A LEADING demolition firm in Ellesmere Port has won two contracts worth £1m.
D Morgan plc have secured the contracts for the New Heartlands Housing Market Renewal Initiative in Liverpool.
The two schemes, part of a four year framework contract, are in Picton and Edge Hill and are due for completion by November.
The works will involve more than site clearance with D Morgan recovering all structural timber and materials for reuse, along with brickwork.
Jack Rowley, contracts director of D Morgan, said: “It is this innovative approach to demolition, and the company’s expertise in salvaging reusable materials that has enabled us to become increasingly successful in winning public sector contracts.
“We are committed to achieving excellent results in Picton and Edge Hill, and look forward to providing the Housing Market Renewal Initiative with environmentally sustainable solutions for its projects across Merseyside.”
The firm has recently achieved carbon negative status, thanks to the many years it has spent carrying out extensive tree planting at the quarries and landfill sites it operates across North Wales and the North West.
Using the Go Carbon Neutral method of measurement Dave Youngs, D Morgan’s environmental manager, calculated that the company produces 3,214 tonnes of CO2 per year.
On the basis that 1.4 trees need to be planted per tonne of CO2 emitted, and allowing for contingencies, Dave worked out that the company needed to plant 4,950 trees annually to become carbon neutral.
He was delighted to discover that having planted over 90,000 trees over the last fifteen years the company had significantly exceeded its target.
Mr Rowley said: “Land is our business, and we have always taken environmental sustainability seriously. We have long taken the view that our extensive tree planting programme is both good for the environment and good for our business.
“It is particularly encouraging to have the evidence that we are not just carbon neutral, but carbon negative. We are committed to maintaining this, and to the continual adoption of best practice in environmental sustainability.”
