October

Safe September

In honour of behavioural safety week a workshop was run by the safety department, greeted with enthusiasm by all staff.

The project is on programme and the testing including the FST5 air test has been carried out.

The walkways and barriers have been reviewed and the review notes acted upon, as well as tool box talks on: machine buckets and protection to protruding rebar.

August Update

In line with the focus upon safety at all the B&V sites, Naburns pedestrian routes were were newly designed and completed as well as Charles Arrowsmith from B&V Health and Safety giving a safety talk relating to safe lifting with excavators.

June - July Developments

Information limited at this time

Naburn WwTW Social Event

A social event was held in the city of York on 17-05-07 in order to build and bond the team to try and guarantee the success and quality of the project.

May Developments

The excavations and cofferdam installation for FST5 and 6 Hopper are working to the existing method statement.

Pipe installation under the FST tanks began and there is an option to have more focus on ths dependent upon the coming ground conditions.

Concrete pours will also be taking place and the Quality and Environmental audits have been carried out by Geoff Taylor with the actions closed out.

Selector Tank

Steel for the selector tank has been identified with most parts having already arrived for work to commence on 30-04-07.

Focus On April

Excavations have been ongoing with an increase in staff numbers to speed up the works. Tool box talks have also had a focus with topics including:

• Ladders and hand tools
• Manual Handling
• Environmental Issues

The fencing has also been improved with the traffic management plan in place.

March Update

March has had a main focus upon preparation as well as health and safety, making the site as safe as possible and putting the correct signage in place as well as all staff involved from Yorkshire Water and Black and Veatch having taken part in safety inductions. Handrails were erected at the survey station to continue the focus on staff safety.
The risk assesments and method statements are in place for all activities such as the excavating and blinding around piles for the FST tanks and the pipework to the FST tanks.
It has been decided that in order to place an adequate focus on the environment and recycling that all waste should be segregated to minimise wastage and so that it can be sent to the correct depot.

Introduction to the Scheme

Brief scope of the works:

Design and build for the conversion of the existing SBR process to an extended activated sludge plant (ASP), associated new structures and all necessary activities to full integrate the new treatment process into the existing operations on site, comprising of:

• Modification of existing SBR transfer pumping station
• Selector Rank
• SBR conversion
• Final settlement tanks (FST's), RAS/SAS pumping station and additional SAS storage
• Interconnecting process pipe work and wash water system
• Control building and power supply infrastructure
• Decommissioning of Works No. 3