Aardvark goes into top gear for motorway contracts

Following highly successful initial supply contract for repairs to Manchester's M60 motorway, Aardvark Concrete has become an overnight success for civil engineering projects in the North West.

Aardvark's newly expanded fleet of high specification volumetric trucks, now the largest in the region, has given it the ability to supply fresh, fast-setting concrete mixed to order, on-site.

This makes it ideal for fast turnaround repair work to transport networks and local contractors have been quick to catch on.

Contractor A E Yates selected Aardvark to supply concrete for resurfacing work to the M60, J1-2.

Aardvark's technical consultant formulated a particularly strong P400 concrete mix with accelerator which reached a high strength extremely quickly.

The mobile batching plant was on stand-by throughout the job to mix the concrete in exactly the required quantities, precisely when it was needed.

Following its initial motorway contract for A E Yates LTD it has become the preferred supplier for an increasing number of contractors working on overnight motorway barrier repair contracts.

In a matter of weeks Aardvark has worked on all of the major motorways in the area including the M60, M6, M56, M58.

Dale Dixon, site manager for A.E.Yates, (the civils contractor undertaking the project) said, "When working on projects with a fast turnaround like this one, we need a high level of efficiency from our suppliers".

"We can be repairing small or large sections of motorway and need the materials on site and to order, as often it's difficult to specify in advance exactly how much concrete we'll need for a job".

""Aardvark was able to mix exactly what we needed on site, so there wasn't any wastage or waiting around for us".

John Kilroe, managing director of Aardvark, said: "Many contractors still haven't bought into the benefits of volumetric concrete yet, but it offers fantastic flexibility and efficiency on-site.

Our expanded fleet means that we can offer volumetric concrete in larger quantities and can work on a number of different motorway sections simultaneously".

""Now that some local contractors have seen for themselves how efficient volumetric concrete is and how accurate the mixing process is, they are much keener to use it again".

"We're confidently expecting to double turnover over the next 12 months and extend our reach to cover the entire region.

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