Rubbish project is good for Dew

DEW Piling has won a £1.9 million project to provide the foundation package for a waste-to-energy facility at Newhaven in Sussex.

Part of a plan to recover value from household refuse, the £160 million scheme will produce electricity equivalent to the energy consumption of 16,500 homes from 210,000 tonnes of household waste.

Hochtief, on behalf of Veolia Environmental Services, formerly Onyx, has commissioned Dew, which will provide a combined precast concrete and steel sheet piling package for the project, which is being developed at North Quay, close to the River Ouse.

Following precast trial piling and testing, Dew — based in Meek Street, Royton — will begin the first phase of installation of 485 precast concrete piles this month.

The 350mm square piles — supplied by FK Lowry Piling — will be driven into alluvium, sands and gravels and chalk to depths of up to 32 metres to act as bearing piles.

Sheet piling will commence in January when Dew will install 550 14.5- metre sheet piles to create a circular lagoon.

Dew Piling will supply 836 tonnes of steel sheet piles from stock, all treated with a sealant to make them watertight.