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Over 100,000 rebar couplers, manufactured by Ancon, were used in the concrete support towers, end piers and road deck of one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world.

HALFEN developed the building’s window washing track and anchor windows.

Oldcastle Materials supplied 42,500m3 of concrete for the construction of this 37-storey luxury hotel.

Demix Construction was contracted for this project and Demix Agrégats supplied aggregates.

C.R. Laurence manufactured and supplied 500 linear feet of patented dry-glaze TAPER-LOC Glass Railing Systems, lining stairways for one of the largest corporate office complexes in Texas.

Republic Cement's integrated cement plant, on the outskirts of Metropolitan Manila, has increased its production capacity following investment in another finish mill.

HALFEN’s DETAN tension and compression rod system was installed into the steel stress, shell and stage of the pavilion.

Zoontjens supplied its Drenoliet® rooftop terrace tiles for communal areas, which are both aesthetically pleasing and capable of withstanding high loads.

The quarry shipped approx. two million tonnes in 2015 while continuing its run of 4,812 days worked without a lost time incident. Ottawa Lake has won NSSGA and MAA awards for safety, community relations and environmental controls.

Oldcastle Architectural supplied Trenwyth Astra-Glaze SW+® concrete masonry blocks for this project, which contributed to its energy efficiency.

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope® delivered 2.6 million square feet of curtain wall and 1.6 million square feet of high-performance architectural glass for this project.

The bridge spans the Rhine-Herne canal and consists of 496 spiral rings supplied by HALFEN, each with a five-metre diameter, suspended 10 metres above the canal for a total length of 406 metres.

Oldcastle Precast's Storm Capture® was supplied as a solution for the underground stormwater detention system at Quantico National Cemetery for veterans of the US Armed Forces.

The plant produces approximately 850,000 tons of Cement for the Swiss market and is a leader the use of alternative fuels.

Zoontjens produced 1,530 m2 of unique, natural stone rooftop terrace tiles designed to withstand 20 kN per slab.

Polbruk provided 2,000 m2 of concrete pavers for the pathways surrounding the theatre.

In 2014, Thompson-Arthur’s plant produced over 430,000 tonnes of product and employees celebrated 26 years without a recordable, preventable or lost time incident.

At 212 metres high, it is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Poland. Bosta Beton, CRH’s readymixed concrete company in Poland, was supplied the 52,000 cubic metres of concrete and pumping services required to complete this project.

Limestone is heated to 2,700 degrees F and transformed into clinker, that is then ground to produce cement.

Dragle has 93 million tonnes of aggregate reserves. Production commenced in 2008 following installation of the 1.2 million-tonne-per-year washing and processing plant.

This state-of-the-art energy efficient asphalt plant can produce 600 tons per hour and store 2,700 tons of material in hot storage silos.

Expocrete is a leader in manufacturing and distributing high-quality concrete hardscape and masonry products in western Canada.

Each of Oldcastle’s six U.S. product groups provided materials for the 3 million-square-foot, 100,000-seater stadium. Most impressive is the “bowl” area, which showcases the 150-foot sliding glass curtain wall held in place by 750,000 pounds of aluminum superstructure.

This project, supplied by Idaho Sand & Gravel Company, follows the Payette River in Valley County, Idaho, and included 11,090 tonnes of asphalt, 63,500 square metres of cold milling and the installation of 20 storm drain pipe crossings.

Rudus delivered over 3,000 m3 of frost-resistant concrete for the 473-metre bridge, completed in June 2011.

At 57km long, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway/road tunnel in the world. It opened in 2016.

Shuangyang Cement Plant, part of the 26% CRH-owned Yatai Cement, is the largest cement plant in northeastern China. Clinker capacity is 7 million tonnes following the commissioning of a sixth kiln in fourth quarter of 2010. Shuangyang is located in Jilin Province, 100km south of the provincial capital Changchun.

Built by Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope™, this 127,000-square-foot glass canopy is one of the largest canopy skylights in North America.

Pike laid 200,000 tons of asphalt during the reconstruction of 23 miles of the I-295 highway.

Energy efficiencies and emissions reductions are being achieved through the new Kiln 3 production line.

Oldcastle Glass supplied Insulating, Solar Control and Silk-screened glass for this 34-storey luxury hotel.

Permacon and Belgard Hardscape pavers from our US-manufactured Old World Collection were manufactured by Oldcastle Architectural’s Canadian subsidiary and used in this driveway in Quebec, Canada.

This was the first major renovated building in the Netherlands to receive BREEAM sustainability certification, the world’s foremost environmental assessment method for buildings.

The 53-kilometre Koskenkylä section (shown) has six interchanges and 68 bridges. Rudus, Europe Materials’ Finnish aggregates and readymixed concrete subsidiary, delivered 150,000 m³ of concrete and concrete products (pipes, wells, railings) to this project.

Telluride Gravel, an Americas Materials company, performed full-depth road reconstruction and embankment slide repairs for this project.

Significant energy efficiencies and emissions reductions are being achieved following the commissioning of the plant.

Oldcastle Precast developed a 33-foot and a 52-foot prestressed concrete post-tension box girder for the bridge.

Our Belgian structural companies Ergon and Prefaco were major suppliers to the stadium, which opened in 2013.

Americas Products’ EnduraMax™ High-Performance Wall System was used in this 340,000 sq. ft. building.

This terminal stands 46 metres high and has a storage capacity of 14,000 tonnes.

CRH companies Calduran and Dycore came together to assemble the walls of the office block/storage units as well as supply the slab flooring.

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope™ played a key role in a major expansion and renovation of the university’s student recreation centre, using products that allow for high thermal performance and maximum use of natural light.