“Scotland Says Yes”

Priority Construction has recently been appointed as the contractor to carry out capping works and the construction of a new cell at the Shewalton Landfill site by North Ayrshire Council in Scotland.

This contract consists of the construction of a new cell c. 15,000m² and the capping of existing cells c.22,500m². The project commenced on the 15th of September 2014 and is planned to be completed by Sept 2015. The Contract is broken into two Phases.

Phase 1 is to include the capping works and the construction of a new cell c.6,200m² which will be completed in 2014.

Phase 2 is to include the remainder of the construction of the new cell c.8,800m² and this will be undertaken in 2015.

The total project is valued at £1,400,000 ex VAT.

The new cell construction works include the re-profiling of 6,500m³ of soil in order to form the new cell profile. The new cell make up comprises of the following: a leachate drainage layer including leachate collection wells & monitoring wells, on a protection geotextile/geocompoiste layer, on a 2mm hdpe geomembrane, on a GCL layer, on a 500mm thick engineering clay layer. The under-cell drainage works will also be installed.

The Capping works include the excavation and regrading of c.12,500m³ of waste. The capping works are made up of a 750mm restoration layer, on a drainage geocompoiste, on a 1mm hdpe liner, on a regulating layer.

Priority Construction had previously carried out capping works on the Shewalton Landfill site in 2011.