Macmillan Coffee Morning
Macmillan Coffee Morning
We’re delighted to announce that this year’s Macmillan Coffee Morning was a tremendous success – we’ve officially smashed last year’s total and raised over £800 for Macmillan Cancer Support!
Every cup of coffee poured and every slice of cake sold helped contribute to an incredible cause that supports people living with cancer across the UK. Macmillan provides vital emotional, practical, and financial support to patients and their families, and it’s something that touches so many lives – including those within our own team and community.
A huge thank you goes out to everyone who made this possible – from those who baked delicious treats, helped organise the event, or donated so generously, to everyone who came along to show their support. Your efforts, enthusiasm, and kindness have made a real difference.
It was fantastic to see the office filled with laughter, conversation, and the smell of freshly brewed coffee – a real reminder of how powerful community spirit can be when people come together for a good cause. Events like this truly show the heart and teamwork that make RedRox who we are.
We’d also like to extend a special thank you to everyone who turned up on the day to buy a slice (or two!) and support Macmillan. You’ve helped us raise vital funds that will go directly towards helping people facing cancer get the support they need, when they need it most.
We’re already looking forward to next year’s event and seeing if we can raise the bar even higher – but for now, a massive well done to everyone involved. Together, we’ve proven once again that small acts of kindness can add up to something truly remarkable
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ROCK ARMOUR OR RIPRAP
ROCK ARMOUR OR RIPRAP
Rock Armour or RIP RAP is an effective solution to protect coastlines and structures from erosion by the sea, rivers, or streams.
Rock Armour absorbs wave energy and reduce the power of the waves
The rocks are piled up along the shoreline to form a type of sea wall and are dumped on top of eachother leaving gaps between them that allow water through. This disperses the energy of the waves and reduces their erosional power. They can be very effective.
The boulders must be large, strong and resistant to erosion. Granite and basalt are often used. Small or weak rocks would not be able to withstand the impact from the waves and would quickly be eroded.
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Me, Myself, and Aggregates
The Terminology
It seemed that the odds of picking terminology up quickly were heavily stacked against me. Every phone call and email involved a painfully difficult language to understand…
’Type 1, MOT, DOT, 6G, 6F5, 6L, 6M, 6N, Fill Sand, ENA TS 97-1, Gabion, Pipe bedding, 20mm Down, Rail Ballast, 20mm Chippings, Rock Armour, Rip-Rap, Muck Away, Limestone, Basalt, Granite, Gritstone…’ Let’s just say it was somewhat overwhelming.
But did Moses just stare at the Red Sea wondering how to cross?
Did Channing Tatum let his doubters stop him from winning the hearts of the nation through elegant dance in ‘Step Up’?
The answer is No… So, I downloaded the Highway Works Specification and got reading.
Stone vs Bitcoin & NFT’s
I don’t understand how ‘rocks’ are so expensive. To then hear about the Red Diesel saga and significant cost increases across the industry, somebody is making a lot of money somewhere in the supply chain.
When we are constantly hearing about Bitcoin and NFT’s, why did we not invest into stone? If you had bought a stockpile of popular aggregates several years ago, you would now be retiring and sailing off into the sunset.
Like house prices, I would expect costs to keep increasing with demand outweighing supply, especially with extraction rates outweighing replenishment rates over the last decade.
Anyone selling a Type 1 NFT?
Type 1
The Boris Johnson of the aggregate world, everybody is talking about it.
Every single day since starting with Redrox has involved Type 1 and our customer base needing it. I need to grind this stuff down, make into a liquid, bottle it up, use it as aftershave. I would be more popular than a Friday morning bacon butty.
Type 1 is a crushed material, 0-40mm in size and generally used as a sub-base. Sounds easy right? Well then you have DOT, MOT CL803, Adoptable, Non-adoptable, followed by the necessary data sheets for grading, chemical analysis, etc.
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