FM Conway is a UK-based

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

contractor specialising in

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s and other infrastructure work. FM Conway on London Bridge

Founded in 1961 by Francis (Frank) Michael Conway, it has a network of asphalt and aggregate recycling manufacturing plants serving London and the south of England, as well as a

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-side wharf. The company was based in

Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...

, Kent, but in 2015 announced a plan to move its headquarters to

Sevenoaks Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parishes in England, civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter South Eastern Main Line, main line railway into Lon ...

, also in Kent. In February 2020, FM Conway was suspended from the Prompt Payment Code for failure to pay suppliers on time. It was reinstated in August 2020 after process improvements." In February 2022, FM Conway and subcontractors Freyssinet and Taziker Industrial were set to start work on the restoration of

Hammersmith Bridge Hammersmith Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the River Thames in west London. It links the southern part of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the north side of the river, and Barnes in the London Borough ...

in west London. In the year ending 31 March 2022, FM Conway had revenues of £478.1m, up from £338.2m in 2021, with much of the growth due to the March 2021 acquisition of Toppesfield, which brought an addition £80m of turnover. Pre-tax profit was down 13% to £17.2m (2021: £19.8m).

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