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| CASE
STUDY - Joshua Wardle Factory |
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| Joynes
Pike & Associates Ltd
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| Project: |
Joshua
Wardle Factory, Leek |
| Client: |
Wainhomes
(North West) Ltd |
| Planning
Supervisor: |
Joynes
Pike & Associates Ltd, The Genesis Centre, Science Park South,
Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7BH |
| Principal
Contractor: |
Walter
Forshaw Ltd, 7 King Street, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3AY |
| Contract
Description: |
The
demolition of a former dye factory covering 27 acres, removal
of foundations and remediation of the effluent treatment plant
and surrounding ground. |
| Value: |
£600,000 |
Timescale: |
26
weeks – March 2004 to November 2004 |
| Building
Dimensions: |
150m
x 130m x 10m high (& other outbuildings) |
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Building
Construction:
The site consisted of several large factory buildings, maintenance
shops, a water tower, and its own on-site effluent treatment
plant. There were added complications on this site, such as many
contaminated tanks and vessels, several areas of contaminated
soil, a large area of Japanese knotweed and an underground culvert..
Demolition
Method:
Close liaison with the Environmental Agency and Staffordshire Moorlands District
Council enabled the culvert running beneath the factory to be diverted successfully
into a new man-made channel, opened by the Lord Mayor. The works were carried
out without polluting the adjacent River Churnet.
The site had contaminated effluent in the drains and a large amount in the pre-treatment
storage tanks. After liaison with the environmental agency and Staffordshore
Moorlands pollution control officer, it was agreed that best practice for disposal
of this waste was to treat and process on site. Approximately 60% of the contaminated
effluent was treated and purified on site using the existing effluent treatment
plant. This process produced a liquid that was clean enough to be discharged
into the foul sewer with the approval of Severn Trent Water. The remaining waste,
now in solid form, was removed to a licensed landfill site.
During the operation, a spell of severe rain turned the ground into a bog. The
method for removing the foundations had to be re-visited, resulting in us having
to create temporary hardcore platforms for our plant to enable us to remove the
adjacent foundations in a sequential fashion throughout the site.
Reference
Details:
Please contact WFL for reference contact details.
See attached letter from Brownfield Solutions Ltd. |
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