Projects

NAPOLI

The Napoli ship sank off the south coast of England. The hull was moved to Harland & Wolff for dismantling and we were commissioned to clean the interior to aid the dismantling process. The wastes comprised heavy fuel oils and our role included its removal and treatment to meet hazardous waste disposal parameters. Our involvement assisted the client in realising potential savings on the project by maintaining low tonnages whilst meeting hazardous waste acceptance criteria. These waste were brokered by ourselves to a licensed disposal facility in North East England. The project costs was approx £400K

Pilot Street, Belfast

This was a contaminated land site being redeveloped by Gilbert Ash. It had been previously occupied by a mill and there were significant quantities of hazardous and non hazardous waste soils. We were involved in removing the soils, sampling/analysis and arranging transport and disposal of the wastes. The project produced approx 3,500m3 of contaminated soils of which 2,000m3 were hazardous. The project costs was approx £500K

Certificate of Technical Competence & NVQ Training

We have contracts with all of the NI local authorities to provide training and assessment in the Certificate of Technical Competence (CoTC) that is an NVQ level 4. In addition this contract includes NVQ level 2 awards for waste management operatives. The CoTC is a legal requirement for waste managers under waste licensing legislation. The broad range of facilities covered within the CoTC process is landfills, Civic Amenity sites, Recycling Centres, Waste Transfer Station and treatment plants. In addition, PWS are also contracted to NI Water to provide the CoTC NVQ level 4 award assessment to provide management for their licensed waste facilities.

We provide training to approx 70% of the NI private waste sector. Our training includes the CoTC, other NVQ awards and training courses specifically designed to assist waste companies comply with legislation and meet ‘best practice’ techniques.

Ormeau Road, Belfast

This was a site contaminated with cinder ash producing non hazardous waste soils. The site was redeveloped by HJ O’Boyle Contracts and our role involved site investigation, sampling and establishing a cost effective method to remove and treat the waste soils. We have access to non hazardous soils treatment facilities that avoids costly landfill tax charges when disposing to landfill. Project costs approx £200K

Crumlin Road, Belfast

The main contractor on the project was TA Kernoghan and it involved the removal and disposal of 2,000 tonnes of spoils contaminated with Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed is a difficult waste stream to manage and is becoming prolific in redevelopment sites. Our involvement can assist clients in managing costs effectively in both removal and disposal. The project value was approx £70K