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A screenshot of the 3D model used for design and construction - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
Construction of the high level inlet works structure - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
(left) Rapid impact compaction underway and (right) a selection of site plant in use - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
(left) Driving precast concrete piles and (right) vertical rigid inclusion installation - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
2. Precast driven piling: The main structures and pipelines are founded on precast driven piles. These are end-bearing into the London Clay, approximately 10m below ground level. Precast driven piles were chosen as the solution as the operation does not bring any landfill to the surface. Various size piles were driven to various depths and tested with both dynamic and static tests. Borehole monitoring showed that there was no discernible change to leachate and ground gas levels and that there was no dispersal of leachate happening throughout the landfill.
(foreground) Ferric mixing and flocculation chambers and (background) concrete bases for sludge tanks - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
Piles and blinding concrete for the four final settlement tanks and (left) temporary ground support for pipelaying into the centre of the tanks - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
Activated sludge plant precast walls erected, prior to pouring base slab and concrete stitches - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
(foreground) PST precast walls with concrete stitches and bases and (background) ASP precast walls - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
Safdar Ali, Andrew Dawes and Izhar Ahmad from the BAM team at the completion of the tunnel - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
Threading buried process pipework between new structures requires extensive temporary works - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
(left) Concrete bases for the tertiary treatment plant, (top right) cross-sectional view through the primary settlement tank, showing the piles and gas dispersal layer beneath the base, and (bottom right) precast wall panels are joined with an in situ concrete stitch - Courtesy of Bam Nuttall Ltd[/caption]
Bulk excavation - Courtesy of BSG Civil Engineering Ltd[/caption]
Ards North WwTW - Inlet works overview - Courtesy of BSG Civil Engineering Ltd[/caption]
Inlet works side view - Courtesy of BSG Civil Engineering Ltd[/caption]
Screened raw sewage continues to the grit removal plant. The grit settles in a sump underneath the grit paddle. Any grit that settles in this sump is periodically aerated using the grit blower and then removed. From here the grit is transported out of the grit plant by the grit classifier and is deposited into the grit skip. From here it is removed off site for disposal.
After the wastewater has passed through the grit removal plant, flow continues to the FFT pumping station. Here influent is collected, and FFT of 48.2 l/s (summer) & 29.6 l/s (winter) is pumped to the PST flow splitting chamber.
(left) Ards North WwTW - Courtesy of NI Water, and (right) storm tanks tipping bucket installation - Courtesy of BSG Civil Engineering Ltd[/caption]
Aeration plant air manifold control valves and instrumentation - Courtesy of BSG Civil Engineering Ltd[/caption]
RAS/SAS pumping station - Courtesy of BSG Civil Engineering Ltd[/caption]
The thin sludge tank is equipped with an external mixer for the blending of the tank’s contents to feed the sludge thickening plant. A level ultrasonic with low and high-level floats are used in the control of the mixer.
Mixed sludge from the thin sludge tank is pumped to the sludge thickening plant via the two thickeners feed pumps. These pumps are progressive cavity pumps and are arranged in duty/standby configuration. The pumps are VSD controlled to allow the flow to the thickening plant to be controlled.
There are two sludge thickeners, with an individual throughput of 8.3 m3/hr @ 1.3% DS with a discharge of no more than 6%, based on a 5-hour day, 7-days per week operation at 100% of the maximum design load. The thickeners are arranged in a duty/standby configuration with two actuated isolation valves installed on the feed pipework allow this to be fully automated. If one thickener was to develop a fault, the standby thickener can resume operations without manual intervention.
Polyelectrolyte is made up on site to be added to the sludge fed to the sludge thickening plant. The addition of this chemical aids flocculation and makes thickening easier.
This plant is a liquid polymer set. The liquid poly is delivered within IBCs for the makeup process. The set mixes the poly from the IBC with water to a preset concentration rate and is then transferred to the poly storage tank. The duty poly dosing pump doses to the thickener’s sludge feed pipework from here.
Thickened sludge from the sludge thickening plant is transferred to the thick sludge tank. Here thickened sludge is stored for removal off site. A collection tanker removes the tank’s contents off site by coupling to the tank’s Bauer Coupler connector.
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PST No 1 & control building - Courtesy of BSG Civil Engineering Ltd[/caption]
The tank is equipped with a decant valve arrangement to facilitate settlement of the tank’s contents. The tank is also equipped with a level ultrasonic, low and high-level floats for level status and control of an externally fitted mixer for tank agitation.
The return liquors pumping station receives liquors from the following areas: inlet works drains, thin sludge tank decants and overflow, thick sludge tank decants and overflow, sludge thickening plant bund, FE and washwater drains and odour control plant drains. The station comprises of two fixed speed pumps, which are arranged in duty/standby arrangement. These return liquors to the activated PST splitting chamber.
Low level structures RC concrete installation - Courtesy of BSG Civil Engineering Ltd[/caption]
(left) Ballywhiskin TPS - Courtesy of NI Water, and (right) Carrowdore WwPS - Courtesy of BSG Civil Engineering Ltd[/caption]
(left) Sandycove WwPS and (right) Ballywalter Fowler Way TPS - Courtesy of NI Water[/caption]
NI Water, TetraTech, BSG Civil Engineering Ltd and Farrans along with local elected representatives to mark completion of the £18m Ards North Wastewater Improvement Scheme - Courtesy of NI Water[/caption]
(top left) Existing site prior to improvement works, (top right) site clearance, (bottom left) construction of temporary footpath and haul road to shaft and (bottom right) shaft cutting edge construction - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
(top left) Shaft collar constructed ready for sinking, (top right) shaft excavation with 27t excavator, (bottom left) first ring constructed ready for casting concrete jacking collar and (bottom right) shaft sinking in relation to public footpath - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
Ground conditions as identified in the borehole logs indicated a few meters of made ground and sub soil overlaying the Bude Metasandstone formation. The Bude formation had a reputation of being very hard and competent in places so Active Tunnelling Ltd opted to sink the shaft as a caisson with the option of underpinning if it could no longer be pushed down. Thankfully at this location the Bude formation did not prove too much for the excavators used to sink the shaft and it was successfully sunk as initially planned.
The arisings were removed from the shaft using an excavator mounted grab, before being loaded onto a tractor and trailer and tipped for drying further down in the field located adjacent to the pumping station.
One of the most challenging activities associated with the shaft was construction of a crane pad for the roof slab installation. A 180t mobile crane was needed to offload and install the various precast concrete panels which made up the shaft roof, however as the field was sloping steeply near the working area, a significant cutting around 3.5m deep had to be made in order to create an area level enough for the crane to set up on. Groundwater also became an issue at the cut edge into the hill and a drainage system had to be installed to divert the groundwater away from the crane pad to comply with the temporary works requirements on the design.
Directional drilling with slurry recycling operation - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
The river and A39 were not to only obstacles to overcome in this local area, there were sensitive fibre optic cables and also a medium pressure gas main. The chosen solution to overcome these obstacles was to directionally drill into the Bude Metasandstone and pass below everything at varying depths agreed with each stakeholder. Due to the location of the directional drill and also working on a flood plain next to a tourist ‘hotspot’, it was decided to minimise the construction site footprint west of the A39 as much as possible. To achieve this a slurry recycling plant was used to process drilling arisings with the processed arisings loaded straight into site dumpers and taken off to the tip.
The rising main itself was 180PE pipe which was butt fusion welded in advance of the drilling operation. The initial plan was to directionally drill the entire 486m of rising main however the Bude Metasandstone is a very strong rock and in places was less than 600mm below the field surface. The Gmac Utilities Ltd directional drilling team successfully drilled the road and river crossing at depth however the remaining section of rising main which was located at the interface between the sub-soil and the Metasandstone was almost impossible to control the drill line and level. It was therefore decided that traditional open cut excavation methods would be used to complete this section of the rising main.
(left) Shaft drop pipe and pump sump with baffle plate and (right) shaft fit-out - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
At pre-construction stage it initially made sense to locate the new pumping station on the western side of the existing building next to the existing wet well however this would have meant the felling of a very large and mature Ash tree (showing no signs of Ash die-back) and would have also resulted in around 2m of the new structure being visible above ground, due to its location on the downward side of the boat lift incline. Both the felling of a mature tree and the visual impact of a structure at this location was deem too significant to ignore and by moving the new pumping station location to the east of the existing building, constructability improve and therefore cost reduced.
An existing hedge bank and a few immature trees had to be felled in order to allow access to the site to undertake construction works. A replacement Cornish hedge bank was constructed to replace what was lost at the end of the project and replanted with native hedge and tree species with the aim of improving what was removed once the young plants had established.
Shaft crane pad construction - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
Through this close relationship, one of the landowners asked that a manhole cover be removed following abandonment of the soon to be redundant rising main and the site team suggested that they could fill in and re-profile a small depression left following the removal of an overhead power cable pylon. A few little gestures such as these went a long way with the landowner and were not underestimated by the site team.
Lower Woodburn WwPS site pre-construction - Courtesy of DAWSON-WAM Ltd[/caption]
3D models of new storm storage tank - Courtesy of RPS[/caption]
(left) CFA cased auger secant piling cofferdam installation and (right) excavation of storm tank exposing secant piles - Courtesy of DAWSON-WAM Ltd[/caption]
Aerial view of site during storm tank reinforced concrete base slab construction - Courtesy of DAWSON-WAM Ltd[/caption]
Single sided reinforced concrete wall pours against secant piles to form internal tank walls - Courtesy of DAWSON-WAM Ltd[/caption]
(left) Pipework within the shaft and (right) precast concrete segmental shaft rings - Courtesy of envolve infrastructure[/caption]
ECI was integral to the final design solution from the outset, close collaboration with Rhondda Cynon Taf developed a more efficient and reduced cost engineering solution to meet the project objectives, providing a cost-effective and value driven solution. ECI began with a partnership with Hydrock developing the detailed design. Envolve’s ECI strategy was to further investigate and interrogate the outline design, whilst minimising risk and embodied carbon through streamlining constructability and increasing operational efficiency.
The design and delivery team undertook a review of the design philosophy in tandem with Rhondda Cynon Taf’s conceptual design. A proposal was drawn up, identifying the benefits of a deeper wet well shaft in lieu of a smaller shaft with accompanying storage tank. This approach mitigated the requirement for a reinforced concrete retaining wall adjacent to the existing highway.
Further investigation into the most efficient shaft construction identified the benefits of constructing a ‘wet’ cassion, in lieu of a conventional ‘dry’ construction. This construction method mitigated potential subsidence risk to 7 local residential properties and the main B4275 carriage way as there would no longer be a requirement to lower the existing high water table by our selected engineering solution.
In enlarging the proposed shaft, envolve was also able to house the proposed pumping equipment within the shaft itself, significantly reducing the overall footprint of the facility.
The final visual impact of the project was prioritised to provide adjacent residents with the least impactful and sustainable reinstatement on completion of the project. In lieu of a large tarmac area, a sustainable permeable hard standing was specified.
On site ECI works undertook ground investigation to determine the classification of waste material for excavation arisings including sampling and laboratory testing.
Envolve’s design solution successfully met Rhondda Cynon Taf’s requirement for a 250m3 storage tank with an outflow of 200 litres per second, achieved via a 6m diameter and 11m deep shaft with incorporated pumping station, all within the minimal footprint of the land available.
This significant design improvement ensured the final engineering solution worked within the site boundaries, also providing Rhondda Cynon Taf with an £800k cost saving for the overall project.
In summary, the outputs of our ECI expertise resulted in the following improvements to the final project design:
(left) Birdseye view of the wet caisson shaft under construction and (right) precast concrete segmental shaft rings at the base of the shaft - Courtesy of envolve infrastructure[/caption]
Birdseye view of the construction site - Courtesy of envolve infrastructure[/caption]
Completed shaft and cover slab - Courtesy of envolve infrastructure[/caption]
School visit to site from Glenboi Primary School and the footpaths and outdoor learning facilities - Courtesy of envolve infrastructure[/caption]
Following this, further support was provided to the school with the offer to complete their woodland walk and outdoor learning facility with accessible footpaths connecting the outdoor classrooms. A prestigious opening ceremony was hosted by the school for the grand opening with fantastic poems and songs performed by the pupils – there was even a special cake baked in appreciation of the relationship envolve developed with the school over the lifetime of the project. The woodland learning facility will hopefully provide years of outdoor learning opportunities for the school and its pupils.
Envolve operate a successful apprenticeship programme which sees a handful of placements throughout the business each year, these roles span from Commercial through to Engineering. This project presented a unique opportunity for an Engineering placement and a person from the programme was allocated to the project for its duration as part of their development plan.
Stratton SPS temporary works installation - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
Washout chamber construction - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
Directional drilling remote field set up - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
Directional drilling helped minimise impact on farmland - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
Along the rising main route there were sensitive fibre optic cables to cross and additional control measures were required to safely locate and expose these through hand excavation with a full watching brief put in place when drilling the new main past these services.
The A39 which is a major road in this area, also had to be crossed. The local council were not keen for the rising main to be drilled below this section of the road as it was constructed on an embankment, there was however an agricultural culvert nearby. Through conversations with the local council structures department, it was established that the concrete running surface in the culvert was not the structural floor but was actually built on top of a thin layer of Type 1 stone. The acceptable solution to both the council and land owner, who used the culvert, was to cut a trench through this concrete running surface down the middle of the culvert, dig out the stone and place the pipe in trench and backfill with structural concrete. This provided just enough protection to the new main and allow the existing culvert clearance to be maintained.
Directional drilling recycling unit - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
Directional drilling below sensitive gallop track - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
As previously mentioned, one of the landowners had a gallop track which the new rising main had to pass under. Part of the farmer’s business was specialising in race horse breading and training, and the gallop track was a highly engineered training surface where race horses could reach speeds of around 30 mph. The landowner was concerned that by open cutting the track, groundwater paths could change and result in a boggy area developing and this could cause significant injury to a jockey or race horse. It was agreed that directionally drilling below the track was an acceptable solution and whilst working in this area, additional controls were put in place as the gallop track remained operational through the construction work. On a few occasions, the site team got to hear and feel what it was like when race horses were running at top speed just a few meters away from where they were working, something which none of them will forget.
(left) Schematic showing the route of the new gravity sewer and new rising main and location of the new SPS and (right), illustration from the Wessex Water leaflet to property owners showing responsibility split - Courtesy of Wessex Water[/caption]
Residents in Sherston applied for an FTS scheme due to this pollution, which led to an assessment by Wessex Water which concluded that a public FTS was viable and could be progressed to design and construction. Wessex Water carried this out using their in-house capabilities at a cost of £2m. Although only a few properties were causing environmental and public health issues, Wessex Water included as many properties as possible within the FTS scheme, taking into account the viability of doing so. As a result, 24 properties (estimated population equivalent of 60) currently on septic tanks will be able to connect to the new public sewerage system by July 2023. Wessex Water’s FTS policy is to construct the new public sewerage system up to the inside the property boundary, where it terminates within a demarcation chamber. This chamber denotes the boundary between the public and private drainage system.
Penstock ready to be installed over the outgoing pipe (on the left) within a manhole chamber upstream of the wet well - Courtesy of Wessex Water[/caption]
Several iterations of the design were undertaken to confirm the best route of the pumped rising main, location of the proposed new SPS and access road, as outlined below:
Connection to the existing sewerage network in Easton Town (B4040) - Option discounted
This solution provided the shortest route for the proposed new rising main and access track to service the new SPS. However, the rising main route would need to pass through a narrow driveway between existing houses.
Due to the depth of the excavation, an open cut construction method was discounted as it would be within the zone of influence of the building foundations and consequently had the risk of undermining and causing structural damage to these buildings. Trial holes indicated shallow rock which would have further exacerbated structural damage due to vibration when breaking out the rock.
Trenchless techniques were considered, however due to the rock, only micro-tunnelling would be suitable, and would require a reception pit within Easton Town road, which would cause significant disruption to the community. Micro tunnelling would have also resulted in the scheme becoming financially unviable.
Connection to the existing sewerage network in Sandpits Lane (access via Sandpits Lane) - Option discounted
This solution provided the next shortest route for the access track to service the new SPS, and although the rising main route was extended, it allowed for an additional gravity sewer to be laid within the same trench to connect four additional properties at minimal cost, which increased the cost viability of the scheme.
Prior to submitting a planning application for this option, Wessex Water consulted with the community. Significant public objections were raised due to the visual impact of the proposed new access track and SPS, particularly from those who were already on mains drainage and would not benefit from the FTS scheme. In addition, land purchase negotiations for the access track could not be resolved.
Connection to the existing sewerage network in Sandpits Lane (access via Tetbury Road) – Selected Option
The sewerage network for this option was similar to Option 2, however the access track route and SPS location changed to take into account the points raised from those objecting on the grounds of visual impact and land purchase issues.
This option was confirmed to be both technically and financially viable and no public objections were raised, which was valuable in securing planning permissions.
(left) Excavation of shallow rock for rising main and (right) internal view of the wet well before sump benching - Courtesy of Wessex Water[/caption]
(left) Shuttering around the wet well in preparation for pouring the final layer of concrete surround and installing dowels into the valve chamber and (right) construction of wet well - Courtesy of Wessex Water[/caption]
All pipework within the valve chamber was constructed in ductile iron DN80 and the rising main was constructed in MDPE pipe, SDR17, OD 110. The gravity pipework was constructed in PVCu Funke Gruppe pipe (100 mm and 150 mm internal diameter), which was selected to provide due to its light weight and construction durability compared to conventional vitrified clay pipework.
Penstocks were required so that incoming sewerage flows can be controlled, to allow isolation of the wet well for cleaning and maintenance. The penstock was designed to be located within the wet well, however concerns were raised by the site team that the proposed opening for the penstock spindle would be difficult to cast in the correct location during the off-site fabrication of the cover slab. To resolve this, the cover slab design was amended to remove the penstock spindle opening, and it was moved to an upstream manhole, where the penstock could be positioned within the clear opening of the manhole cover.
An overpumping connection allows for the temporary pumps to be installed and connected to the rising main via a Bauer coupling on the pipework from within the valve chamber. The valve chamber cover was designed to allow for the safe operation of the Bauer coupling by having a split walk-on grid over the coupling.
This allowed the operator to place the foot on one of the closed flaps, whilst the other flap is lifted, thereby allowing them to position themselves directly over the Bauer coupling. This avoids the operator having to lean over an opening or handling the tankering hose with one hand.
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Valve chamber cover, with split walk-on grid over the Bauer connection - Courtesy of Wessex Water[/caption]
(left) Q-bic system construction and (right) concrete slabs being cast over the crates to form the turning area - Courtesy of Wessex Water[/caption]
Public drop-in session and (inset) 3D model of the new sewage pumping station - Courtesy of Wessex Water[/caption]
All temporarily affected habitats were seeded with a species-rich grassland and wildflower mix, managed to avoid cutting during the late spring and summer to benefit invertebrates and other wildlife. Off-site biodiversity enhancement measures were also undertaken in Sherston Primary School, including planting of additional trees, wildflower meadow, and providing bird nesting pockets to students.
Close interaction with residents is a key feature of FTS schemes due to the work within private gardens. All residents were contacted prior to construction via face-to-face meetings and community drop-in session to give them the opportunity to ask any queries direct to the Wessex Water Project Team. A 3D model of the proposed sewage pumping station was created and used during the drop-in session to provide more clarity for the public on the proposed solution.
(left) Old panel and pumping station in park and (right) site set up in the park showing the hill and works at the bottom by the river - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
Site set up with ground protection - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
Generator delivery - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
A further challenge was that the site was on a grassy, muddy slope, with limited entry. Galliford Try had to consider access for both staff and plant, so a temporary bog matt flooring system was installed which provided stable ground protection. To limit tracking up and down the site, plant movement was restricted to essential only and on shutdown day, only essential staff were given access to site.
As this work was carried out in the winter months, staff welfare was a priority, but with limited access, was a challenge. Galliford Try chose a self-contained 12ft ECO welfare unit, complete with canteen and drying room, which was the smallest option available for this site.
(left) Inside the new panel after testing and (right) the new panel off-site build and testing - Courtesy of Galliford Try[/caption]
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About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.