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Water Service and the Geda/EPS Consortium:
Greyabbey and Kircubbin Wastewater Treatment
Works |
91.9% |
Greyabbey and Kircubbin are located towards the northern
end of Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. In 2001 Water
Service Design Group undertook the task of designing
2 new Waste Water Treatment Works for the area: one
on the existing site at Greyabbey and the other at
a new site at Monaghan Bank, Kircubbin. The design
included the most up to date process technology - Membrane
Biological Reactors. Construction started on the Kircubbin
site in April 2002 and at Greyabbey in June 2002. The
contract was awarded to Geda Construction Ltd and EPS
(Ireland) Ltd in consortium. Both sites were commissioned
in August 2003.
As Strangford Lough is an Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty, Area of Special Scientific Interest, and has
a high environmental, cultural and heritage value with
various bird and nature reserves, Water Service considered
the potential effects of the construction on the appearance
of the area as a whole, the effects on the ecologically
sensitive surroundings and the effect on the local community.
All of this had to be achieved within a tight budget.
With these in mind the project constructed two 'state
of the art' Wastewater Treatment works, housed in buildings
which reflect the surrounding area in the choice of
material, finished in basalt style cladding and slate
effect roof, landscaped with indigenous plants and shrubs
where the land had been previously agricultural fields
or concreted areas. The
local community was also considered with a high PR
effort. Over the last 3-4 years Water Service representatives
have given presentations and held discussions with council
members, community representatives and members of numerous
local nature and wildlife organisations. The project
has taken on board feedback from these sessions and
has tried to incorporate ideas, where possible, into
the scheme. The contract used the NEC conditions of
contract and was completed on time and to budget.
It was due to the high attention of detail to the environmental,
cultural and heritage, community relations and land
use issues that achieved the CEEQUAL award. To date
it is the highest scoring project in the UK, obtaining
a result of 91.9% - well into the Excellent Category.
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