Camfaud Concrete Pumps takes plant award at Murphy supply chain event

Camfaud Concrete Pumps has been named Plant Supply Chain Partner of the Year at Murphy's annual supply chain awards, held on 12 November at the Imperial War Museum in London.

Murphy said more than 300 people representing 122 suppliers attended the event, which recognised partners across seven categories covering transportation, energy, infrastructure, plant, sustainability, health and safety and a special recognition award.

Brendan Sugrue, Managing Director at Murphy Plant Ltd, presented the plant award to Tony Faud and Adrian Spake of Camfaud Concrete Pumps Ltd. The category was won in 2024 by Flannery Plant Hire, which also took the Health & Wellbeing award that year, according to Murphy's report of the previous event.

Camfaud is part of Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc, which is listed on NASDAQ, alongside Premier Concrete Pumping and Eco Pan, according to the company's website. It operates from 30 locations nationally, including four service depots, among them Epping and Fareham, and runs a fleet of boom pumps, line pumps, static pumps, mobile pumps and stationary placing booms.

The winners

Murphy listed the 2026 winners as:

Category	Winner
Transportation	Multipave
Energy	Ramboll
Infrastructure	Fox Bros.
Plant	Camfaud Concrete Pumps
Environment & Sustainability	Huyton Asphalt Ltd
Health & Safety	Complete Moling Services
Special Recognition, One Murphy Golborne Hub	Titan Interior Solutions

John Murphy and Ian Holcroft, Procurement Director, gave welcome speeches. Murphy said it looked forward to continuing to deliver critical projects with its suppliers.

Last year's awards took place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom in London on 14 November 2024 and drew more than 300 supply chain members, which Murphy described at the time as its largest awards event to that date.

Golborne hub

Titan Interior Solutions received its special recognition award for support on Murphy's One Murphy Hub, a new office and plant depot on Wigan Road in Golborne.

Murphy announced the topping out of the hub and said it would include a 186,000 sq ft plant yard and a 23,500 sq ft workshop. At the topping out, it said the building was due to open about a year later.

John Murphy, described as CEO of Murphy in that announcement, said "the economic benefits of the new development will include a £450k annual local spend and the creation of over 215 new jobs."

Separately, Murphy has reported that a carbon-negative car park at the Golborne depot was built with a material developed over 18 months by Huyton Asphalt, this year's Environment & Sustainability winner, together with Tarmac and Low Carbon Materials. The material uses ACLA, a carbon-negative aggregate that partially replaces traditional asphalt components.

Sophie Colleran, Sustainability Manager at Huyton Asphalt, said in that announcement that "Huyton Asphalt has been providing clients with lower-carbon surfacing solutions since 2020".

Murphy's year

The awards follow Murphy's 2025 annual report, in which the group reported a record order book of £8.17bn and net cash of £412m. Revenue rose 13% to £1,581m, from £1,399m in 2024, and operating profit increased 8% to £86.1m.

Employee numbers grew 16% to 4,709, from 4,060 in 2024. Murphy describes itself as family-owned; J. Murphy & Sons Limited was founded by John Murphy in 1951.

The Golborne hub's plant yard will cover 186,000 sq ft, with a 23,500 sq ft workshop alongside it, according to Murphy.