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SITE IN FOCUS: RPQ GROUP, SWANBANK

Where’s your site located?gtr-news-RPQ-lge

Our Head Office is located at Swanbank in Ipswich, QLD. On this site is an Astec T200 Asphalt plant, foam bitumen pugmill, laboratory, workshop and office facilities.

We also have Spray Seal depots at Pinkenba, Warwick, Dalby, Townsville and Chinderah. A Benninghoven mobile asphalt plant is also based at Warwick.

What’s special about the locations of the site?

We have chosen key sites to be able to provide quick and efficient service to customers. The Swanbank site is located in the growth area of Southeast QLD. The 18hectare site is an old underground coal mine and whilst it has some geotechnical challenges, it also provides plenty of buffer area to neighbouring properties.

In December 2014, we also opened a purpose-built spray seal depot at Pinkenba. The site has all the latest equipment to allow for product storage, wash bay, equipment maintenance and calibration.

How long has your site been in operation?

We started operating in 1984, and have transitioned through several sites as the business has grown and diversified. The Swanbank site was established in 2010.

How many people work at your site? Tell us about what makes your team great.

RPQ employs over 100 people with a strong direction and commitment by the team to provide quality products and personal service to our customers. As the company has grown we have been able to recruit a wide range of industry professionals. We pride ourselves on the wealth of in-house expertise.

What mobile equipment do you have at the location?

We own and operate a fleet of diverse equipment to service the road maintenance and construction sector. The fleet includes bitumen sprayers, profilers, pavers, mobile asphalt plants, foam bitumen roadbase pugmills, mobile crushers, live bottom semi-trailers and flocon patching trucks.

What about fixed plant equipment? Tell us about what you have on site

The heart of our operation is the Astec T200 plant located at Swanbank. This plant has many features including eight cold feed bins, two RAP feeders, Fibre feeder, as well as the Astec Green System for warm mix asphalt.

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