LEACHATE TREATMENT
PLANT PROCUREMENT
A number of forms of contract have been used to procure leachate treatment plants, but a significant proportion of plants that have been built have failed to provide an adequate solution. In some situations, plants have been constructed that have simply not worked.
The commonest form of contractual arrangement being adopted remains a traditional consultancy approach, and this retains many advantages. In particular, the consultant selected for expertise in leachate treatment, works directly for the landfill operator, providing safeguards through the process. By preparing a detailed design and specification for tendering, the landfill operator can be sure that when tenders are received, they are directly comparable with each other, rather than offering a wide range of different levels of specification and even treatment processes, as is often the case when a design and build approach is adopted.
Nevertheless, EU policy, and several our largest Waste Companies, favour design and build (D&B), and we have now designed a number of plants which been successfully procured on a design and build basis. Enviros is pleased to work with a D&B team, and to bid for plants on a D&B basis. On other occasions we have worked for the project promoter/purchaser to assist with technical appraisal of D&B tender bids and provided subsequent advice during construction.
The most important aspect in the selection of leachate treatment facilities is that an appropriate, reliable, and cost-effective solution is adopted. Increasingly, high standards of effluent quality are being required, and where effluent discharges into surface waters are being made, consistent compliance with effluent discharge standards is vital.
Call, or contact, Howard Robinson at the telephone number, or email address, below.
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