B&Q to use crushed glass to build car parks

RMC Surfacing has signed a deal with do-it-yourself retailer B&Q to supply its crushed glass product for the construction of new carparks at B&Q warehouses and superstores.

RMC Surfacing's northern area manager Jeff Glasspoole said: "We are hoping for at least £1m of work during the next year as a result of this agreement. Each contract is set to use significant quantities of glass because each B&Q warehouse carpark can cover an area up to 12,000m2."

B&Q has agreed to use RMC's coated macadam Glassphalt in the construction of at least 10 new store carparks due to be built in England and Wales over the next couple of years.

Glasphalt contains up to 30% glass in place of primary aggregate and has been developed by materials specialist RMC Aggregates. The material is used only in the lower construction layers of a road, such as in the base and binder courses.

RMC is also expanding its flooring production with the introduction of a new production facility for pre-stressed concrete beams.

"Increasing market success for RMC's Readyfloor beam and block flooring system has led to the need for a new production facility," said a company spokesman.

The new facility, located at Rochester in Kent, will be capable of producing 200,000 linear metres of T beam used for the Readyfloor system.