Ayesa Waste Management Brochure

We provide end-to-end solutions that overcome environmental challenges as diverse as the industries we serve

Our expertise supports your journey to the circular economy and net zero.

ABOUT US

Our teams provide provide engineering, project management and multidisciplinary services across a variety of sectors, including marine and coastal, geoscience, buildings, transportation, energy, environment, water, flooding, waste management, and conservation.

Employer of Choice: In Ireland, we are a platinum Deloitte Best Managed Company and, in the UK, a Top 10 Ground Engineering consultant.(2)

Frameworks: We sit on several frameworks (18+) that deliver critical infrastructure, including Irish Water, The National Trust, and the Office of Public Works (OPW).

We have been present in the Middle East since 2009 with offices in KSA, UAE and Bahrain. Since then, we have completed over 1000 projects for leading public and private clients such as Qiddiya, Cruise Saudi, SWCC, Saudi Aramco, Diriyah Gate Development Authority, Amaala, Neom, Red Sea.

Technical Excellence: With a reputation for technical excellence, our highly skilled engineers take a complex problem and use critical thinking to navigate a path past any obstacles.

Multidisciplinary: Our multidisciplinary teams comprise over 70 different skillsets, with the expertise necessary to tackle the most challenging assignments, presented by each project. We collaborate across disciplines to provide solutions at the frontline of industry best practice.

Connected networks

Through our connected network of 12,000 professionals in 23 countries, we provide high quality, timely and cost-effective engineering, consulting and project management, saving clients considerable amounts of money and time by delivering valuedriven solutions.

Making it Happen.

Established in 1966, Ayesa is a leading global provider of engineering and technology consulting services. Ayesa is ranked #44 in the Top 225 International engineering design firms of the world. (1)

* In 2022, ByrneLooby in the UK, Ireland and the Middle East became part of Ayesa, a global leader in delivering major projects in transportation, critical infrastructure, water, energy, environment and waste management.

SECTORS

Geoscience

> Urban geotechnics

> Infrastructure geotechnics

> Engineering geology

> Underground space

> Site investigation

> Land quality & regeneration

> Surface water & groundwater risk assessments

Water

> Water supply

> Wastewater

> Drainage networks

> Tunnelling & conveyance

> Plant optimisation & resilience

> Resource management/Smart Water

Energy

> Renewable energy

> Energy generation

> Energy efficiency

> Transmission and distribution

Conservation

> Places of worship

> Residential heritage

> Commercial heritage

> Estates & country homes

> Scheduled monuments

> Heritage surveys and asset protection

Environment

> Sustainability

> Environmental impact assessment, planning and permitting

> Modelling, monitoring & compliance

> Ecology and biodiversity

> Climate resilience

> Hazard mapping, risk assessment and due diligence

Marine & Coastal

> Ports & harbours

> Coastal engineering

> Coastal modelling

> Marinas & waterfronts

> Planning & licensing

> Terminals & facilities

Flooding

> Flood risk assessment (FRA) and management plans

> Flood risk schemes (FRS)

> Catchment area planning & hazard mapping

> Flood resilience planning

> Flood Relief Schemes/Defence

Buildings

> Residential

> Office & commercial

> Public

> Leisure

> Education

> Health

> Temporary works

Waste Management

> Waste facility permitting & licensing

> Waste facility design

> Construction support

Transportation

> Highways and bridges

> Rail and metro

> Logistics parks

> Road safety audits

> Development infrastructure

> Tunnelling and ground engineering

> Temporary works

WORKING WITH US

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE

We offer the highest standards of design, project management and stakeholder collaboration to realise optimum project solutions. Our engineering consultants are among the very best in their fields. Continuous involvement in challenging projects maintains and enhances our high standards of technical excellence.

COMMITMENT TO CLIENTS

Our company is built on relationships and superior client care. We deliver on our unwavering commitment to assist our clients in achieving their desired results. We are agile and responsive and build a collaborative framework across stakeholders for project success.

INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE

We invest in our staff to deliver a positive, enriching, safe and empowering work experience at Ayesa. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion to provide a place where everyone can thrive. We invest significantly in training and development to keep our staff at the cutting edge of their industry. Our focus is on positively influencing those SDGs most applicable to us in our role as a leading engineering consultant. Everything from CO2 emissions, water reduction, social value, health and wellbeing, community engagement, apprenticeships, and safe working.

Waste Management

A Leader At The Forefront Of The Waste Management Industry

Our professional engineers and environmental experts have provided world-leading advisory, environmental and engineering consulting services to the waste management industry for two decades.

Our integrated, multidisciplinary teams from the UK, Ireland and the Middle East:

• Design waste facilities (landfill and waste treatment)

• Assist with permitting and environmental compliance

• Support clients when operating waste management facilities whilst protecting communities and the environment

• Advise public and private bodies

We operate across the commercial, industrial, municipal, radiological, construction and renewable energy sectors. We also provide our clients with practical training and workshops in specialist areas such as landfill engineering, geotechnics, geosynthetics installation, monitoring, compliance and sustainability. For example, we are contracted to the UK Environment Agency to provide their staff with training in Advanced Landfill Engineering.

Supporting clients throughout the entire lifecycle of waste management and their facilities:

• New site evaluation

• Detailed design of hazardous and nonhazardous waste facilities

• Operations and permit compliance

• Environmental assessment studies and securing regulatory permits

• Construction support, including contract management, works supervision and Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) services

• Monitoring programmes to analyse impacts to the environment and surrounding ecosystems

• At the end of the facility’s lifecycle - we assist in closure, permit surrender and site remediation

Design and Delivery of Global Landfill Expertise

We have successfully supported the delivery of some of the most significant landfill development projects globally, including the 18 million cubic metre capacity triple-landfill complex at Oman’s Sohar Industrial Waste Handling and Treatment Facility (IWHTF). We undertook extensive environmental studies, designed the 30-year site masterplan, prepared detailed designs for and supervised the construction of Class I hazardous, Class II Non-hazardous and Inert landfills developed at the facility.

Waste Management Solutions

Ayesa advises private and public-sector clients on a full range of waste management solutions, including minimisation, recycling, treatment, disposal and energy recovery.

The waste sector is one of the most highly regulated and challenging business environments; many of our senior staff have over 25 years of experience supporting our clients through the whole waste management lifecycle. Our inhouse team of experts in this field includes waste permitting specialists, chemists, hydrogeologists, geotechnical and civil engineers, geologists, ecologists, solid and liquid waste treatment specialists, gas management experts, waste planners, environmental and social impact assessment consultants, environment monitoring technicians and auditors.

Unlocking Commercial Opportunities in Former Landfill sites

Our waste team help unlock commercial opportunities by assisting clients to reuse, recycle or recover resources from waste. Our teams also recommend solutions to treat waste, thus reducing any environmental impacts. In addition, we have extensive experience and expertise in the remediation of former landfills to prevent pollution or to support clients who wish to bring the land back into productive use.

WASTE MANAGEMENTSUB-SECTORS

Waste Facility Permitting & Licensing

Waste Facility Design

Construction Support

WASTE INDUSTRY CLIENTS HAZARDOUS

SUPPORTING LANDFILL SITES: OPERATIONS | CLOSURE

INDUSTRIAL

WASTE RENEWABLE ENERGY MUNICIPAL

COMMERCIAL

• United Kingdom

Ireland

• Continental Europe

• Middle East/Africa

• Medium-sized local operators

Regional operators

• International consortiums

NON HAZARDOUS HAZARDOUS

INERT WASTE

LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE

CES AND EXPERTISE ACROSS THE FULL LIFECYCLE OF WASTE

WASTE FACILITY PERMITTING

WASTE FACILITY DESIGN

LAND FILL ENGINEERING

CONSTRUCTION & OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

We provide design, management and construction support services to clients from initial evaluation to implementation, operations and closure.

Waste facility Permitting & Licensing

Our understanding of the waste facility permitting and licensing process end-to-end provides a holistic service.

We bridge the gap across all stakeholders, the client, contractors, planning and regulatory authorities and public consultation, where needed.

Helping waste clients meet obligations

European and national environmental legislation impose stringent legislative controls over a wide range of industrial and commercial activities. The legislation requires operators of ‘regulated facilities’ to obtain the appropriate permit to operate or discharge substances to air, water or land. The aim of the legislative regime is to protect the environment and to promote best practice in the operation of the regulated facilities.

Assisting Planning and Construction through permitting and licensing

Our teams have many years of experience in supporting planning applications, obtaining environmental permits, and supporting the construction of regulated facilities in the most cost-effective way. We work with operators to provide permit compliance by environmental monitoring and reporting services. In addition, our analyses supports validation operational issues by ensuring compliance with waste acceptance procedures and practices.

Client Due Diligence

We prepare permit variations to comply with changing legislational operational practices and to facilitate change of operator through permit transfers. Our environmental monitoring data can also feed into risk assessment and management strategies to ensure compliance with the permit licence. These monitoring services can form the basis of the eventual permit surrender application.

Assessments to support Permit Processes

To support permit processes we provide environmental risk assessments; landfill gas risk assessments; hydrogeological risk assessments; stability risk assessments; fire prevention plans; odour and pest risk assessments and management plans; and environmental management systems.

Experienced with Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Facilities

We have worked across all developmental phases on behalf of a broad range of facilities, including hazardous, non-hazardous and inert landfill sites, Material Recycling Facilities (MRF), Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) facilities, In-Vessel Compositing (IVC) facilities, Authorised Treatment Facilities (ATF) for end-of-life vehicles, and bespoke facilities e.g. ship and oil rig decommissioning. In addition, our permitting experience extends to a wider range of industrial processes, including non-ferrous metal melting, wood treatment, wood combustion and mineral extraction and processing.

Site Selection, Permit, Design of Solid Waste Disposal and Modern Waste Facilities

We help clients in many ways, consulting on site selection, permit application, or design new solid waste disposal facilities or upgrade existing facilities, ensuring optimum solutions for capacity, staging and community acceptance. Our team have advised on planning, permitting and construction of modern waste facilities. Our aim is to progress projects on time, on budget and costeffectively. We consider the impacts of alternative technologies in integrated waste management systems.

When you work with Ayesa, you can be assured our experts understand the latest technical issues, regulatory drivers and the commercial pressures of the waste industry.

Waste facility

Permitting & Licensing Services

We help clients secure permits across a wide range of areas including waste and resources:

• Solid Waste Management and Disposal Municipal Waste Facility

Landfill Development and remediation for repurpose

• Waste to Energy Facilities

Quarry Mines and Tips

• Urban Development

• Water Abstraction and Wastewater Teatment and Discharge

Air Quality and Emissions to Atmosphere

• Reclamation and Dredging

• Flood Defence, Stormwater Management and Land Drainage

• Mineral and Resources Extraction

ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING SERVICES

• Applications for Environment Agency, NRW, SEPA and Local Authority regulated permits and discharge consents

• Air dispersion modelling

• Bioaerosol risk assessments

Cost/benefit analysis of current post-closure management fees against likely surrender application costs

• Environmental Risk Assessments (ERA)

• Erosion control

Expert witness support following legal action by the regulator

Hydrogeological and hydrological risk assessments

• Landfill engineering and waste stability and settlement risk assessments

• Landfill gas risk assessments and carbon dioxide ICoP-based compliance limit reviews

• Management and emissions management plans: e.g. odour, fugitive emissions and noise and vibration

Master planning and environmental management systems

Permit variations, consolidation, transfers and surrender

Post-closure restoration schemes using appropriate regulatory framework and permission

• Pro-active liaison with the environmental regulators, planning authorities and local authorities

• Site closure plans

• Waste assessment and classification

• Waste recovery advice for permit applications

Review of subsistence fee calculations

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & PERMIT COMPLIANCE SERVICES

• Installation and monitoring of emissions to air, land and water

• Auditing of monitoring infrastructure to ensure it is fit for purpose and recommendation of remedial measures if required

• Auditing and due diligence

Design of environmental monitoring schemes per with permit requirements

• Holistic approach to data management including sampling of monitoring points, chain of custody of analytical data, review against compliance limits (if required), and presentation of data to client or regulator

Installation of monitoring boreholes including surveying and CQA supervision

• Provision of competent field monitoring technicians with appropriate transport to remote and location-sensitive sites.

Tendering, instruction and management of competitively costed 3rd party laboratory services

PLANNING AND LEGAL SERVICES

Our established relationships with environmental regulators, planning and local authorities help to progress projects

• Desk-based studies, site investigations and environmental monitoring

Human Health and Environmental Risk Assessments (HHRA)

• Pilot studies/remediation trials

• Project management support (contract support, resident engineer, verification of works)

• Regulatory support (liaison planning, environmental health, EA, EPA, Supreme Council of the Environment Building Control, NHBC, Coal Authority etc.)

PROJECT FOCUS: A ‘FIRST CLASS’ APPROACH TO EXPANDING ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD

HEATHROW AIRPORT EXPANSION

OUR ROLE

Our team was appointed to provide environmental assessment, permitting support for the project as well as landfill remediation and design. The Heathrow Expansion Programme is a £14bn project to construct a third runway and new taxiways linking it to the rest of the airport complex, a new terminal building and satellite, additional stand areas, newairport gateways, carparks and other associated infrastructure. It will involve re-routing the M25, diversion of rivers and substantial earthworks to achieve.

SOLUTION

We provided advice on the remediation of three existing permitted landfill sites located along the line of the proposed new runway and to design and support the permit applications for four new landfills. The new runway is to be constructed on top of three pre-existing landfills posing complex remediation and foundational design issues. The existing leachate and landfill gas control systems needed to be replaced and a new capping system installed.

The four new landflls are being designed to EU/ UK standards and need to take account of their close proximity to a working airfield with associated access restrictions. Our Waste team were subcontracted to Jacobs who were appointed as lead earthworks consultant for the project. Our role in this project was multi-disciplinary with our consultants providing a full range of services; earthworks design, site investigation support, hydrogeological risk assessments, stability risk assessments, air quality assessment, design of landfill gas, leachate and odour control systems, environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance and advice on landfill tax.

Location: Heathrow

Capital Value: £15bn

Project Name: Heathrow Airport Expansion

Country: UK

Client: Jacobs Engineering

PROJECT FOCUS: WASTE RECOVERY ACTIVITY IN A HIGHLY SENSITIVE HABITAT

BROCKHOLES QUARRY, PRESTON OVERVIEW

The site operator Hargreaves North West appointed Ayesa to help secure planning and permit applications to restore their 24-hectare quarry in Lancashire. Previously, the quarry had been used for the extraction of sand and gravel for the construction industry. The site is located in a sensitive groundwater and surface water regime. The restoration scheme will need some 246,000 cubic metres of suitable restoration materials. to be imported and placed. The recovered area will be developed into a wet grassland habitat with emergent species margins. The site will also house lakeside fishing lodges with access tracks and parking.

INNOVATION / VALUE ADD

Getting the project off on the right foot is key and bridging the gap across stakeholders is where our teams excel. At the start of the project, we held discussions with the client, local planning authorities and environmental regulators to determine the scope of the application. Our team designed and installed the monitoring boreholes, essential to complete the flood risk and hydrogeological assessments. These asessments also feed into the surface water management plan. When the Planning Permission and S106 agreement were secured our team devised the Waste Recovery Plan (which included the following assessments: environmental site setting and design, environmental risk assessment, hydrogeological and hydrological risk assessment and the environmental management system) This application was successfully approved by the Environmental Agency.

As operations continue, Ayesa will continue to monitor ground gas, groundwater and surface water to assess any impacts on the sensitive surrounds, water and ecosystems. This monitoring is also important as it forms the basis for the future site closure and permit surrender. In addition, on behalf of the client, we will assess waste to confirm its suitability as site restoration material.

Our role will continue through the restoration and closure phases as we provide informed expertise to our client to help expediate works towards completion and provide authorities with the rquired information for compliance throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Location: Preston, Lancashire

Capital Value: Undisclosed

Project Name: Brockholes Quarry

Country: UK

Client: Hargreaves North West

PROJECT FOCUS: SUCCESSFUL AQUISITION OF PERMIT VARIATION FOR EDWIN RICHARDS QUARRY

EDWIN RICHARDS QUARRY RESTORATION & INFILL OVERVIEW

Edwin Richards Quarry was a former hard rock quarry over 80 metres deep located in an urbanised area west of Birmingham in the Midlands, UK. It had been partially infilled with municipal wastes but then mothballed after waste inputs reduced as a result of increased recycling and rising landfill taxes. Over 5 million cubic metres of void remained at the site and the unrestored quarry posed an ongoing stability and safety hazard.

The multinational utilities company which operates the site is one of the largest waste management companies in the UK. The Ayesa team were able to advise them on how to re-permit the site to complete its restoration using a specific range of non-hazardous wastes, make use of the remaining airspace asset and realise the development potential of the wider site

PRIMARY ROLE

Ayesa worked closely with the client’s estates team to develop a forward master plan for the whole site, support their planning application and prepare the permit variation application to the Environment Agency. We were successful in obtaining the permit variation which provided for a highly efficient methodology of infilling the site, both in construction cost and landfill tax-saving terms.

INNOVATION / VALUE ADD

The permit variation application was complex involving the preparation of quantitative groundwater and geotechnical risk assessments and innovative waste acceptance protocols. Subsequently, a separate permit was secured for a hazardous soil wastes treatment facility on the site. Ayesa has also installed new environmental monitoring boreholes and provides ongoing regulatory compliance advice.

Location: Birmingham, UK

Capital Value: Undisclosed

Project Name: Edwin Richards Quarry Restoration & Infill

Country: UK

Client: Waste Recycling UK

Waste Facility Design

A Leader in Waste Facility Design

Activities carried out at waste facilities include disposal, treatment, recycling and energy generation. They are a crucial part of ensuring we sustainably manage the wastes produced by households, commerce and industry. These facilities are varied and include mechanical, thermal, chemical and biological treatment of wastes, soil remediation plants and landfill disposal. Materials that cannot be recovered or recycled, including the residues from treatment facilities, are disposed of in a landfill. Ayesa has extensive experience providing complete design services for waste facilities or providing specialist inputs to larger development consortiums.

Our team of multidisciplinary experts has delivered the design and master planning of nationally significant waste management projects in the UK and MENA region, including the 18 million cubic metre capacity, triple landfill Sohar Industrial Waste Handling and Treatment Facility (IWHTF) in Oman and at multiple, extensive scale waste management facilities over 20 years for the two leading waste management operators in the UK.

We can also design the remediation works at former waste management facilities, including treatment plants where soil and water contamination has occurred and historical landfill sites.

Sohar Industrial Waste Treatment Facility (IWHTF), Kuwait

Waste Facility Design Services

WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY DESIGN SERVICES

From scoping, to concept, to detailed design, ensuring a holistic and risk-based design approach to waste facilities

Site selection, due diligence, site investigations and baseline environmental monitoring

• Design of hazardous waste treatment plants

• Design support to municipal/industrial waste materials recycling and thermal treatment plants

• Design of effluent treatment systems (biological or chemical)

Design of facility infrastructure including master planning, layouts, roads, foundations, buildings & surface water management infrastructure

Design and supervision of preliminary works, including site investigations, risk assessments, design of preparatory earthworks/site remediation, baseline environmental monitoring & Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)

LANDFILL FACILITY DESIGN SERVICES

• Site selection support, site acquisition / due diligence

• Site investigations, materials testing and baseline environmental monitoring services

Hydrogeological, stability and gas risk assessments

• Earthworks and geosynthetics design and specification

Risk-based design of engineered containment lining systems including composite mineral / geosynthetic lining systems and associated leachate drainage & collection systems

Design of leachate, landfill gas and surface water management/treatment systems

• Design of environmental monitoring systems

• Preparation of operations and closure plans

Design of remediation of old landfills for pollution control or redevelopment

• Design of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities

Project management (contract support, construction supervision, works verification, QA/QC, auditing)

LAND REMEDIATION DESIGN SERVICES

• Desk-based studies, site investigations and environmental monitoring

• Human Health and Environmental Risk Assessments (HHRA)

Pilot studies/remediation trials

Project management support (contract support, resident engineer, verification of works)

Regulatory support (liaison planning, environmental health, EA, EPA, Supreme Council of the Environment Building Control, NHBC, Coal Authority etc.)

PROJECT FOCUS: 30-YEAR MASTERPLAN FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST WASTE FACILITIES IN THE WORLD

SOHAR IWTF (INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY) OMAN

50-Hectares Complex | 400,000 m3 Earthworks OVERVIEW

We were appointed as lead landfill design engineers designing and delivering the 30-year masterplan of the Sohar Industrial Waste Handling and Treatment Facility (IWHTF), one of the world’s largest hazardous waste management facilities. This treatment facility will cater for a range of wastes, both hazardous and non-hazardous and is a cornerstone of integrated waste treatment facilities in Oman, servicing the entire country. Through the masterplan, spanning three decades, our team outline the most cost--effective, long-term pathway for any future landfill development phases. Three landfills were constructed providing 18 million m3 of void space on a 50-hectare complex. One of landfill sites will contain hazardous waste and it is composed of two composite liners. The other two other cells include single composite liners for non-hazardous wastes and inert wastes. Our team provided the detailed design for the first cells on each of the three landfills and supervised their construction.

A project of this size and scale included earthworks movement and the design of development platform of over 400,000m3 of soils, which requiresd detailed design, and geotechnical expertise. The photo of the hazardous waste cell shows the 8 geosynthetic layers in the engineered containment lining system, including 2 sets of HDPE/GCL, drainage and protective geotextiles.

INTEGRATED RISK BASED APPROACH

The brief on this Design & Build contract included tender support, site investigations, environmental monitoring, hydrogeological studies, facility master planning, earthworks design, landfill design, geosynthetics design, surface water management design, site based construction support (including CQA) and preparation of the operations, environmental monitoring and closure plans.

PROJECT FOCUS: MASTERPLAN DESIGN FOR A 20 YEAR, 4.8 MILLION M³ EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING MSW LANDFILL

IZZ MUNICIPAL LANDFILL OVERVIEW

Solid waste management is one of the top priorities of the Oman government and Be’ah was established by royal decree to manage and plan the solid waste strategy. As part of their strategy, aging dumpsites were closed and replaced with new large, regional, engineered containment landfills. The Izz Landfill facility services the Al Dakhiliya Governate, some 140km southwest of Muscat with Nizwa as its capital.

PRIMARY ROLE

From 2015-to 2019, Ayesa worked on behalf of Al Ahlia Environmental Services to provide a masterplan design for a 20 year, 4.8 million m³ extension to the existing MSW landfill and the detailed design for the first two phases of the project. Al Ahlia was contracted to construct these two phases to provide an initial 2 million m³ of sanitary landfill capacity, with associated infrastructure and two new leachate evaporation ponds (4000 m²). Our role included the supervision, quality assurance, and verification of the works and the preparation of the operational, monitoring, and closure plans.

INNOVATION / VALUE ADD

We also provided the design and specification of the leachate collection, pumping, and treatment systems; the landfill gas management system, environmental monitoring systems and the surface water management plan. In addition, we undertook the design of the additional infrastructure required for both the construction and operational phases of the landfill including 2-way asphalt roads, roundabouts, access ramps, wheel wash, fencing, and storage areas.

Our experts prepared the technical specification and provided construction support to sign off all works to the highest standards. The engineering design included the preliminary / master plan which was pre-approved by Be’ah. This 20-year master plan included best practices for environmental monitoring and operations, as well as procedures and planning for the eventual closure. Throughout the process, our progress was presented to all stakeholders including Be’ah to ensure alignment and collaboration. The site was handed over progressively to the landfill operator as each phase was completed to ensure continuity of service to the local community.

Location: Izz, Oman

Capital Value: USD 8.6m

Project Name: Izz Municipal Landfill

Country: Oman

Client: Al Ahlia Environmental Services in contract to Be’ah

Construction Support

Supporting Clients During Construction

Ayesa staff have provided construction support on over 100 waste management development projects over two decades. Our team’s practical experience and design expertise allow us to deliver high-quality solutions from initial scheme concepts to construction for clients. Our principal staff members have extensive experience in the field, providing a range of services, including site supervision, auditing, quality assurance, environmental monitoring and testing support.

We also provide ongoing construction services to our clients during the operation, restoration and aftercare phases. In some cases, we have provided continued support on waste management facility sites for over 20 years. Our project portfolio has sites located throughout the United Kingdom, the EU, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), West Africa, Central and Southern Asia.

Our consultants offer expertise spanning all phases:

Pre-construction

Contract procurement and project management

• Site supervision

• Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) and works verification

Construction Support Services

PRE-CONSTRUCTION

SERVICES

• Site investigations

Environmental monitoring

Discharging pre-construction permit conditions

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Stability Risk Assessment (SRA)

Hydrogeological Investigations and Risk Assessment (HRA)

• Earthworks design

• Geosynthetics design

Infrastructure design (roads, buildings, lagoons, surface water drainage)

• Leachate and landfill gas system design

• Earthworks pad trials

CONTRACT PROCUREMENT & PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

• Provision of tender and contract documentation

• Construction cost advice

Cost-benefit analysis

Management of the tender process and award of contract

• Construction project management

Supervision of works / resident engineer

Construction Quality Assurance (CQA)

• Cost and payment control during the construction stages

• Construction stage progress and programme management

• Verification reporting and regulatory approvals management

Auditing waste facility construction works for quality and financial control purposes

OTHER SITE SUPPORT

SERVICES

• Soil sampling and specification/management of geotechnical testing

• Environmental monitoring (Gas, groundwater, surface water, air quality)

• Audits of leachate and gas management systems

Design of gas generation pumping trials

Installation / retro-installation of leachate and landfill gas extraction and treatment systems

• Leachate pumping trials

• Design and construction support for wetland treatment systems for leachate

• Expert investigation of slope failures

• Health & Safety support

• Supervision of waste facility pollution cleanup and remediation works

Topographical surveying

PROJECT FOCUS: 20 YEARS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT, DESIGN AND SUPERVISION AT JAMESON ROAD LANDFILL

JAMESON ROAD LANDFILL OVERVIEW

The Jameson Road facility is a major regional landfill in Lancashire, UK accepting a range of MSW, Industrial and Commercial wastes. It was formerly a local council operated site, now owned and operated by multinational utility company SUEZ. For the past 20 years the Ayesa UK team have provided comprehensive multidisciplinary construction support, master planning, design and permitting advice on this site to SUEZ. The site initially required extensive remedial works to bring it up to modern standards, including the design and installation of over 40 hectares of capping and isolating the older part of the site with a major engineered separation bund. Over 20 years the remaining area of the site was progressively developed with new engineered containment cells, constructed to the standards required by the EU Landfill and Groundwater Directives. Extensive landfill gas and leachate management systems have been installed.

PRIMARY ROLE

We initially project managed the remediation of the former council operated part of the site, designing and supervising an 800,000 m3 translocation of wastes, construction of a 1 km long engineered separation bund and installation of 40 hectares of geosynthetic capping.

For over two decades Ayesa have periodically designed, supervised and verified the construction of multiple new landfill cells and associate capping works as landfilling has progressed across the remaining 60 hectares of the site. The landfill is lined with a composite mineral clay / HPDE liner and capped with an LLDPE geomembrane.

For each new, separate cell construction and post infill capping contract we have assisted the operator to procure the contract and supervised the works. This starts with the detailed design, securing approval from the regulator (UK Environment Agency), preparing the contract specification and issuing the tender pack to contactors. We then supported our client through the tender evaluation process, contractor appointment, management of the contract works and by providing site-based supervision of the works. On completion of the works, we provided the regulator with the necessary CQA verification reports.

Location: Fleetwood, UK

Capital Value: >£25m

Project Name: Jameson Road Landfill

Country: UK

Client: SITA Suez UK

PROJECT FOCUS: EXTENSIVE REMEDIATION WORKS TO 45-METRE-DEEP HARD ROCK QUARRY

WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL OVERVIEW

The site is a 45-metre-deep hard rock quarry with over 15 million m³ of void space. Ayesa designed and project-managed extensive remediation works to the older, former local authority landfill for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), industrial and hazardous wastes. Ayesa also designed four new landfill cells.

Remediation works included the excavation and translocation of 300,000m³ of waste and construction of a 40m high engineered separation bund. A risk-based design approach was undertaken in accordance with PPC/EPR regulations and Environment Agency guidance. This included quantitative hydrogeological, landfill gas and stability risk assessments.

PRIMARY ROLE

Ayesa have provided the lead engineering design role on this site for over 20 years covering both the Phase 1 remediation works and the Phase 2 development of multiple new engineered containment cells. We have also provided extensive construction contract support, site supervision and CQA validation of the earthworks and containment liner installation works. In 2019 Suez commissioned Ayesa to design the leachate treatment system upgrade, commencing with a process design commission.

In support of the design works we have undertaken extensive hydrogeological and geotechnical investigations, Environmental Impact / Risk Assessments, input to planning applications and provided extensive Environmental Permitting support.

Location: Accrington

Capital Value: GBP >30m

Project Name: Whinney Hill Landfill

Country: UK

Client: SITA Suez UK

PROJECT FOCUS: MAJOR CLEAN-UP OF OIL CONTAMINATED SOILS

KUWAIT CONTAMINATED SOIL REPOSITORY OVERVIEW

This project was part of the major clean-up of oil contaminated soils which were a legacy of the 1991 Iraq war. When retreating from Kuwait, the Iraqi army destroyed hundreds of oil wells contaminating over 25 million m3 of soil. Under the auspices of the United Nations, a clean-up programme was initiated which involved a mix of bioremediation, thermal treatment and landfilling.

Ayesa was the lead design engineers for the construction of a 1 million tonne landfill repository, located in the oilfields to the south of Kuwait City.

The contract was let by the Kuwait Oil Company under the Kuwait Environmental Remediation Programme (KERPS) scheme, as a design and build project.

PRIMARY ROLE

Ayesa provided tender support to our D&B client which was successful in the face of stiff international competition.

Our role included a site selection study, design and supervision of borehole investigations, environmental monitoring, hydrogeological studies, geotechnical studies, earthworks and landfill engineering design, leachate management design, surface water design, construction supervision and CQA, and preparation of the operational, monitoring and post closure plans.

The work was undertaken in two phases, the first to construct the base of the repository and then following infilling, to cap and restore the site.

Training Courses

Ayesa can provide a wide range of training courses relating to waste management, environmental assessment, geotechnics and sustainability. Many of the technical courses are endorsed by the Geological Society and count towards CPD. We are contracted to the UK Environment Agency to provide their staff with training in Advanced Landfill Engineering. Our training courses are usually run as interactive workshops but other learning styles can be accommodated as required.

TRAINING COURSES PROVIDED

Soil and Rock Descriptions to BS5930 (1 day workshops).

• Sustainability awareness.

Sustainable procurement in construction. Stakeholder workshops.

• Waste classification and coding.

• Slope stability to EC7.

• Advanced Landfill Engineering. Landfill stability risk assessment.

Earthworks design and supervision.

• Use of geosynthetics in design.

• Installation of Geosynthetics.

Talk to our experts:

sthelens@ayesaeng.com

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ByrneLooby is part of Ayesa, a global engineering, technology consulting firm with 6000 employees, 20 locations and 300 million euros in revenues. Ayesa is in the top 50 engineering firms of the world. ByrneLooby, an Ayesa Company provides engineering & consulting services for government, semi-state and private clients in the following sectors: marine and coastal, geoscience, buildings, transportation, energy, environment, water, flooding, waste management and conservation.

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