PROJECT VALUE: £167,000

DURATION:  12 weeks

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As part of the HS2 proposals, RSK Group were employed to carry out ground investigations across a former landfill site in West Yorkshire on behalf of Network Rail. We were employed by RSK to manage and monitor the bore hole operations acting as the Licensed Asbestos Removal Contractor (LARC), including the disposal of contaminated solids and liquids arising from the drilling process.

This was a very complex project which involved piling and drilling works on a former asbestos landfill site, which resulted in ACMs being disturbed below ground and brought up to the surface. The 70 acre site was permitted to accept up to 25,000 tonnes of asbestos per year when operational.

The notifiable 12-week project involved penetrating the contaminated cells in ~30 locations and in some areas going 50m deep. Temporary water containment bunds were created to contain the contaminated sludge that arose from the works before being transferred into IBC's for disposal, with full time reassurance and personal air monitoring being undertaken at all times. Emchia arranged asbestos medicals, face fit testing, site specific asbestos training and supplied PPE/RPE for the RSK operatives to use during their drilling operation. Tonnes of asbestos had been buried on this site over the years and it took a significant level of planning to ensure the disturbance and control measures we put in place were suitable to avoid exposure to RSK’s operatives and our team.