Aardvark cements place on Coronation Street

Aardvark Concrete has cemented a place in the UK's longest-running television soap opera, Coronation Street, by laying the foundations for the show's newly designed bookmakers.

The Stockport-based concrete specialist is part of a construction team responsible for building a new life-sized bookies on 'The Street', which has become a television institution since it was first broadcast in 1960.

Aardvark will provide concrete from its fleet of volumetric trucks for the bookmakers' floor in preparation for the arrival of a new 'alpha male' character, who is set to take over the bookies.

The celebrity construction job, which is in collaboration with contractor 621 , is the second project the company has carried out on the hallowed cobbles.

Aardvark was part of the team, which built a set for the dramatic car crash scene involving Dev's obsessive ex-girlfriend Maya, who sensationally drove her sports car into a concrete pillar created by the company.

Mick Duigan, general manager of Aardvark, said: "We provide ready-mixed concrete throughout Greater Manchester to trade contractors carrying out small to medium sized projects, and to consumers for DIY projects, but this certainly has to be one of the most high-profile jobs we've ever carried out.

"Our bespoke specialty mix of concrete is proven to set in only two hours, so it means the product is ideal for projects such as this where everything needs to be completed in such a tight timeframe.

Our mobile batching plant can also be on stand-by throughout the job to mix concrete in exactly the required quantities, precisely when it is needed".

He added: "It'll be an honour for the company to know that future generations of Coronation Street characters will be walking on Aardvark-laid concrete to place their bets!".

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