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ENVIRONMENTAL Breme Park Bromsgrove, UK INNOVATIVE REMEDIATION SOLUTION ENABLES SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF FORMER INDUSTRIAL SITE WSP’s remediation team has designed and completed an innovative and sustainable remediation solution to enable the transformation of a former drop forging works into a flagship residential development and technology park.The remediation has brought about the regeneration and redevelopment of a large tract of blighted land, providing much needed employment for local people in the immediate and long term. The sensitive location of the 22 ha site above a major aquifer, combined with the extensive and widespread nature of contamination from 50 years of heavy industrial activity, represented a significant development challenge. Contamination included saturation of soils with heavy oils, an on-site landfill containing hazardous substances, and over 20 000 sq m of land affected by neat oils floating on the groundwater table from leaking sumps, tanks and industrial operations. WSP was appointed in advance of the sale of the land to undertake a rapid programme of ground investigation to quantify liabilities associated with the proposed redevelopment and provide a guaranteed maximum price for remediation.This facilitated the purchase of the site by Persimmon Homes, who then commissioned WSP’s specialist land remediation arm to undertake the remediation of soil and groundwater under a fixed price contract. The approach was based on the on-site treatment of the majority of contamination at a fraction of the cost of traditional off-site disposal. The work was integrated with the demolition programme to reduce the time required for remediation. Human health and controlled water risk assessments were undertaken in close and extensive consultation with the regulatory authorities, who have since used the site as an example of best practice in land remediation in their staff training sessions. Our ability to provide cost certainty at the point of acquisition and deliver the project on time and to budget has resulted in the site being one of the most successful brownfield reclamation projects within Persimmon’s portfolio and has reinforced the company’s desire to continue to develop on complex brownfield sites. Remediation work at Breme Park included: ■ Management and verification of site decommissioning, asbestos removal and demolition works; ■ On-site treatment of oil hydrocarbon contaminated soils using bioremediation to reduce the concentration of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) to agreed target criteria; ■ Remediation of light non-aqueous phase liquids from a network of 350 groundwater remediation wells using WSP’s proprietary vacuum extraction techniques – over 15 000 litres of oil recovered from the groundwater; ■ Disposal of untreatable PCB contaminated soils to landfill or for incineration; ■ All contamination reduced to below agreed target concentrations; ■ All works signed off by regulatory authorities. Client: Persimmon Homes Project team: Architect: RPS Project value: £2.4M Project size: 22 ha former drop forging works WSP services: Geo-environmental investigation Hazardous materials survey Quantitative risk assessment Remediation design Remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater Regulatory authority sign-off 83
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