Landscape & Urban Design Issue 17 2016 | Page 28

professional professional acheson + glover acheson + glover precast precast acheson-glover.com IngenUITY BUIlT In AG The Clever Choice For Smart Construction Professionals Designing better ways to make a more beautiful, more functional built environment. AG, formerly known as Acheson & Glover, has been pioneering cleverly cast concrete products’ ideas for more than half a century. Hard landscaping, structural precast and building products forged from over 50 years of ingenuity. From its formative years servicing customers just a few miles away from its first quarry, AG has grown to become a leading name in the concrete products sector throughout the UK and Ireland. With an annual turnover in the region of £40m, the business employs around 400 people across eight locations including a dedicated office in Birmingham. According to Managing Director, Stephen Acheson AG’s refreshing approach to customer service combined with an incessant appetite for innovation have been vital ingredients in his company’s continued success. “We’ve been using clever thinking to provide smart paving, walling and structural precast solutions for more than 50 years. In the 1980s we introduced top-mix block paving. In the 90s, working in partnership with Anchor, we brought specialist Segmental retaining walls to the UK whilst in the 2000s we developed leading-edge polished flag stones, coated pressed facing bricks and acoustic masonry. More recently in conjunction with RINN we launched the UK’s largest format paving product which we have called Magnum.” IMAGE: RInn AG Structural Precast Hard Landscaping Building Products T 028 8778 8139 | E [email protected] 28 Landscape & Urban Design Issue 17 “We pride ourselves in being responsive and flexible when working with our specification and construction partners. Indeed our feedback suggests our focus on innovation and our can-do attitude are key differentiators.” As a provider of bespoke paving, walling and structural precast solutions to architects, developers and builders AG has a highly trained sales support team to service commercial customers including a specialist specification unit. Its products can also be purchased through key Builders’ Merchants in Britain. www.acheson-glover.com [email protected]