FM Conway - Going the Extra Mile

Going the Extra Mile

The roads we were working on were our own virtual quarry; we simply had to learn how to make use of it. This was surely a business model with a big future.

Conways Concrete Products Ltd. at Caerleon, Newport. At the back of the yard, stretching all the way along the belt of trees, is the tip where I discovered the ‘waste aggregate’ that had been dumped there for the past twenty-five years. This is what got me switched on to recycling.

we can think of a way it can be done. Let’s put it in products that aren’t British standard.’ And we brought down a crusher and a screener, and we tried out some of the stuff in concrete blocks, and it was as strong as ordinary aggregates. So, from then on, we put a percentage of recycling into our new products at CCP. B ut that set me thinking. Why weren’t we doing this elsewhere? We had a number of jobs in Sutton where we could also use recycled materials. The last couple of winters had been really hard, and the cold had cracked the road surfaces all over the Borough, and now the Council wanted us to reconstruct them. So, I rented a yard in Downs Road, and set up a crusher. And it was great work. We

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