Base Structures completes on site at Newhaven ERF

June, 2011

Base Structures were employed by the main contractor Hochtief, to design, manufacture and install the fabric mesh cladding to the ¼ sphere end of the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) building where the main condenser coolers are situated.

A woven 50% open, steel and PVC mesh fabric was specified for the cladding by the architect as it allows sufficient airflow to ensure the external plant can perform its cooling duties, provides a degree of protection to the exposed plant from environmental elements (wind and snow) and yet satisfactorily obscures it from view.

The new build facility which is being constructed for the waste handling company Veolia, is a conventional twin moving grate incinerator. The Environment Agency report that the Best Available Techniques are being incorporated across the project but have stipulated that a periodic review of new technologies must be carried out every 6 to 8 years. The facility is being built specifically to incinerate household waste that has not been previously sorted for reuse, composting or recycling, to generate electricity. The process has the capacity to handle 210,000 tonnes of waste a year, a level that is set purposely below the total amount of household waste generated in the region to ensure that new recycling initiatives are not compromised.

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About Base Structures

 

Founded in 2001, Base Structures is a specialist sub contractor offering a one stop shop for the design, manufacture and installation of tensile fabric structures.

Operating across Europe, Base has 50 staff and £5million turnover. Notable client projects include Heathrow Terminal 5, Manchester International Festival, Eden Project and the Mound Stand at Lords Cricket Ground.

Services include bespoke exterior and interior fabric structures plus a range of pre-designed tensile fabric products, as well as zoo mesh enclosures, biogas storage holders and the new TEXO® fabric framing system.

For media enquiries, please contact Lucinda Brook at +44 (0)117 317 7646 or email lucinda@marketingclout.co.uk. Alternatively call Kevin Hemmings on +44 (0)117 971 2229.

For further information visit www.basestructures.com