PF Formation - Sand & Concrete

	PF FORMATION SAND & CONCRETE 1774 Wisemans Ferry Road MAROOTA NSW 2756 Weighbridge Phone: 02 4566 8314 Concrete Phone: 02 4566 8365 Accounts Phone: 02 4566 8308 Accounts Fax: 02 4566 8349 email: admin@pfformation.com.au

PF Formation is a family owned and operated business. The business was established in 1956 by Glen Graham with the initials PF coming from Glen's wife name: Patricia Fay. By 1983 their sons, John and Paul, had taken over the business and commenced sand extraction at Maroota with John taking full ownership of the business in 2004.

PF Formation has now been operating at Maroota since 1983,

The Maroota area has two distinct sands types known as ‘friable sandstone’ and ‘tertiary sand’. PF Formation supplies both sand types to the market.

Tertiary sand is found in the southern of Maroota area and is mainly used in concrete related products in the Sydney market. The sand has been used in projects such as the Foreign Affairs Building in Canberra, Star City Casino, the M2 motorway and the Olympic facilities at Homebush.

Friable sandstone is used for bricklaying sand and is found in the northern area of Maroota. The tertiary sand originally overlay the sandstone which over thousands of years made the sandstone friable so that it breaks down to sand. Over the years the colour was leached from the sandstone leaving the white sand Maroota is known for.

The Maroota area now provides approximately 10% of Sydney’s total sand supplies. Approximately 50% of Sydney’s white bricklaying sand is sourced from Maroota.

In 1998 PF Formation received a 30-year extraction approval which was described by Baulkham Hills Shire Council as the largest sand quarry development approval in New South Wales. This development is subject to stringent and precedent setting environmental controls and provides long-term certainty of supply. An Environmental Management Plan is now prepared annually and there are regular meetings with state agencies and community representatives.

PF Formation has expanded over the years but its business is built around the quarrying activities at Maroota. The company continues to strive to improve the business, the environmental controls and the relationship with the local community.