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Sheffield remediation and bulk muck shift going to plan.
Despite last year’s unusually wet summer, Hewlett Civil Engineering is well on target to complete a multi-million pound scheme for energy company E.ON at the site of a former coal-fired power station in Sheffield.
Blackburn Meadows, close to the M1 viaduct in Sheffield, is the site for a Renewable Energy Plant. Hewlett has been contracted by E.ON to provide an extensive remediation service to prepare the 12.5 hectare area for the new facility by shifting over 100,000 m3 of material.
Since Hewlett started on site in June 2009 the company’s earthmoving fleet of equipment – predominantly Volvo 30 Tonne dumpers - has moved more than 180 loads of muck every day with an estimated import of more than 65000m3 of quarried stone and off-site disposal of unsuitable cohesive material. Crushing, screening, stabilisation and bio remediation on site has been completed successfully with some 30000m3 of material reused on site.
A plant fleet that includes Caterpillar and Volvo excavators and dozers as well as a host of smaller Takuchi excavators has also been making short work of the mammoth muck shift.
Most of the bulk earthworks is now complete, which will enable Hewlett to move on to the next phase of delivery which includes completion of the flood alleviation area. Following completion of the remediation work by Hewlett, E.ON plan to build a Renewable Power Plant fuelled by recycled waste wood.
Comments Lee Ferreday, Contracts Director at Hewlett: “This site has historically been used for a Power Station and needless to say needed some work before the construction of the new station can begin. The need for site remediation at a former coal powered station posed some interesting challenges.
“The earthmoving fleet of equipment that Hewlett operates is more than capable of handling the level of muck shift that has been necessary, but the challenge on a project such as this is not just one of extraction capacity, it is the actual logistics of handling that volume of material and working out when to extract it and where to place it that causes the real test.
“However, we are happy to report that our earthworks and bulk muck shift operation has proved very successful and means we are on target to complete the job on time.”
Hewlett has in-depth remediation expertise and a strong and proven track record in the region. This is the first time the company has worked with E.ON having reportedly won the two-stage tender based on its ability to provide integrated services, which allows the project to be supported by their in-house experts.