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Announcement: Thermal Road Repairs partners with Peel Ports
Thermal Road Repairs is delighted to announce that we have partnered with Peel Ports, undertaking thermal repairs and minor surfacing...
Aug 2, 20221 min read


Low Carbon emissions
Need to reduce Carbon emissions? Looking at ways to go greener? Thermal Road Repairs’ patented process can help reduce your emissions by...
Jul 26, 20221 min read


What is PAS 2080?
Cutting carbon can be complicated. There are so many interlinking elements to consider. Should we be thinking about the embodied carbon...
Jul 19, 20223 min read


Bitumen…it’s more exciting than you think!
At the end of June, East Riding Council in Yorkshire reported that it was postponing its annual surface dressing programme due to soaring...
Jul 12, 20222 min read


A good time to go warm?
In the last two weeks, both Tarmac and Aggregate Industries announced that they are switching to warm mix production as standard across...
Jul 5, 20223 min read


How to…decarbonise transport
A series of 40 new case studies, compiled by Friends of the Earth and climate change charity Ashden, shines a light on interventions that...
Jun 28, 20224 min read


Data opens door for better maintenance regimes
On the 7th June 2022 came the news that construction technology company Causeway had acquired asset management software firm Yotta from...
Jun 21, 20222 min read


Cutting reinstatement failures
With broadband installation ramping up around the country, the Government is trying to tackle the problem of poor trench reinstatements...
Jun 14, 20222 min read


Roads as carbon sinks
This week (6 June) saw Shell Bitumen officially launch a new type of bitumen called Shell Bitumen CarbonSink. In essence, it is a mixture...
Jun 7, 20222 min read


New ports tracker: connectivity counts
Two weeks ago, the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) announced the launch of a new tracker which will combine port...
May 31, 20223 min read


Decarbonising the asphalt repair industry
Thermal Road Repairs is DECARBONISING the asphalt repair Industry. Our equipment is now fully BIO-FUEL enabled . So, if you want a high...
May 23, 20221 min read


Bio-propane: big possibilities
This month Scottish aerospace company Orbex revealed a prototype of its new Prime rocket, designed to launch small, commercial...
May 17, 20222 min read


When zero carbon isn’t zero carbon
If someone claims they have built a net zero carbon road, do they mean: They have built a road and, in doing so, have emitted no carbon,...
May 10, 20223 min read


How good are your roads?
Every year since 2016 the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), which keeps its eye on rail operators and National Highways, has reported on the...
May 3, 20223 min read


Vive la difference!
For an illustration of the gaping cultural chasm between the UK and our French neighbours, look no further than our pothole campaigns....
Apr 26, 20223 min read


Live Labs to tackle net zero highways
On 2 April, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced funding for a second round of Live Labs projects: £30m will go to projects which...
Apr 19, 20222 min read
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