Chambers Ltd – Coleraine
W J Chambers Ltd – Londonderry