About
Bestwood Quarry
The original Bestwood Quarry was located on the outskirts of Nottingham, where Bestwood Country Park now stands. This former quarry has been transformed into a rich and varied landscape, which is home to a wide range of wildlife and is also visited by walkers, cyclists, and nature enthusiasts.
Bestwood II opened in 1947 to extract Sherwood Sandstone from the valuable local deposits. The Bestwood name was retained – despite the quarry actually lying south of Ravenshead village – as many of the workers from the original site transferred to the new workings.
We have always worked hard to build a good relationship with local communities.
About Tarmac
Tarmac, a CRH company, is the UK's leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business.
With 150 years of experience and heritage to our name, we're a national network of local businesses, combining the knowledge and expertise of two of the construction industry's most iconic brands: Tarmac, pioneers and inventors of the modern road, and Blue Circle, the company that patented Portland Cement.
We employ around 7,000 people across a network of more than 400 sites across the UK
Tarmac is part of CRH, the world's leading building materials business
Health and safety
Our ambition is to realise continuous improvement for all our employees and contractors
This approach to improving safety extends across our supply chain and to every aspect of our business - from the way we manage sites and the way train and equip our employees and contractors - to the safety features we install in our vehicles to protect road users.
We're proud to work with experts in the field of Health and Safety, such as the British Safety Council and The Health and Safety Executive and are also one of the founding partners of a mental health programme for people working in the construction sector called Mates in Mind.
We also have a brand new National Skills and Safety Park - 'The Park' - that is home to operational onboarding, professional operational training, assessments and health and safety learning, demonstrating our commitment to building the right safety culture as well as creating an enhanced experience for employees.