In December, the Asphalt Operations Managers came together for their end of year Health & Safety meeting. The day kicked off with an overview of the Asphalt business’s 2023 performance and a look to 2024 challenges and opportunities, presented by Phil Hutchinson, Head of Urbanisation Solutions EMEA.

Following this the group then reviewed a variety of topics including: their recent PACs audit gaps needed to fill in 2024, cost control focused on 2024 plant fixed cost budget, break-out sessions covering the paperwork needed following an investigation with gap analysis for missing information, a session looking at the powers of an HSE inspector, factors surrounding incidents, and root cause analysis.

The day also included a back-to-basics quiz about the Asphalt business. The winner was Marc Snow, Asphalt’s newest Plant Manager but returning to Cemex after eight years away. It was great to see how much he had remembered about our business! Well done Marc!