M&E Progress

2-Day Area: Electrical installation completed as far as presently possible. Pipework testing commenced. MCC 21-3 energized. Dry commissioning commenced. Lightning protection completed and tested.

21-Day Area: Mech install commenced and ongoing. TK62300, 400 & 500 mixing installation within tanks completed. Lightning protection installation completed and tested.

Thickening Building: Mechanical installation drum thickeners 90% completed. Mechanical pipework installation 75% complete. Electrical installation commenced 10% complete.

Return Liquors and Cross Site Pipework: Return liquors and discharge line to head of works 40% complete. Process water from incinerator area 50% complete. Other process lines nearing design commencement. Odour ductwork 30% complete.

High Level Storm Tanks: Awaiting entry into tank 2 from YW to allow completion of works (85% complete). All other tanks mech internal 100% complete. Lifting beams outstanding.

Low Level Storm Tanks: Tanks 1 to 6 mech install complete, with exception to lifting beams. Tank 7 ongoing.

Tank No 1+2: Tank 2 mixer pipework within tank complete.

Construction Progress: March

2 Day Area: TK58100 crack injection complete. Re-filling for water test ongoing. Cross site odour duct bases complete.

21 Day Area: TK62400 concrete repairs completed by A Consult. All ring beams are concreted. MCC21-2 is excavated and constructed, base complete and awaiting kiosk. Odour control unit base commenced and ongoing. PC pump base excavate and construct.

Tanks 1&2: Tank No.2- Concrete repairs to the existing tank complete in accordance with PMI.

Construction Operations

21 Day Tank Area: Panels and roof for tank 4 have been erected as well as pouring for ring beam. 70% of access steelwork erected. Blinding and trench base poured for MCC. Excavation and underslab ducts for pump slab and odour control slab.

2 Day Tank Area: Electrical above ground feed pipework and pipework around pumps, odour control duct, valves in manholes installed.

Sludge Thickening Building: Finished internal blockwork laying and painting, continued erecting steelwork for drums and installing internal pipework to pumps etc. 70% installation of poly dosing kit. Installed MCC.

HL Storm Tanks: Finished installing mixing equipment in tank 4. Re-entering of tank 2 to install nozzles to take place.

LL Storm Tanks: Installed mixing in tanks 5 and 6. Sludge tank 2: Drained down and cleaned out. Structural repairs and laying of air-mixing pipework nearly complete.

General: Duct laying and draw-pits for LV and fibre optic almost complete from 2-day MCC to SS21 (and thickener building and incinerator for fibre optic).

BREAKING NEWS

The Knostrop site team have succeeded in winning £1000 from the Black & Veatch charity committee to donate to the Skelton Grange Environment Centre!