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Bagging goes nationwide for MCM

We’re expanding our bagging service, making bagged soils, sands and aggregates available wherever you work. We’re constantly breaking our own records and now deliver more than 2,500 bags a month to customer sites across the UK. We’ve already delivered bagged materials to the major redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station, the Greenwich Peninsular redevelopment and the Cambridge University Triangle Project. If your site is difficult to access, leave the hard lifting to us and get bagged materials delivered exactly where you need them.

New account management and haulage expertise in the MCM team

Our dynamic team grew recently with a new addition: account manager and haulage specialist Josh McEwan. With three years of industry experience in logistics and distribution, Josh will contribute strongly to our delivery and customer support capabilities. Welcome Josh!

Recognising landscaping excellence at the BALI Awards with MCM

BALI National Landscape Awards recognise the very best in the industry, from the smallest designers and contractors, to the largest multi-location and commercial landscaping companies. Winning one is the pinnacle of professional achievement for BALI members, requiring the highest levels of professionalism and skill in a wide variety of landscaping projects. To help honour the very best in the industry, MCM sponsors the awards, and we even presented one last year. We’re proud to be a part of the best of British landscaping and we’re looking forward to joining friends and colleagues at the award ceremony again this year. Good luck to all the award nominees – see you there!

Our success at Mile End Crossrail has been rewarded

After successfully supplying a major CrossRail infrastructure project at Mile End Cross, MCM has been chosen to deliver additional support and materials at the Limmo peninsula in Canning Town. As a key project partner, we are already sending materials to the site, with 3,000 tonnes already delivered. We’re on track for another successful CrossRail project, no pun intended!

MCM return as BALI National Landscape Award Sponsor 2018

MCM will once again be sponsoring the BALI National Landscape Awards 2018. Returning to category sponsorship of these prestigious Awards – the flagship for the UK landscaping industry – MCM will be supporting, promoting and advocating all that is at the pinnacle of service and professionalism in the industry. Leading the way in the supply of topsoil, primary and secondary aggregates and construction materials to award-winning regeneration projects, the fitting category to which MCM will add their name is that of REGENERATION PROJECT OVER £500K. The Principal Award Winner in this category in 2017 was Talbot Farm Landscapes for their breathtaking landscape at the Parade Ground, Hyde Park.

BALI National Landscape Award Winners 2018

The award-winning companies in the 2018 Awards in the REGENERATION PROJECT OVER £500K category are:

Endrick Landscapes for Structural Landscape Works
P Casey (Land Reclamation) for Cliffe Castle Park Restoration
Blakedown Landscapes (SE) for Hunstanton Heritage Gardens
Ground Control for Elephant Park
idverde for Project Pilgrim, Gloucester Cathedral
Horticon for Knowsley Safari Park Tiger Trail

Principal Winner

The 42nd BALI National Landscape Awards celebrate the best of the best in the realms of landscape construction, maintenance and design, as well as supplier and employer excellence. Proud to be associated once again with the BALI National Landscape Awards and the top class of UK landscaping, Shazna Ali and her team are looking forward to the Awards Presentations themselves on Friday 7 December at Grosvenor House, Park Lane. The Principal Winner of each category will then be announced.

“Service and exceptional professionalism at the very core of our business”

Shazna commented: “We are really pleased to be involved once again in promoting the highest level of achievement within UK landscaping. With service and exceptional professionalism at the very core of our business, we feel the Awards are the height of recognition for the industry’s leading lights – and we’re very proud to work alongside them.”

Join MCM and BALI at Battersea Power Station

Tour of Battersea Power Station Development

Supporting the industry across the region, MCM will be on display as BALI East Anglia members and associates attend a special guided tour of the exciting new Battersea Power Station development on 4 October 2018. With keynote presentations from Benjamin Walker of LDA Design and Nick Haddock of Andy Sturgeon Designs, the event will outline the vision, design and the journey to the development’s completion.

Book your place

You can register for the event as a BALI member or non-member. Spaces are limited. Delegates from the MCM team will be sponsoring the event and will be networking with the delegates throughout the day. This exclusive tour opportunity includes refreshments, networking opportunities and the presentations.

Celebrating success at BALI Tour of Battersea Power Station

On 4 October 2018, Shazna Ali, Ben Tully and Anthony Mcloughlin from MCM attended a BALI-organised event, with the focus on the BALI East Anglia membership. A superb opportunity for the MCM team to meet their landscaping clients en masse, as well as potential new procurement potential for soils, aggregates and their waste management services, the event also included a tour around the prestigious new regeneration development at Battersea Power Station.

MCM and BALI at Battersea Power Station

The Battersea Power Station Peregrines

As a fascinating side story during the tour, we heard of the now infamous Battersea Power Station Peregrines. Well-known locally and to enthusiasts, there is a community of peregrine falcons who also reside and nest at the new development. Their next is at the pinnacle of the site in the quiestest corner. These birds are endangered and usually found on cliffs and in remote rock formations – not normally associated with urban building developments! With their thankful increase in numbers however, London now hosts the second highest urban population of peregrines in the World, after New York.

Read about the Peregrines at Battersea Power Station>>

The BALI Event at Battersea Power Station

Superbly organised by BALI East Anglia and well-attended by the landscaping membership and associated industries, suppliers, designers and specifiers, the event also included a Meet the Buyer break-out session and speakers from Andy Sturgeon Design and LDA Design. Shazna praised the event as:

“another brilliant BALI promotional event, made all the more fascinating by the landscape story and its development, unfolding in front of us on the tour itself.

The MCM team will be following the BPS landscaping story and its procurement closely.

MCM industry support and promotion

MCM regularly support BALI events through sponsorship and attendance and are BALI Awards Category Sponsors – Regeneration Scheme +£500K at this year’s BALI National Landscape Awards 2018 taking place on 7 December 2018.

Jason Matthias | The M of MCM

Jason Matthias 1960 – 2016

In November especially, we remember those we have lost. At MCM this time of year has an added sadness, as we remember the sudden passing of Jason Matthias, one of the company’s founders, at the early age of 56 in November 2016.

The M of MCM

Much more than the M of MCM – Matthias Construction Materials – Jason was the driving force behind our business success and growth from the very beginning in 1992. Behind this great man was a close-knit, supportive and loving family – both at home and at work – from his wife Shazna, children and their broader MCM family at the Surrey headquarters.

Strong principles and inspiration

Jason instilled the spirit of inclusiveness at MCM. Everyone was welcome. Jason managed to join the dots between supplier and customer. Today, we maintain this core standard inspired by him and thus continue the traditions of good value and great business practice.

Legacy

MCM now supplies over 500,000 tonnes of construction and landscaping material each year, including 100,000 tonnes of topsoil and 250,000 tonnes of primary aggregates – and 100,000 one-tonne bags. The M of MCM is synonymous with multi-faceted products, meticulous attention to detail and mastery in the supply of soils, aggregates and waste removal … but for the MCM team, it will remain the M of Jason Matthias: businessman, husband, father, colleague and friend.

BALI Landscape Awards Sponsors 2018 – and 2019

Celebrating with Winners Ground Control

A fantastic celebration of the nation’s landscapes, landscaping contractors, designers and suppliers, the 42nd BALI National Landscape Awards took place in the splendour of Grosvenor House, Park Lane on Friday 7 December 2018. As Category Sponsors, the MCM team were joined by guests including friends from Skidmores, Kings Landscapes and Tilhill Forestry.

MCM Sponsors of the Regeneration +£500K Category

Represented admirably on stage by our Director, Shazna Ali, the Principal Winner of the Regeneration Scheme Value +£500K was Ground Control for Elephant Park, Elephant & Castle, London. The other winners in the category were:

Endrick Landscapes for Dargavel Village, Bishopton
P Casey (Land Reclamation) for Cliffe Castle Park Restoration
Blakedown Landscapes (SE) for Hunstanton Heritage Gardens
idverde for Project Pilgrim, Gloucester Cathedral
Horticon for Knowsley Safari Park Tiger Trail

Category Sponsors into 2019: MCM and Regeneration Scheme +£500K

With our continued investment and promotion of the landscape industry and the BALI membership, we have renewed our Sponsorship and will continue as Category Sponsors at the 43rd BALI National Landscape Awards 2019 which will be held once again in December.

Friendly goalfest with Foran Construction

Full-time, honours even

At the inaugural football match last night (23 March 2019) between our MCM team and Foran Construction, honours were even and the spoils shared with the game finishing up at 9 – 9. We would like to express a huge “thank you” to everyone who came down to play and cheer us on. Only a few sore knees remain – bring on the next leg!

Golf Day brings out the big names in construction and professional football

MCM sponsor Charity Golf Day

MCM played hosts at the Annual Campioni Golf Day last week (Friday 29 March 2019), with an impressive array of top level ex-professional footballers joining 4-ball golf teams on a gloriously sunny day at The Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Denham. With a golf target competition and a charity auction to help raise funds towards the treatment of the 12 year old daughter of Paul Devlin (ex-Birmingham FC) who has Addisons Disease, the Day was sponsored by MCM and New Vision Sports Group.

MCM sponsor Charity Golf Day

Managing Director Shazna Ali praised the organisers, Campioni, and added: “We had a great day in the glorious sunshine. MCM were pleased to host the event as sponsors, particularly as it offered a superb opportunity to help raise money for an incredibly important reason. Also, it gave us a chance to spend some well-deserved informal time with some of our construction clients by inviting them along to rub shoulders with some of the high profile ex-professional footballers who continue to work with Campioni Academy.”

“Well deserved informal time with some of our construction clients.” – Shazna Ali, MCM

Annie’s Crowdfunding Page

The Devlins have set up a Crowdfunding page for those who wish to donate to the cause. Donate now >>

MCM praised for Exceptional Service in BALI Awards 2019

MCM Winner of Affiliate Exceptional Service to landscaping in BALI Awards 2019

As well as presenting the Principal Award to the winner in the Regeneration Scheme £500K Category as Sponsors at this year’s BALI Awards, we’ll be celebrating our own successes too! For demonstrating “exemplary standards of professional excellence”, MCM have achieved this Award after their very first nomination. Out of 145 entries submitted in 2019, 91 National Landscape Awards have been bestowed on 63 members of the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI).

“They are a safe pair of hands, with the service, product range, technical knowledge and value for money that we look for in a supplier.”

The Principal Award Winner in this and all other Categories will be announced at the BALI Awards on Friday 6 December. MCM will be attending as Sponsors and potential Principal Winners. The team will be celebrating alongside their clients and associates and toasting all their achievements in the highest echelons of the landscape industry.

“Immense pride….unending support and professionalism.”

Speaking after the winners were announced on Monday 9 September 2019, Managing Director Shazna Ali spoke of her “immense pride” in the team she has helped build and their “unending support and professionalism” in one of the most competitive arenas for the supply of topsoil, aggregates and waste services for landscape and construction projects.

We’ll be celebrating at the BALI Awards 2019 on 6 December 2019 at Grosvenor House, Park Lane

MCM launches mobile app | MCM OnTheGo

New MCM app keeps you in touch on the move

Sometimes when you’re on site or en route, you’ll need instant access to the your latest MCM orders, rates, latest offers and site details. With the brand new MCM OnTheGo app, it’s all in one place – at your fingertips.

MCM in your pocket

You can check your order and ask for a new quote. If you need to show us exact site conditions, you can upload photos. You can amend your contact details, add site specific addresses and order anytime – no need to wait till office hours. With the MCM OnTheGo app, send us the details at your own convenience, leaving you to continue with the rest of your project, safe in the knowledge that MCM are on the case.

With the latest news, product information and social media feeds in the home menu, you’ll have everything you need in terms of topsoil, aggregates and muck away – in your pocket.

Ready to work with MCM OnTheGo?

A select number of clients are already working with the MCM OnTheGo app – could it be your next go-to mobile tool? Scan the QR code and see for yourself or DOWNLOAD THE APP – or speak to the team on 0845 053 34 54 or visit us at FutureScape on Stand 150 on Tuesday 19 November 2019.

October 2019

Supporting, nurturing, empowering: The M of MCM

The M of MCM

Every business has a personality at its very heart: a leader, an innovator, a force that drives them to succeed. And at the centre of our MCM heart is Jason Matthias. Through the M of Matthias Construction Materials, Jason’s spirit continues to inspire and enthuse the team as it has done since he started the company in 1992. A personality that made a huge impact on the industry, his clients, his associates, his colleagues and above all his wife Shazna and their children, the ripples of Jason’s sudden passing in November 2016 at the age of 56 have been felt every day since.

The MCM Family

Jason and Shazna Matthias built and fortified the MCM business which continues to thrive and remains firmly grounded on the most solid of foundations. Every November, everyone upon whom Jason’s light shone remembers him for his lust for life, his supportive and encouraging nature and how he always looked out for, supported and empowered his staff. This ethos and his spirit lives on across the MCM family – at business and at home.

Strong principles and inspiration

“A most genuine, beautiful man with values to match and a real lust for life and business success. His natural ability to support, nurture and encourage those around him is instilled in all of us. Jason remains a shining light throughout MCM. Jason’s legacy in our business is his work ethic, his passion and his aim to empower others to be the same. His commitment to honest values and solid business practices lives on – something we’re really proud of. We’re still a family business with me at the helm and most of our team were lucky enough to know and appreciate Jason’s attributes first-hand. They continue to reflect these in their ongoing development of the business, all day, every day. A truly unique and remarkable man in life, business and friendship, the Matthias name lives on in all of us. Jason was a true leader with a passion for life and has instilled life-changing values in all of us and our staff and management team. A friend to all.”

20 November 2019

Legacy

MCM now supplies over 500,000 tonnes of construction and landscaping material for each year, including 100,000 tonnes of topsoil and 250,000 tonnes of primary aggregates – and 100,000 one-tonne bags.
The M of MCM is synonymous with multi-faceted products, meticulous attention to detail and mastery in the supply of soils, aggregates and waste removal … but for the MCM team, it will remain the M of Jason Matthias: businessman, husband, father, colleague and friend.

MCM celebrate Excellence at BALI National Landscape Awards 2019

The Place? Grosvenor House, Park Lane. The Event? The 43rd BALI National Landscape Awards 2019. The Result? A fantastic culmination of a very successful year in landscaping supply. The Reason? A chance to raise a glass or two to celebrate our Award win in the Affiliate Exceptional Service Category and our Sponsorship of the Regeneration Scheme >£500K with winners Blakedown Landscapes.

Affiliate Excellence

The annual Awards are organised and promoted by the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) at the event that took place on Friday 6 December 2019. They celebrate the skills, hard work, quality, commitment and successes of BALI Registered members and are the largest landscape Awards in Europe. They recognise excellence in landscape design, construction and maintenance both in the UK and overseas, as well as awarding Employer Excellence and Affiliate Exceptional Service – and that’s us!

The judge’s feedback was that the quality and comprehensive content of the MMCM Award Submission was clear, concise and had good supporting evidence.

“A worthy winner, congratulations to all concerned” – BALI Judging Panel

WINNER Regeneration Project £500K+: Blakedown Landscapes SE

MCM also reinforced their BALI membership support as they once again took the stage as Sponsors in the category “Regeneration Scheme over £500,000”. Both award winners, Talbot Farm Landscapes and Blakedown Landscapes, had submitted exceptional projects. The Principal Winner Award was presented by MCM’s Managing Director Shazna Ali to Blakedown for their Great Yarmouth Borough Council Venetian Waterways project. The scheme also received a Special Award for ‘Best Community involvement’ at the Awards.

Award-winning projects with MCM topsoils and aggregates

Our involvement didn’t stop there. As well as working with 12 other 2019 BALI Award winners this year on landscaping and construction projects, we had direct involvement in FIVE of this year’s Award Winning schemes, including TWO Principal Award Winners:

Award-winning projects with MCM Topsoils and Aggregates

Domestic Garden Construction – Between £100k – £250k: Winner Verde Landscapes – Supply of soils and aggregates; waste removal
Domestic Garden Construction – Over £250k: Principal Winner LDC – Supply of soils and aggregates; waste removal
Hard Landscaping Construction (non-domestic) – Over £500k: Winner Frosts Landscapes – Supply of Type 1 primary aggregates; waste removal
Hard Landscaping Construction (non-domestic) – Over £500k: Winner Blakedown Landscapes – Supply of crushed concrete and sharp sand; waste removal
Registered Designer & Registered Contractor Joint Submission: Principal Winner Landform Consultants – Grab supply of Type 1, sharp sand; waste removal

For MCM, attending with members of the Sales and Marketing team, this event was a chance to celebrate with and congratulate some of their clients and associates who have been involved with the company this year and in their 25 year history. A resounding success for all involved.

People Focus: Darrel Burgess, MCM Sales Director

People Focus: Darrel Burgess, MCM Sales Director MCM

In a new feature where we focus on the people of MCM, we want to shine the spotlight on Darrel Burgess, MCM’s recently-promoted Sales Director.

Darrel heads up the Sales and Technical team at MCM, working alongside four other commercial colleagues who manage the supply chain, logistics, customer support and technical specification involved with delivering soils and aggregates to the nation’s construction projects.

Instrumental

Darrel has been with MCM for almost 9 years and has been instrumental in the company’s developments in recent years, forging new and managing existing partnerships and strategic alliances and ensuring the focus is maintained on the consistently high quality delivery of landscaping materials and waste management services for which MCM is renowned.

Far-reaching

Previously employed directly in construction and in a technical sales role with a little bar work thrown in, Darrel started as a Sales Executive in 2011 before becoming Sales Manager in 2015 and, in 2019, Sales Director. His role now is a far-reaching one: managing the account team and the purchase and sales operations, as well as acting as a company ambassador at trade and corporate events.

The best back-up

And what makes Darrel tick? In his own words:

“There’s nothing better than taking a client’s first enquiry through to the finished solution, being on site, seeing it happen. We’re very much a face-to-face, hands-on team and that’s the best way to be in this industry. And it helps to have a good set of guys around me, really the best back-up there is.”

COVID-19 and MCM: Adapting to a different rhythm

Contact-less working with MCM

Reduced in number but still on hand to field enquiries and offer client support, the MCM team continue to manage those key essential sites with all delivery and site staff heeding closely the latest Public Health England guidelines.

The team are looking at new ways to engage which will shape us beyond this pandemic. The key values we have worked so hard to establish and maintain remain paramount. We may all work differently from now on, but these values won’t change.

Thank you to our wonderfully loyal clients, our colleagues and supply associates – we’re stronger together.

Supporting key essential construction projects

During these challenging times MCM would like to reassure you that we are open and providing services to our clients and sites that are still operating. These include a number of hospitals and key works sites as well as the domestic market. We are taking measures to ensure social distancing measures are followed, additional PPE is being worn and that we are adhering to government working guidelines.

Deliveries to Stoke Mandeville Hospital for their temporary COVID-19 treatment wing with Kenward Groundworks:

We are well stocked with all our usual aggregates, sands, soil and having tipping facilities open to perform any muck away.

All our materials are available to be delivered in bulk bags as well as loose or with grab offload. We also deliver concrete in volumetric lorries, 25 kg bags of cement and concrete “lego” blocks.

If you have any sites or you require any of these services please contact us today

We hope you all stay safe and well.

Your MCM Team

Past, present and future: Solid Foundations

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Multi-trip bagged aggregates, soils and cements

“Past, present, future. I’m so proud of our team, helping client project continuity, safely and diligently. Hygiene regimes, rotas and technology have been introduced that will not only ensure safety and efficiency in the lockdown but beyond. We’re diversifying, managing domestic and homebuilder demands and pivoting to work professionally in new ways to suit – and looking at our business with a new digital outlook; contact- and hassle-free. So we might feel isolated, but I think we’re closer than ever.”

Supporting key construction projects

Getting clients out of a fix when sourcing materials

Getting a new client out of a fix. This company needed to progress on a school site in South London. This established screeding company got in touch with us and we rose to the challenge, quickly turning it around: 60 cubic metres of 4/8 lightweight clay aggregate, delivered safely and contact-free, ready for their lightweight concrete mix.

Lightweight aggregate + heavyweight commitment for key construction projects. Smooth, quite literally, from start to finish:

We are well stocked with all our usual aggregates, sands, soil and having tipping facilities open to perform any muck away.

If you have any sites or you require any of these services please contact us today

We hope you all stay safe and well.

Your MCM Team

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Bagging goes nationwide for MCM

New account management and haulage expertise in the MCM team

Recognising landscaping excellence at the BALI Awards with MCM

Our success at Mile End Crossrail has been rewarded

MCM return as BALI National Landscape Award Sponsor 2018

BALI National Landscape Award Winners 2018

Principal Winner

Join MCM and BALI at Battersea Power Station

Tour of Battersea Power Station Development

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Celebrating success at BALI Tour of Battersea Power Station

MCM and BALI at Battersea Power Station

The Battersea Power Station Peregrines

The BALI Event at Battersea Power Station

Jason Matthias | The M of MCM

Jason Matthias 1960 – 2016

The M of MCM

Strong principles and inspiration

Legacy

BALI Landscape Awards Sponsors 2018 – and 2019

Celebrating with Winners Ground Control

MCM Sponsors of the Regeneration +£500K Category

Category Sponsors into 2019: MCM and Regeneration Scheme +£500K

Friendly goalfest with Foran Construction

Full-time, honours even

Golf Day brings out the big names in construction and professional football

MCM sponsor Charity Golf Day

MCM sponsor Charity Golf Day

Annie’s Crowdfunding Page

MCM praised for Exceptional Service in BALI Awards 2019

MCM Winner of Affiliate Exceptional Service to landscaping in BALI Awards 2019

We’ll be celebrating at the BALI Awards 2019 on 6 December 2019 at Grosvenor House, Park Lane

MCM launches mobile app | MCM OnTheGo

New MCM app keeps you in touch on the move

MCM in your pocket

Ready to work with MCM OnTheGo?

Supporting, nurturing, empowering: The M of MCM

The M of MCM

The MCM Family

Strong principles and inspiration

Legacy

MCM celebrate Excellence at BALI National Landscape Awards 2019

Affiliate Excellence

WINNER Regeneration Project £500K+: Blakedown Landscapes SE

Award-winning projects with MCM topsoils and aggregates

Award-winning projects with MCM Topsoils and Aggregates

People Focus: Darrel Burgess, MCM Sales Director MCM

Instrumental

Far-reaching

The best back-up

COVID-19 and MCM: Adapting to a different rhythm

Contact-less working with MCM

Supporting key essential construction projects

Deliveries to Stoke Mandeville Hospital for their temporary COVID-19 treatment wing with Kenward Groundworks:

Past, present and future: Solid Foundations

Multi-trip bagged aggregates, soils and cements

Supporting key construction projects

Getting clients out of a fix when sourcing materials