Specification
Construction of the £252 million Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre (RRC) site began in Summer 2017. The centre will use safe, environmentally sustainable, and reliable technology to divert around 320,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste away from landfill. The ERF will also generate up to 282GWh of electricity which will power the facility itself and export enough energy to power the equivalent of 77,280 homes.
The need for a variety of complex specification and installation requirements meant several divisions of our team were tasked with ensuring the client received the services and support needed for the duration of the contract. This was especially challenging for all involved towards the end of 2019 when site works were held up for a period beyond our control and into 2020 when the pandemic affected large parts of the construction industry.
Solution
Throughout this project we have worked closely with the site teams to ensure that when work could progress in earnest that all available expertise and resources were provided.
The project was predominantly two hours fire protection, which included the drive through area where the Hilti soffit is located.
In other areas such as the under croft which is used as office space for the Admin MRF, only 1 hour protection was required.
Other works included:
- Boiler hall and Tipping hall – FSI batt and cable management systems used.
- Drive through – Hilti batt soffit details
- Boiler, Crane grab, Bunker, Tipping hall & MRF – Rockwool beam clad
- Bunker – Hempacore one ‘intumescent paint system’ used
Outside View
Drive Through
Crane Grab
Bunker
Tipping Hall
“I would like to thank you and your workforce for the work that have been done at Avonmouth ERF project.
This project had many passive fire protections activities at height with difficult access, the works were completed on time and in accordance with the agreed procedures and method statements.
I am especially grateful to you for the prompt response to any technical issues and organising employees to work in shift patterns that allowed day and night working on our site in order to meet our timescale.
I will have no hesitation in employing RLFP on future projects and therefore look forward to working with you again; it was a pleasure working with you and your team.”
Tomasz KACZWINSKI
Works Manager CNIM Construction
