Manchester Waste PFI

Seconded to Viridor Laing bid team, Stephen was responsible for negotiating the complex integrated construction contract with EPC contractor Costain. He negotiated the terms of the bespoke performance based construction contract, setting engineering standards, appropriate commissioning tests and performance guarantee standards to be met. In the face of the banking crisis of 2008 was able to present a sufficiently robust technical solution and contractual delivery strategy to allow financial close on this project financed deal.

Waste PFI Projects

SUMMARY

This project involved a £640 million construction programme building a network of 38 recycling and waste management facilities across 24 sites. The facilities include: Five Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) facilities, four with Anaerobic Digestion which process organic material to produce gases which generate renewable power, and compost-like material using technology from Haase and Enpure; Four In-vessel composting facilities which treat garden and food waste to produce compost using technology from TEG; Materials Recovery Facility which sorts the kerbside recyclable materials (commingled) into different material types, from where they are sent for recycling; 20 HWRCs; Transfer Loading Station; Green waste shredding facilities, and two new public education centres provide educational resources for school, community and other interested groups.

LOCATION

Manchester

YEAR

CLIENT

Viridor Laing