Another big ‘Thank You’ goes out to all of our teams for continuing to develop and implement their ideas that will help make CEMEX a safer place to work, with better quality and greater efficiency/effectiveness.

Mark Beagrie, Operational Excellence Leader for UK Materials, circulated this month’s best ideas.  Congratulations go to the Bramshill quarry team for their winning idea!

The ideas for this month’s competition cover:

• Bramshill quarry – found a more economical way to strip 2020 excavation area resulting in saving around £23,000.
• Hatfield quarry – have added Rumble Strips as a quick and easy fix to removing excessive material build-up that would rapidly block up the wheel wash unit.
• Dove Hole quarry – installed a plate with seep holes to stop stone getting carried into the area when cleaning under the main bins and have to be hand shovelled away.
• Raynes quarry – following a serious accident where an electrician broke his arm, the site have replaced the pontoon and the pump with a hired unit complete with floats, improved the ground area around and laid a concrete base for the electrical control switches.
• East Leake quarry – installed a swing gate with a no entry sign and lockout facility to isolate so no vehicles can physically enter the area whilst cleaning/maintenance is in progress.