GMB Magazine GMB24 Centre Point Spring 2016

INS24.nat_16_17_finallandscape_resend.indd 17 18/02/2016 12:17 ©iStock.com x 2 2 3 11 28 7 5 8 24 15 9 18 27 23 14 20 35 CLEVELAND BRIDGES In a crossregional collaboration, GMB members at Cleveland Bridge in Northern Region made the iconic steel arch at Wembley Stadium, while GMB members working at Wembley in London Region helped put it together. 34. Darlington – North East 35. Wembley – London 30. Kings Dyke – Peterborough 31. Claughton – Lancashire 32. Kirton – near Newark 33. Wilncote – West Midlands 21 32 30 22 26 34 FORTERRA BRICKS Forterra is a company that specialises in modular bricks and blocks, and GMB members working for the company make over 120 different varieties of them. Would you like to see yo or send an email to info@ rep map? Talk to your GMB out what you’re making! ab us l tel d an .uk gmb.org 33 4 17 16 25 27. Broomfleet – Hull 28. Denton – Manchester 29. Waresley – Worcestershire MB MAP! GMB GET ON THurEwoG rkplace or industry on the 29 12 13 1 10 31 6 19 At these sites, and loads more... 17. Tunstead Quarry – Derbyshire Tarmac produces a range of sustainable building materials, which have been used in some of the country’s most iconic construction projects. At Tunstead Quarry, GMB members help extract huge volumes of limestone every year, and process it into high quality cement. TARMAC 16. Bradford – Yorkshire 12. Coventry – Warwickshire 13. Dudley – West Midlands 14. Kingston – London 15. Portsmouth – Hampshire When you look out of the window, think of the GMB members at Glassolutions. They supply huge panes of high-quality glass for some of the most important architectural projects in the UK and around the world. GLASSOLUTIONS 10. Ribblesdale – Lancashire 11. Padeswood – North Wales Britain’s building industry needs cement and GMB members at the Hanson plants in Wales and Lancashire help to produce thousands of tonnes of it every year. HANSONS CEMENT PLANTS 7. Wigan – Lancashire 8. Bedworth – West Midlands 9. Lutterworth – West Midlands two GMB regions.

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