BT Jenkins adds to Sandvik fleet to produce ‘clean’ products
Offering earthmoving, recycling and plant hire services throughout Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, Exeter based BT Jenkins Ltd has emerged as one of the leadingand processors in the region. In order to continue to offer premium services at competitive prices, the company has added to its extensive fleet of Sandvik mobile crushers and screeners acquiring a new QE342 scalper...
BT Jenkins Ltd, established in 1960, is a company which takes great pride in its reputation as a professional contractor offering a personal service. Operating throughout Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, its regular clients include regional and visiting national contractors, county and local authorities, local businesses and landowners. “We offer a wide range of earthmoving and plant hire related services to suit our client’s requirements, from initial enquiry through to project completion. Our directly employed work force brings experience and expertise to all services we provide,” says Russell Lowton, operations manager, who adds, “We believe the best testament to our operations is supported by the amount of repeat business we receive from our clients.”
Why BT Jenkins is so well thought of is an easy question to answer for Russell. “We believe our hands-on personal and professional service is a major reason why we receive a large proportion of our business through repeat enquiries from regular clients. Directly employed managers and staff offer the necessary qualified skills, experience and knowledge to deliver projects safely, within program and to budget. All our staff is CPCS certified, and we pride ourselves on our ability to offer industry expertise at a personal level; we welcome the opportunity to be involved in projects at an early stage with the intent to promote project efficiency and possible cost savings.”
One area in which BT Jenkins thrives and has developed an excellent reputation is in the crushing and screening of primary and recycled aggregates. The company undertakes these activities both at its own recycling facilities and on the site of its clients. “We operate modern, well maintained mobile crushers and screeners with the ability to provide excellent service and competitively priced materials to our clients,” says Russell.
Crushing and screening expertise
With an extensive range of modern, wholly owned plant and equipment, BT Jenkins has a fleet of equipment to deal with almost any requirement. Priding itself on its ability to meet or exceed the expectations of its clients, BT Jenkins operates a range of inert disposal facilities delivering recycled aggregate products, offering competitive options for the projects on which it operates. The major materials produced are certified 6F5 (0-75mm recycled aggregate used for capping and bulk fill) and Type 1 803 recycled aggregates (0-63mm unbound sub base for roads and paths). These are used on BT Jenkins’ own projects, or are sold as a valuable resource to hauliers and other contractors.
In order to continue to offer a recycled ‘clean’ product of the highest quality, BT Jenkins recently invested in a new Sandvik QE342 scalper which is processing material that has been crushed by the company’s existing Sandvik QJ241 jaw crusher. “The QE342 is the latest addition to our modern and well maintained fleet of mobile screening and crushing equipment which allows us to supply competitively priced aggregates to our customers. We run material from our own earthwork sites along with a few select hauliers who bring us arising’s from road and demolition projects, as well as other construction works.
We changed from a different manufacturer (when BT Jenkins bought the QE342) and one of the reasons was that we wanted a very clean product to feed directly into our crusher. We have the machine configured with fingers to scalp oversize, 100mm impact plate, onto 40mm tines, then a 12mm x 100mm slotted mesh on the lower deck to remove the the fines,” says Russell concerning the acquisition of the QE342. Even though the QE342 is a relatively recent arrival, Russell has nothing but praise for the new Sandvik machine: “We’ve been impressed by its ability to process damp and mixed material due to its long decks and the throw from the screening decks. This provides a good and clean product to feed directly into our crusher (a Sandvik QJ241 tracked jaw) to produce 6F5 recycled aggregate.”
World class customer support
Russell further explains other benefits gained for BT Jenkins in choosing a Sandvik machine. “We chose Sandvik due to the excellent back up they provide and we have experienced with our existing Sandvik crushers and screens.” Commonality of parts and services were also a major fact when choosing the Sandvik machine. “All our crushing and screening plant is now Sandvik. This means our operators are familiar with the kit and this cuts downtime which costs money. Having one machine down, or not fully operational, would be a major problem. Our operators like the kit and the simple read out means they know exactly what is happening.”
Reinforcing Russell’s comments about Sandvik customer support, a Sandvik engineer was on site at the beginning to make sure everything was working as it should be. “We have excellent lines of communication and back up from Sandvik. We use them for all our servicing and repairs; it is this service in the field that made the decision to buy the screen from Sandvik an easy one. Reliability has been excellent. We like to use high end kit and Sandvik mobile crushers and screens fit in with our existing equipment,” concludes Russell Lowton.
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