CEMEX Shortlisted For Construction News Award

CEMEX UK, building materials provider, has been selected as a finalist in the Supply Chain Excellence category for the 2013 Construction News Awards, to be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London on 11 July 2013. A record number of entries were submitted for this year’s Construction News Awards. Finalists will now face Dragon’s Den-style live interviews to members of the 53-strong jury of esteemed key clients, contractors, consultants, institutes and government departments including:

• Simon Kirby – Network Rail
• Tony Jacob - John Lewis Partnership
• John Mead – Crossrail
• Tony Giddings – Argent
• James Pellatt - Great Portland Estates
• David Philp – Cabinet Office

The Construction News Awards are the most prestigious and coveted awards in the construction industry. With 17 targeted categories the awards cover every aspect of construction from training to technology, ensuring that the whole supply chain is recognized for excellence in their area.

Construction News Editor, Rebecca Evans commented: “The construction industry has a lot to shout about and these awards are a part of that, each of you should feel rightly proud to be among our finalists.” New categories for 2013 include the Digital Built Britain Award, BIM Initiative and Supply Chain Excellence Award.

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For further information contact James Fairclough; email: James.Fairclough@cemex.com telephone: 01788 51735201788 517352

Note to editors:

• Helping to build a Greater Britain – CEMEX’s vision is to help build a greater Britain by providing solutions to construction problems through our innovative building materials, our expertise, our understanding of the construction issues and our people.  We aim to create the best service and the best solutions for a better future.      

• CEMEX is a global building solutions company and leading supplier of cement, ready-mixed concrete and aggregates. In the UK, CEMEX also produces asphalt, and has a significant share of the concrete- paving and block sectors. Additionally, the company is the leading supplier of concrete sleepers to the rail industry and a supplier of PFA cement additives. CEMEX has a national supply network in the UK with over 360 locations, to ensure that quality building materials are available to customers locally. For more information, see www.CEMEX.co.uk, www.CEMEX.com