- Metal decking
- Open grid flooring
- Handrailing
- Stairs
- Site Welding to pre-installed embedment plates
- Intumescent paint
Project Description
The Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in West Bromwich has the capability to process more than 395,000 tonnes of post-recycled residual waste. The scheme includes fifteen structures including the waste bunker, boiler hall, turbine hall, tipping hall and associated buildings.
The ERF will use state-of-the-art steam generation and combustion technologies from Babcock & Wilcox Renewable to generate electricity for up to 95,000 homes.
Hambleton Steel completed the construction and steelwork installation of all the supporting structures from the steam turbine, waste bunker to the electrical /administration and main boiler hall erection. This was inclusive of metal decking, open grid flooring, handrailing, stairs, intumescent paint and site welding to pre installed embedment plates in the concrete walls.
Challenges l Solutions
The site was right next door to the M5, a very busy motorway, in addition to site having restricted space. The structure was a very tall and prominent at 50m in height and this caused some challenges with crane positioning. Much coordination and communication was needed to delivering steel to site and the build itself.
Hambleton Steel were required to build the steel frame around a boiler structure, delivered by another contractor on site. We needed to ensure we worked in coordination, ensuring we could deliver on time. Many changes were required throughout the construction phase and our team needed to be ready to review changes finding optimal solutions. Working with the client for a couple of years, it was important to us to invest time to understand the importance of delivery to the client, meeting tight time changes made along the way effectively.
With the various environmental requirements and fire risks for this type of build, Hambleton Steel’s team provided an intumescent paint solution for each steel member, depending on the area it was installed. Total area covered was over 15,000m2.
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Earning industry experience and a qualification has been invaluable. Not every opportunity gives you on-the-job experience and I've found that this has really helped my development
One of the reasons I chose an apprenticeship was because I could earn and learn at the same time. Working at Hambleton Steel has provided me with day-to-day training and experience which has helped me understand the industry and business.
Working with Hambleton Steel on Manchester City Campus College was an enjoyable experience for ourselves and the wider design team. Hambleton brought their knowledge and skill by collaboratively working with the whole team from RIBA Stages 2/3 until completion by problem solving, giving advise on buildability and bringing efficiencies to the design to ensure it maintained within budget.
They’ve done a cracking job on here for us and I personally would have no hesitation in using them again.
Pleasure working with you and your team, and great turnround on the scheme and a good finished product with no major issues on site along with a final account agreed, cant do much better than that. Happy to put you forward where we can and would definitely work with yourselves again.
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