Date: 20 June 2014
Photo story: 900 hours’ repainting is no light work at Barns Ness
Work has started on the 10-yearly task of fully repainting the historic 36½ metre-high Barns Ness lighthouse near Dunbar, taking nearly 900 man-hours, 390 litres of paint and 60 tonnes of scaffolding to ensure safe working conditions.
The 1901 Stevenson landmark, owned by Lafarge Tarmac’s Dunbar cement plant since the lighthouse was decommissioned in 2007, is a favourite with walkers, amateur radio clubs and abseiling charity fundraisers alike says the company’s quarry manager Dave Hurcombe.
“It gets the full force of the sea, rain and wind so we have to touch it up regularly between full repaints,” he says. “But it’s an iconic landmarkfor the area we want tokeep it well-maintained for the local community to enjoy.”
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- Landscape view with buildings (top left)
- Painters on scaffolding (top right)
- View from below (bottom left)
About the DunbarCement plant
The Dunbar Cement plant has 130 employees and is estimated to contribute more than £8 million to the local economy each year through salaries, rates, contracts with local suppliers and donations. The site started operations in 1963 and is the only cement works in Scotland. It has benefited from some £100 million of investment since it was built, including a highly efficient kiln and landmark preheater tower and the £20 million gas scrubber built in 2007, which has halved sulphur and dust emissions. The Dunbar plant has made significant inroads into reducing its greenhouse gas emissions in recent years by sourcing 20% of its power requirements from the methane produced by a neighbouring landfill site, maximising use of its own raw materials, shifting significant numbers of vehicle movements from road to rail and utilising increased levels of waste-derived fuels that leave no by-product.
About Lafarge Tarmac
Lafarge Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials andconstruction solutionsbusiness. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long term future.We have contributedto some of the UK’s biggest construction projects, including Wembley Stadium, Heathrow Terminal 5, The Shard and London 2012.We have over 150 years of experience and directly employ around6,600people across a nationwide network of over330sites. Our solutions span aggregates, asphalt, cement, lime, readymix concrete, road contracting and maintenance, building products and recycling services. This unique combination of people, technology and assets enables usto offer customers unrivalled choice, innovation and flexibility.Lafarge Tarmacoperates independently, but is owned by Lafarge SA and Anglo American,who are equal shareholders.Lafarge Tarmac’sbusiness hasgrownorganicallyas well as through acquisitions, including household namessuch asTarmac, Blue Circle and Redland. The leadership team includes CyrilleRagoucy as CEO, and Guy Young as CFO.
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