Client: Fife Council

Value: £15m

Contract: IChemE

Project Description:

Design, build, commission and training of end user staff for a 43,000 tonne per annum (tpa) Anaerobic Digestion and Composting Plant, which will cater for all of Fife Council’s green waste (40,000 tpa) and Category 3 food waste (3,000 tpa)

Works Included:

• Design of plant including assistance with Fife Council’s PPC application
• Assistance to SLR with planning application and full submission and approval of building warrant application
• Extensive site investigation works to achieve suitable knowledge to allow effective ground engineering solution to be arrived at
• Full process and mechanical and electrical detailed design
• Piling works
• Gas protection measures
• Gas tight concrete construction to fermentation tanks
• Construction of reception hall with all associated drainage and process pipework
• Construction of aerobic composting bays
• Supply and installation of shredder and screening equipment in dedicated area of building
• Construction of pasteurisation tunnels
• Extensive external and internal drainage works including SEPA approved SUDS measures
• Installation of service track from new installation to energy compound including new gas and water mains and various duct banks
• Erection of bunded fuel station for all operational plant
• Structural steel and cladding for building around various process areas, including rigorous corrosion protection measures due to the extremely corrosive nature of the internal atmosphere of the building
• Full mechanical and electrical installation both internal and external to the building including sophisticated gas extraction system and patented composting technologies
• Erection of standalone office complex including main plant room for complete works
• Construction of new Scottish Power substation with associated ducting
• Construction of large leca media bio filter complete with 18m exhaust stack
• Cold and hot commissioning of the plant, including training of Fife Council staff during commissioning period
• Achieving animal bi-products regulations (ABPR) compliance and approval for complete plant
• Fencing to ABPR requirements
• Construction of concrete access road and turning areas
• Construction of storage tanks for percolate, leachate and oxidation of excess fluids prior to discharge to sewer

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