Value engineering through redesign the key to precast concrete contract for major water supply scheme

A major water supply scheme in south Dublin has benefited from the expertise of Northern Ireland concrete products manufacturer Acheson & Glover. The Co Tyrone based company was able to come up with an effective, efficient package of products and expertise for the design of two reservoirs at Saggart and Kiltalown, part of a €25million [...]

Award winning leadership training programme helps cut costs for Dungannon based firm

A development programme designed to nurture potential future leaders is saving one major company half a million pounds each year by implementing business improvement projects. In recognition of the initiative, Dungannon-based concrete firm Acheson & Glover has received a prestigious National Training Award from the Department for Employment and Learning. Congratulating the company, NI Employment [...]

Environmental Project of the Year goes to Acheson & Glover

A new smart, cost-effective and environmentally friendly concrete waste re-cycling process has won local concrete manufacturer, Acheson & Glover, a prestigious award for Environmental Project of the Year at the recent Quarry Products Association NI (QPANI) Environment Conference and Awards held in Cookstown.

Crayfish find homes in Acheson & Glover bricks

A unique project to stop a globally threatened species of crayfish disappearing from the Ballinderry River. White-clawed crayfish that have been introduced to a lake in local concrete manufacturer Acheson & Glover’s sandpit near Pomeroy are breeding successfully and are even finding new homes in the company’s home building bricks.

Game on as Northern Ireland company wins £250k Olympics contract

A Northern Ireland company has proved itself ahead of the game when it comes to designing and supplying specialised concrete products for the new 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium in London. Acheson and Glover was the only company in the UK able to supply 500mm deep hollowcore slabs to main contractor Bryne Brothers, for use in the podium deck surrounding the massive stadium in a contract worth £250,000.