Fire in Recycling Plant - Haverhill
Waste Recycling Group Limited (WRG), a leading UK waste management and energy recovery company, is part of FCC the international environmental services, infrastructure and energy group.
WRG is focused on delivering integrated waste management and energy recovery solutions to meet national, regional and local needs for local authorities and private commercial companies.
The Company operates facilities for the reception, recycling and disposal of waste, including a network of waste transfer and recycling centres and a regional network of landfill sites, and also manages a wide range of recycling sites on behalf of local authorities for use by the general public.
Business situation
The warehouse had suffered from serious fire damage that left the bins, walls and ceiling with major soot damage. It was still possible for the staff in this area to work and so their day to day activities could continue. However the working environment was not good and the owners wanted the work completed as quickly as possible.
Technical situation
The Ideal Group sent their surveyor to inspect the damage and complete an initial risk assessment. In order to successfully clean the premises It was necessary to use high access equipment in order to reach up and clean the underside of the roofing. It was also identified that the client wanted the fire damage repairs work to commence within 72 hours of the fire.
Solution
The fire clean was managed and directly overseen by The Ideal Group Managing Director Javid Ibrahim. Javid ensured that the team operated safely within the parameters of the risk assessment. Two technicians using cherry picker /boom high access equipment (see left photo) started the work in October 2011.
The soot decontamination cleaning work took four weeks to complete and the warehouse was cleaned section by section. Each section whilst being cleaned had to be safely segregated off from the rest of the warehouse in order to ensure the safety of Trevor Young Waste Group workers working at ground level. This method of cleaning was also used in order to allow their normal work to continue.
The Manager from the Trevor Young Waste Recycling Centre was delighted with the overall fire damage clean up and particularly praised one of our lead technicians Christian for delivering a great service.
Photograph above - One section part cleaned – 24 more to go!
Benefits
The Ideal Group were able to meet the client’s requirements by starting work almost immediately after being called to survey the property. This allowed the building structure to be cleaning safely and professionally and reduced business interruption to a minimum.
