MEDIA RELEASE
<date> May 2016 For Immediate Release
Innovative ‘Slab’ Builder Helps Remote Farmers
Farmers from south Queensland and northern New South Wales are set to benefit from laser concreting technology now available in their rural regions.
For farmers in regional areas, the prospect of using the latest in construction and agricultural technologies is often a challenge and something limited to those in more urban regions or with access to city centres.
Concreting for remote projects is now easier with the innovative laser screed technology being offered by family owned EXM Concreting from Gympie who are travelling over 1,000 km to service concreting projects for farmers.
EXM Concreting’s Managing Director, Evan English is dedicated to servicing projects in these regional and remote areas.
“Things can be challenging in rural and remote areas so we try to bring innovative systems and tools to help us achieve an excellent result, regardless of the conditions and challenges,” Mr English said.
EXM Concreting’s prized technology is a laser screed from the United States known as the Somero S160.
A laser screed provides a flatter, more even surface finish to concrete slabs, reduces labour costs on large scale projects, and is faster than traditional, manual screeding processes.
Prior to concreting Evan was working in the agriculture industry and understands the challenges and needs for this technology within construction projects in these remote areas.
“From our research, there are only about 5 laser screeds in Queensland and none of the companies with this technology are servicing remote or rural areas across the Queensland to New South Wales wheat belt,” Mr English said.
Farmers and regional projects have been disadvantaged in the past with limited or no access to this type of technology.
“When we purchased our laser screed the previous owner was from WA and he told us in the past he had transported his laser screed from WA to complete a project in remote Queensland. There just wasn’t anyone willing to service rural Queensland,” Mr English said.
“Our laser screed services are simply about bringing city technology to the bush.”
Lars Hedberg, from Monarch Warmbloods has been breeding warmbloods for the last 18 years and recently completed a construction project using the laser screed.
“We built a stable complex and covered arena. With our property located on 150 acres in Kandanga (Mary Valley region) having the laser screed technology available was an absolute bonus for us, it really saved on time and labour costs,” said Mr Hedberg.
Having laser screeding technology available for remote projects can assist farmers with creating slabs for machinery sheds, silo bases, grain sheds, livestock or dairy sheds, equine stables and workshop sheds.
EXM Concreting are passionate to share their innovative concreting technology with regional and remote farmers and will be attending Farmfest in Toowoomba from June 6 - 8.
.ENDS.
For more information or media contacts, please contact:
Liberty Moore
(07) 5437 7788
Images attached of laser screed in action and EXM Concreting team.
Further Information:
EXM Concreting Website: www.exmconcreting.com.au
EXM Concreting Corporate Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7nOd3VPyjY&feature=youtu.be
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