The Mastic Asphalt Council (MAC) has announced the death of John Blowers, the Council’s long serving director/secretary, whom passed away on April 27 at the age of 69.
The Council says Mr Blowers was the backbone and guiding light of the Mastic Asphalt Council for more than two decades and will be sorely missed.
During his 50 years in the industry, Mr Blowers has helped to pioneer many innovations that enabled mastic asphalt to remain a major force within the construction industry.
He was directly responsible for introducing a carbon zero policy for both the manufacture and installation of mastic asphalt; he was the driving force behind the policy to introduce advanced polymer modified grades of mastic asphalt and, more recently, was instrumental in the introduction of “Terrazzo” style mastic asphalt flooring.
Mr Blowers enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the industry; after leaving Limmer and Trinidad he joined Durable where he eventually attained the position of managing director.
After leaving Durable, he worked as an independent consultant for a short while before accepting the role of MAPA technical director. On the retirement of his fellow MACEF director Alan Constantine, he accepted the role of director / secretary of the newly formed MAC – an organisation representing both the producers and contractors in the mastic asphalt industry.
Mr Blowers continued in this role for some 28 years right up until the time of his recent death; he was a well-known and well respected figure within the industry.
During his time with MAPA Mr Blowers met and married his second wife Kay, whom he worked closely with at MAC and represented the UK at various European IMMA functions.
Mr Blowers was a proud member of the IMMA Council and together they attended many of the Annual Congress Meetings hosted by the various European member countries.
