Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
When it comes to laying and maintaining the surfaces of Britain’s roads, the UK’s asphalt contractors have their work cut out. There are more than 245 thousand miles of public roads, and the work doesn’t end there—cycle tracks, pedestrian paths, car parks, airport runways, private roads, ports and freight depots all need to be kept
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
Road surface companies have certainly got their work cut out for them: Britain has more than 245,000 miles of road and the figure grows by no small amount each year. This is 5,800 miles more than there were 20 years ago, and during that time the length of main roads and motorways has increased by
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
As a surfacing contractor or employer of surfacing contractors, you’ll know all about timing issues and how labour and resource costs spiral when work is slow or delayed. The key to efficient reactive maintenance is time spent on task— and isn’t there something to be said for improving the planning and design process before the
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
Delayed flights cost huge sums of money, so airport runways need to operate at optimal capacity at all times. Surfacing airport runways need to be undertaken fast as a minute’s delay to a take-off time can run into thousands of pounds of extra costs for the airline and the airport. But safety is also paramount,
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
Over 20 million tons of asphalt are produced in the UK each year, with 2014 and 2015 seeing the market once again growing after a period of stagnation. Damaged road surfaces are not only dangerous but they also cost local authorities more and more money in maintenance and compensation pay-outs. In other words, using high
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
Repeat business and asphalt suppliers… It’s an age-old business model—make your first sale to a client and then build a relationship with them based on repeat business. The cost of sales is significantly lower for returning clients and creating customer loyalty is vital to maintaining this easier income stream. This model works brilliantly for consumables,
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
Products for car park surfaces When it comes to asphalt, not all of it is on the road. There are literally thousands of acres of car parks in the UK and their surfaces need to be just as safe and drive-worthy as any highway. Retail parks, leisure centres, cinema complexes, sports facilities—just think of the
Wednesday, August 24th, 2016
Winter is often the most stressful time for roads and those in charge of maintaining them, with reflective cracking and potholes being two of the greatest challenges to keep on top of. The recent wet winters, record rainfall and severe flooding, have caused unprecedented reflective cracking across the road network. Also, frost damage to road
Wednesday, August 24th, 2016
As flood water levels rise in the UK, so does the cost of reactive maintenance to repair the reflective cracking caused to our roads. Not only is the UK known for it’s grey skies and washed out summers, but with increasingly wetter winters, the quality of our infrastructure has the capacity to decline rapidly. Excessive
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
How is it that cracks always seem to appear from out of nowhere and always at the dead of night so that they are there, silently waiting for us in the morning? Cracks in tarmacadam can be relatively easily explained, and they occur for a number of reasons. Reasons which can often be identified by
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