FM Conway Corporate Brochure

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NATIONAL HIGHWAYS: SUPPORTING THE STRATEGIC ROAD NETWORK

Maintaining value Through our unique end-to-end self delivery model, we provide in-house capabilities across the lifecycle of any road infrastructure project. We can inform the design process and also carry out testing and analysis to optimise our recycling strategy. Our expertise helps to achieve higher standards, lower costs and greater efficiencies for our clients and their stakeholders. Collaboration is essential in delivering innovation and we work closely with our supply chain to ensure that we implement efficient, safe and sustainable practices within our projects. Operating our own manufacturing plant infrastructure underpins our self-delivery model, providing clients, partners and our own internal teams with security of supply and access to low carbon and high-quality recycled materials.

Through our UKAS-accredited Laboratory, we provide a full suite of testing services on bituminous materials, asphalt, aggregate, recycled aggregate and concrete, to help deliver bespoke pavement designs that meet the performance and sustainability objectives of those delivering and maintaining the strategic road network. We are part of the Smart Motorway Programme (SMP) Alliance “FM Conway has already brought clear value to the SMP Alliance and the approach and knowledge to drive low-carbon solutions is first class. “The way FM Conway has embraced the enterprise model way of working with the other strategic suppliers has been exemplar and has made collaboration easy. “The team have brought knowledge, expertise and the clear desire to support the SMP Alliance and deliver on our outcomes.” Chris Hickey – SMP Alliance, Head of Supply Chain

We make a difference:

By reporting on the social impact of our work, we know we make a difference with £18,309,586 estimated social value created through our work with our people and communities between 2020/21 £18,309,586

National Highways: M3 in Hampshire trials 70% recycled materials FM Conway has worked with National Highways and Kier to deliver the first stretch of motorway to use a resurfacing material which contains the highest proportion of recycled asphalt pavement used on the strategic road network. The new environmentally friendly resurfacing materials consisted of 70% recycled materials in the base course and 50% in the surface course. This marks a big step in the use of recycled material on the strategic road network as previously standard practice limited the recycled content of motorway and major A road surface courses to just 10%.

The recycled materials were taken from a previous project on the M3 and were stored, processed and then mixed through one of FM Conway’s parallel drum asphalt plants, before being laid back on the M3. This reduced the use of both primary aggregates from a quarry and bitumen from a refinery, giving the materials an extended lifecycle, Nearly one mile of the M3 was resurfaced, with over 1,800 tonnes of recycled material used and the overall scheme delivering a 36% reduction in carbon used. The carbon savings from using recycled materials has provided National Highways with an important element towards their commitment to carbon reduction. clearly demonstrating FM Conway’s commitment to a circular economy.