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McCarthy initially started out in the mid 70's as a haulage contractor and formed the limited company J. McCarthy Transport in 1980. From this modest base it expanded its expertise over the years evolving the current structure which has 3 arms.

McCarthys have an extensive knowledge of the South and Mid Wales area employing local labour and have built up long term working relations across the supply chain throughout with particular regard to local quarries, recycling facilities, landfill exempt sites and landfill sites.

Recent Works

Most recent works carried out comprise of the following clients both directly and indirectly:

• Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC/Costain; Church Village Bypass carrying out various work including new culverts, river diversions, erosion and flood prevention, lay-by construction, V-ditch construction and soft landscaping
• Welsh Assembly Government/Alun Griffiths; remedial works to the existing Promontory, and construction of a new blockstone stepped key wall for the proposed docking of the shuttle boat from SA1 Swansea to Ilfracombe
• Dwr Cymru-Welsh Water/Morrison Construction; AMA partnership contract installing various sheet pile cofferdam's at Swansea, in order to construct a new CSO and associated apparatus
• Forestry Commission; Mynydd Y Ton consisting of 2.4 km of new stone access tracks, associated turning circles, passing bays, V-ditches and culverts
• Environment Agency; working in partnership for the last several years carrying out contracts including, fish pass construction, flood prevention, embankment strengthening, scour protection and erosion prevention
• Dwr Cymru-Welsh Water/Morrison Construction; AMA partnership contract at Steynton Pumping Station located near Milford Haven. This site won an environmental award for sustainability, where McCarthy's were the main earthworks contractor responsible for all temporary works and recycling excavated material, achieving zero waste on-site
• Network Rail/Birse Rail; Mickleton Embankment consisting of scour protection and embankment stabilisation