News & Press Releases

Fortis IBA welcomes new General Manager to Ridham Dock IBA Processing Facility

We are delighted to welcome Tim Palmer, General Manager of the Ridham Dock IBA Processing Facility to Fortis IBA Ltd. Tim’s experience in operations management spans a variety of organisations throughout the UK and Japan where he has worked across a number of industries including manufacture of high-volume engineering steels, the complex and bespoke manufacture […]

Unveiling of the Binnegar Operational Base (OB) Memorial Benches

A ribbon cutting ceremony took place on Monday 14 November 2022 by Councillor Barry Quinn, to officially unveil the Binnegar Operational Base (OB) Memorial Benches in Binnegar Lane, Wareham. In 2017, the remains of an OB for one of these Auxiliary Units was discovered during the quarry expansion. During excavation by Raymond Brown Quarry Products, […]

Fortis host Brett Aggregates CPD Event at A303 IBA Processing Facility

Fortis IBA Ltd were delighted to have hosted Brett Aggregates for a CPD Event last week at our A303 IBA Processing Facility, the event comprised of an informative presentation and site tour by the Fortis Hydrogeological Team and Site Team. Brett Aggregates are the South East Distribution partners for Fortistone IBA Aggregate. Fortis offer CPD […]

Fortis and Raymond Brown Quarry Products receive 13th consecutive RoSPA Gold Awards (President’s Award)

Fortis and Raymond Brown Quarry Products have received their President’s RoSPA Award (13th consecutive Gold Awards) for working hard to ensure staff, subcontractors and suppliers get home safely to their families at the end of every working day. Organisations receiving a RoSPA Award are recognised as being world-leaders in health and safety practice. Every year, […]

New Plant for Raymond Brown Quarry Products

Raymond Brown Quarry Products has welcomed three new Komastu WA475-10 loading shovels to replace two Volvo L150H loading shovels at Binnegar Quarry and one at Brickworth Quarry. These new machines are supplied with Hydraulic Mechanical Transmission, providing 15% higher engine torque with lower emissions and fuel consumption. A new PC290LC-11 slew has also replaced the […]

Raymond Brown Group Stop for Safety Event

All Raymond Brown and Fortis sites took part in a group-wide “Stop for Safety” event for two hours on Monday 4th October. The event was an opportunity to get all our employees thinking and talking to each other about the hazards and risks we face daily, control measures we have in place and any improvements […]