Civil engineers appointed to build Colnbrook incinerator

The work, with a contract value of 32 million, will include the construction of the building and its foundations and elements of the mechanical and electrical operations for the plant. The civil engineering programme will take about two and a half years to complete.

The Colnbrook plant will process about 400,000 tonnes of waste each year from 2008 under a 100 million contract between Grundon Waste Management and Japanese technology consortium Itochu/Takuma.

Edmund Nuttall is a major UK civil engineering contractor with an annual turnover of over 450 million. The company has worked in rail construction, maritime and water engineering projects and has experience with materials recycling facilities, composting and energy-from-waste projects.

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Richard Skehens, managing director of Grundon Waste Management, said: “We are delighted that our preferred contractors Itochu/Takuma, have appointed Edmund Nuttall as the civil engineers for this project. We are in no doubt that their professional behaviour and performance will ensure the success of this civil engineering contract.”

Nuttall project manager Peter Golden said the contract was “very exciting and significant” for his company and that “we are looking forward to working in partnership with Grundon Waste Management and Itochu/Takuma on this prestigious project”.

The Colnbrook plant is likely to become a key plant for the management of waste in the South East of England, particularly with its location near to the M4 and the M25.

As one new incinerator in the region moves forward, another – Belvedere – still remains on hold. The plant, proposed for the London borough of Belvedere, was made subject to further delay by former trade secretary Patricia Hewitt before this month's election (see letsrecycle.com story). The project now passes to Mrs Hewitt's successor, Alan Johnson, for a decision.

• Grundon Waste Management has expressed disappointment that its proposed materials recycling facility for Wingmoor in Gloucestershire will now face a public enquiry. Grundon estates surveyor Paul Wormald said the company was “baffled” as to why county planners overturned recommendations to use only written representations.