Energy / Waste

The IOM Energy from Waste project (EfW) was developed at the edge of Douglas, the Islands Capital, in a Greenfield site and created an opportunity for a waste management system that produces energy from the process of combusting waste material. Designed to take 65,000 tonnes of waste per year and undertaken by SITA and constructed via an EPC contract. The planning permission was pursued by the government and the lead engineers took the planning approval that had been gained and then developed the engineering design within the constraints of the planning design approval. This meant the client had control over the aesthetic outcome of the building.

A highly successful design that was also recognised by DEFRA (UK) as an exemplar for the design of such facilities on an urban fringe and was a building that changed the approach taken in the delivery of EfW’s.

The design embraced the opportunity for a modern aesthetic which broke the usual format for these buildings recognising that in urban fringe locations design mattered.

The building was also featured as a ‘base’ in the film ‘Stormbreaker’.

Elements of design

A rural setting and modelled to reflect the rolling landscape

The first steps to many other unique design solutions . . . . . . . . .

OTHER

night and day

Dockyard Davenport Plymouth UK for Plymouth City Council - design for a larger energy from waste plant processing approx. 245,000 tonnes per year.

Bid design development for MVV resulting in their selection. Design for planning was prepared and achieved and then the shell construction design was done under a novation agreement to the principal contractor Kier.

A part of the aesthetic was to reflect the ship construction within the buildings envelope. Lighting also helped to emphasise this aesthetic link.

Concept Model

EfW CONCEPTS

STAFFORDSHIRE

Energy from Waste Plant for North Staffordshire (now built). Brief: To produce concept design culminating in a preferred design option agreeable to the Planning Department and to obtain detailed planning permission for the purposes of competitive tender.

To further interview tender applicants on behalf of the Client to determine their approach to design and detailing.

To monitor design modifications/ alterations with the preferred bidder and determine whether acceptable.

Throughput – 300,000 tonnes per annum Selected Bidder - Veolia

COVENTRY

150,000 tonnes p.a.

Early design development and planning with the process engineers is key to producing an effective architectural solution.

Having been the preferred Architects for such bidders as SITA, TIRU (UK),MVV, CNIM/Wheelabrator Technologies and KEPPEL Infrastructure we can develop concepts for bids and also progress through to novation status for the implementation. Past experience working with International Teams in the UK, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Cayman/US

GRAND CAYMEN

A concept of a bid Proposal with CNIM/Wheelabrator Technologies for a Single Site EfW/ Waste Sorting/ IBA Processing and Composting Facility on Grand Cayman with Satellite Facilities on Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.

Concept development to enable bidder to make a submission.