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With quarries in Northland, branches in Auckland and a huge amount of development going on in between, it was a logical step for Atlas Concrete to open a concrete plant and dry goods store in Warkworth.
Depot manager Troy Rolfe-Vyson says the site at 24-26 Hudson Road will service everywhere from Puhoi up to Wellsford, out to both coasts and everything in between.
“This fills the gap between Atlas Quarries Brynderwyn and Atlas Concrete’s plant in Silverdale,” he says. “The company has owned this site since the mid 2000s and has just been waiting for the right time to develop it.”
The concrete is manufactured on site, using Atlas Quarries aggregates and Kaipara sand from Mt Rex Shipping, Atlas’s sand dredging arm. Computer technology sets the right quantity and blend of ingredients before it is loaded and dispatched in the Atlas fleet of trucks.
At the front is a large yard and warehouse that will be selling a wide range of dry goods including bagged cement, bagged ready mixed concrete, aggregates, drainage metal, sand, drain coil, steel mesh and rods, drainage equipment, shovels, tools and safety clothing and equipment. There will also be a wide range of additives that can be added to enhance concrete and make it more attractive, from different colours and finishes to decorative aggregates, pebbles and shell chips.
The site has been designed to reuse and recycle, so leftover concrete is moulded into blocks and the washings from the trucks is recycled into hardfill products. Process water is collected and passed through settlement ponds and reused in concrete manufacture.
“Everything gets reused or recycled, there’s no real waste here,” Troy says.
“We are looking to improve the service offer for customers buying concrete in the region. Atlas also has a range of industry specific tools that have not been available in Warkworth until now.”
Troy, a Warkworth local, has worked for Atlas as a sales rep based in Silverdale and has been transferred to bring experience to the operation from the start.
