O'Keefe Utilities Limited

In 2005 Patrick O’Keefe identified a need in the Utility Industry for a recycling process that could produce British Standard materials from the fines of trench arisings.  This material would replace the virgin Type 1 that was at the time being imported for these works and eliminate the unnecessary disposal of arisings to the depleting landfill sites. 

As a soil remediation specialist with over 20 years experience and a full-time laboratory we were able to conduct extensive testing and trials which resulted in the development of Hydraulically Bound Materials (HBM's) that are used as replacement for virgin quarried MOT Type 1.

The SMARTR Process

Our process is called SMARTR which is an acronym for: Stabilising Materials from Arisings - Re-grading & Treating for Re-use. In 2006 we teamed up with a leading European soil treatment plant specialist to design and build SMARTR machines that would meet our specific requirements. 

The SMARTR process offers a solution to the unnecessary disposal of arisings by using them to produce a material that is used for base and sub-base back-fill for highway reinstatement.  We can recycle as much as 98% of what has been excavated.  All factory production controls adhere to the WRAP Quality Protocols and the material is produced and tested to BS EN 14227-1. 

PAVIMENTUM: The product name and it's origins

The name originates from the material that was used by the Romans for the construction of their roads over 2,000 years ago.

The Roman roads were built using pieces of crushed stone, lime, flint, tile, and other materials which were set in a bed of ashes or cement and consolidated by beating down with a rammer.  The earth bed or the middle level of their road construction was known as 'Pavimentum’.

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