Q&A with Ricky Hemmings

Q How long have you worked in the construction industry?

A I’ve been involved with construction since taking on a sales role in the early nineties, and built some enduring friendships over 30 years.

Q What’s been your biggest project to date?

A Without doubt, Battersea Power Station Phase 1 regeneration, which required me to manage earthworks, recycling, haulage logistics, and waste and environmental issues on a massive scale. Since forming Remediology, I’ve overseen over 60 projects, with a standout residential scheme in Maidstone involving a 1km spine road, 6000m2 piling mats, and extensive soil modification.

Q What made you decide to join forces with the Keaveney Group to form Remediology as a standalone soil stabilisation business?

A A chance discussion with Group MD Andrew Keaveney made realise that we were very much aligned in our thinking on value engineering construction projects. I quickly realised that there was a good fit with this well established family run business, whose ambitions for soil stabilisation matched my own. Two years on, with a total turnover of in excess of £4m. The relationship is stronger than ever.

Q What are your expectations for the future?

The stabilised road to net zero

Remediology (SE) Limited is a soil stabilisation contractor, working in the construction sector on housing and infrastructure projects, carrying out in situ mixing of lime and/or cement binders to modify or strengthen soil to a required performance standard.

Suitable for development platforms, piling mats, and capping and sub base replacement, where surplus soil is turned into a useable resource, saving on off site disposal and importing construction aggregates.

Q How do you see the construction industry embracing innovation and sustainability?

A The construction industry historically has been slow to change, but finally new technologies and ways of working are being developed based on desire over necessity. As an industry, we have to want to change and I now see more and more customers engaging with me through a genuine desire to work smarter and more efficiently.

A The recent change in government is heading in a direction which supports construction and green issues, so operating a business which has strong green credentials in the construction sector should bode well for the next few years. It’s without doubt onward and upward.