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MPA 2011 Awards event ‘Building on our Legacy...Realising our Potential’

Highlights of the MPA Awards Event 'Building on our Legacy...Realising our Potential'
Key highlights from the MPA Restoration Awards and the Natural England Biodiversity Awards 2011	6 min 21
Newsreel from the MPA Restoration Awards and Natural England Biodiversity Awards
On-the-spot interviews with key speakers and winners at MPA Awards event ‘Building on our Legacy...Realising our Potential’	3 min 49
Speech by Dr Helen Phillips, Chief Executive of Natural England, at the MPA Restoration and Natural England Biodiversity Awards
Dr Helen Phillips endorses the work of MPA members in protecting and enhancing the natural environment.	6 min 02
Opening Sting from the MPA Restoration Awards and the Natural England Biodiversity Awards
Inspiring footage of what MPA members do to improve biodiversity and create new habitats on sites around the country. The industry has a proven legacy of high quality restoration and is uniquely placed to help halt biodiversity decline.	1 min 18
Top MPA Restoration Award Winner: Tarmac's Bellmoor and Lound Quarries
Feature outlining Tarmac’s outstanding work at its Bellmoor and Lound Quarries which won the MPA’s top Restoration Award, the Cooper-Heyman Cup .	2 min 44
MPA Restoration Awards Runner-up: Lafarge Cement's Dirtlow Rake Quarry
Feature outlining the excellent work which Lafarge Cement carried out at its Dirtlow Rake Quarry which was the runner-up in the MPA Restoration Awards.	2 min 01
Whistle-stop Tour of all the 2011 Restoration Award Winners
A snapshot of each of the winning restoration entries.	2 min 35
Natural England Biodiversity Award Winner: CEMEX UK's Rugeley Quarry
Feature outlining the exceptional work that CEMEX has undertaken at its Rugeley Quarry which won the Natural England Biodiversity Award.	2 min 48
Natural England Biodiversity Award Runner-up: Hanson UK's Kings Dyke Nature Reserve
Feature outlining the eminent quality of work that Hanson UK carried out at its Kind Dyke Nature Reserve which was the runner-up in the Natural England Biodiversity Awards.	2 min 19
MPA Award for Personal Commitment to Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: Brian Butterfield
Brian Butterfield was posthumously awarded the MPA Award for Personal Commitment to Biodiversity and Nature Conservation for his huge personal contribution to this field. Brian was associated with Lafarge Aggregates’ Panshanger Quarry for 48 years.	1 min 36
Highly Commended Natural England Biodiversity Award Winners
Features on each of the four highly commended Natural England Biodiversity Award winners.	4 min 37
Whistle-stop Tour of the Natural England Biodiversity Award Winners
A snapshot of each of the winning Natural England Biodiversity Award entries.	5 min 10
Closing Sting from the MPA Restoration Awards and the Natural England Biodiversity Awards
Closing footage of high quality restoration and biodiversity work by the mineral products industry – work which aims to build on the industry’s legacy and realise its potential.	2 min 18

MPA Health & Safety Conference and Awards 2011

Highlights from the MPA Health & Safety Conference and Awards 2011
Key highlights from MPA's prestigious safety event at BAFTA in London.	8min 03
Opening Sting from the MPA Health & Safety Conference and Awards 2011
Gripping introductory sting for the MPA Health & Safety Conference and Awards 2011, featuring key commitments of the Mineral Products Association.	2min 41
Winner of the John Crabbe Memorial Trophy: John Wainwright and Co. Limited
"Ethos is about driving excellence. We need to have excellence in all aspects of the business, particularly health and safety" says Peter Barkwill, Managing Director of John Wainwright and Co. Limited. This company has introduced an initiative which is “raising the bar” on health and safety.	2min 52
Winner of the Bitumen; Contract Surfacing: Promoting Safer Behaviour category: Aggregate Industries UK Ltd – Halton East Works
Aggregate Industries UK Ltd’s design of an innovative safety system to prevent bitumen spills.	2min 24
Runner-up in the Bitumen; Contract Surfacing: Promoting safer Behaviour category: John Wainwright and Co Limited – Moons Hill Quarry
John Wainwright and Co. Limited’s inspection hatches designed to reduce risk and improve access to hot bins.	2min 32
Winner of the Contractors Safety category: Tarmac Limited – Tarmac Marine Dredging
Tarmac Limited’s management of ship repair contractors to ensure work is carried out as safely as possible.	2min 49
Runner-up in the Contractors Safety category: Tarmac Limited – Buxton Lime and Cement
Tarmac Limited’s management systems to ensure the health, safety and welfare of contractors in cement plant shutdown.	3min 17
Winner of the Engineering Initiative category: Singleton Birch Ltd – Melton Ross Quarries
Singleton Birch Ltd’s steps to conform isolators safely.	2min 45
Joint Runner-up of the Engineering Initiative category: CPI Mortars Limited – Gartsherrie Industrial Estate
Mortar plant safe maintenance – removing rubber insert.	1min 42
Joint Runner-up of the Engineering Initiative category: Hanson UK – Hanson Cement Distribution
Hanson UK’s safe load-splitting for powders and safer and more efficient operation of vehicles.	2min 08
Highly Commended in Engineering Initiative category: Hanson UK – Tytherington Quarry
Hanson UK’s strain gauge for pulling tasks. 10.	1min 32
Highly Commended in Engineering Initiative category: Lafarge Cement UK Ltd – Aberthaw Works
Lafarge Cement UK Ltd’s safe kiln re-lining.	2 min 21
Highly Commended in Engineering Initiative category: CEMEX UK – Attenborough Quarry
CEMEX UK’s electric winch improvement for tugs and barges.	2 min 07
Highly Commended in Engineering Initiative category: CEMEX UK - Marine
CEMEX UK’s fall prevention improvements.	2 min 17
Highly Commended in Engineering Initiative category: Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK – West Deeping Quarry
Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK’s measures to improve sand pump safety.	2 min 16
Highly Commended in Engineering Initiative category: Francis Flower – Gurney Slade
Francis Flower’s inventive remote chute closing device to safely reduce the flow of material from the silo.	1 min 34
Winner of the Leadership; Training and Management Systems Initiative category: CEMEX UK – National Initiative
CEMEX UK’s exemplar training films.	2 min 34
Highly Commended in the Leadership; Training and Management Systems Initiative category: Steetley Dolomite Limited – Thrislington Works
Steetley Dolomite Limited’s strategic development and training to promote health and safety.	2 min 01
Winner of the Occupational Good Health category: Lafarge Aggregates and Concrete UK – National Initiative
Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK’s premiere performance campaign gives employees key messages in health & safety. The campaign features the reflections of quarry worker Maurice Lambert who spent the last years of his life raising awareness of respiratory health and the dangers of dust.	3 min 50
Runner-up in the Occupational Good Health category: Colas Limited – National Initiative
Colas Limited’s men’s health initiative.	2 min 50
Winner of the Worker Involvement category: Sibelco UK Ltd – National Initiative
Sibelco UK Ltd’s safety engagement workshops.	3 min 08
Runner-up in Worker Involvement category: Tarmac Limited – South East Region
Tarmac Limited’s tactics for solving tough safety issues.	2 min 32
Sting which Opened Afternoon Session at MPA Health & Safety Awards
Dynamic footage of the outstanding projects, initiatives and innovations which won awards at the MPA Health & Safety Conference and Awards 2011.	2 min 32

Miscellaneous MPA videos

Danny's Story
Stay safe.... stay out of quarries. Danny's mum, Lisa Skone, tells the heart-rending story of story of her son's death in a quarry trespass accident.	3min 19
Stay Safe...Stay Out of Quarries        also on
The parents and friends of Jay Harris and Ryan Walker talk about the impact their deaths have had on them and their message to other teenagers and parents about entering quarries.	30mb 7mins 32	help
999 quarry rescue
Quarry safety for teenagers – a dramatic reconstruction of a real accident.	15.8mb 14mins	help
MPA Cycle Safe
MPA Cycle Safe launch at Wellington Arch London.	4min 11
Mature thinking
Mature Thinking is a programme devised by Roy Leighton for the MPA.	10.3mb 12mins	help
Play safe ... stay safe
MPA’s quarry safety video for younger children.	16.9mb 15mins	help
Rocks around us
The role of quarries in our daily lives?	9.3mb 6mins 43	help
Cheggers Investigates
Keith Chegwin investigates mineral products in the home in this humorous but informative video for young people.	6min 19

MPA Showcase 09 videos

Showcase 09 Sting        also on
The MPA sting set Showcase 09 in motion with inspiring footage of the essential mineral products industry against an upbeat soundtrack.	14.5mb	help
Opening of Showcase 09
Channel 4 broadcaster Krishnan Guru-Murthy kicks off Showcase 09 and MPA Chairman, Lynda Chase-Gardener, launches the MPA in her opening speech.	15.7mb	help
Newsround
Kate Humble introduces the 2009 Newsround from outside at the Clitheroe Quarry, with features on Health & Safety, Sustainability, Emissions/Fuels and Community.	49.5mb	help
Concrete Update
Special feature looking at major concrete projects.	20.7mb	help
Affiliation Interview
Krishnan Guru-murthy introduces Nigel Jackson, Chief Executive of MPA, and Martin Clarke, Chief Executive of British Precast, for a short interview about the affiliation agreement.	6.9mb	help
Restoration Awards Part One
Fascinating overview of Restoration Award sites Charing Sand Pit and Irthlingborough Quarry.	7.5mb	help
Restoration Awards Part Two
Insight into Restoration Award sites Ringwood Quarry, The National Memorial Arboretum and Hell Pit.	11.2mb	help
Biodiversity Update and Restoration Awards Part Three
Kate Humble takes a look at biodiversity in this video featuring peregrine falcons, a bat cave, beehives and a hundred million year-old dinosaur dung! She also introduces the Restoration Award sites at Cauldon Cement Works and Swanton Morley.	51.7mb	help
Presentation of the 40th Anniversary Award
Poul Christensen, Acting Chairman of Natural England, announces that they will sponsor a new Biodiversity Award for future Showcases and presents the special 40th Anniversary Award.	25.7mb	help
Presentation of the Cooper-Heyman Cup
Lord Smith, Chairman of the Environment Agency, presents the Cooper-Heyman Cup for the outstanding restoration site of 2009.	15.7mb	help
Make the link
A whirlwind tour of different projects around the UK which makes the link between mineral products and what they have helped to create - whether a bridge, golf course, hospital or tunnel.	23mb 3mins 35	help