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Future Events - CLICK HERE Past Events: Trade Association Forum (TAF) Awards Ceremony 2008 Six QPA staff and Gwil Neal from the BLA attended the Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards on Thursday 24 July at the Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane. The Award ceremony came on the back of some serious work which had gone into preparing the BLA's website to be judged by the five strong panel. Sandi Toksvig, who has appeared on several current affairs and comedy programmes, hosted the event. The QPA applied for seven awards for which three of the entries were shortlisted and reached the final, they included; the Electronic Communications Award, the Environmental Initiative Award and the BLA's entry for the Best Website of the Year Award. Despite losing out to the Recruitment and Employment Federation
in the Best Website of the Year Award, the BLA remain overjoyed
with the standing quality of the site and the fact that its monthly
visitor numbers have increased by 100% since its initial launch
in May. Both the QPA and BLA have agreed to come back in 2009
determined to win more awards to add to the already impressive
collection. QPA Showcase 08 - Spotlight on an Essential Industry The QPA Showcase and Restoration Awards, which took place on 3 July at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, has received excellent feedback. Over 470 guests from the industry and key stakeholders attended. This issues-driven event, hosted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy focussed on hot topics such as sustainable construction, responsible sourcing and QPA's new industry-wide biodiversity initiative. Features included filmed interviews with figureheads from key sectors and the QPA team; live presentations by the QPA Chairman and the Chief Executive of the RSPB; as well as the Newsround - a whirlwind tour of the latest activities on the ground. Hanson's Otley Quarry walked away with the first prize in the Restoration Awards, for creating a first-class nature reserve, and Eton Aggregates won the Chairman's Trophy for their restoration project to create Dorney Lake - an Olympic standard rowing lake. Another highlight was the launch of a new eductaional video by QPA, starring none other than Keith Chegwin, which is designed to raise awareness amongst tomorrow’s generation of the essential role played by quarry products in daily life. To watch the video, click below: Ecobuild Over 24,000 visitors, 500 exhibitors and 500 speakers participated in Ecobuild 2008, the world’s biggest event dedicated to sustainable design, construction and the built environment. The event provided over a dozen new attractions – practical, hands on experience and expert advice on numerous construction products and their sustainable values. Representatives from the BLA were exhibiting at the event, promoting Singleton Birch’s British made Natural Hydraulic Lime, Tarmac Ltd and Tradical® Hemcrete® - a company that is comprised of Lhoist, Lime Technology, Castle Cement and Hemcore. Hear what the members had to say about Ecobuild: Steve Foster - Lime Sales Manager, Singleton Birch “Ecobuild seems to be growing in popularity year on year. Singleton Birch were supporting Ty-Mawr, who are one of our major stockholders for Natural Hydraulic Lime, lime putty, lime mortars and limewash. The market demand for environmentally responsible building is increasing rapidly and this is reflected in the fact that attendee numbers were excellent and Singleton Birch / Ty- Mawr received a large number of visitors and enquiries.” |
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pageBLA ‘Pushing the Boundaries’ Lords SeminarLime Seminar - Pushing the Boundaries A total of 98 delegates and guest speakers attended the BLA Seminar, aptly named 'Lime-Pushing the Boundaries' on Wednesday 21st of November 2007. The event was hosted by Phil Richards (Chairman of the BLA) at Lord's Cricket Ground, and incorporated a range of visitors from consultants and contractors, to material producers and architects. Presentations were split into two distinct categories. Morning lectures focused on the use of lime below ground (i.e. for soil stabilisation/solidification, treatment of contaminated land, hydraulically bound materials, and lime in asphalt). Whereas, the afternoon session covered the use of lime in construction (including lime in mortar, hemp lime, hydraulic lime and even lime putty). Overall, the day was a huge success, with all delegates saying
that they would refer the seminar to other colleagues in the future. Click links below to access the speaker presentations and programme documents.
Future EventsBLA has an active programme of events planned for 2008. To find out what's planned and receive further information from a QPA contact, just see below.
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