Our Integrated Alliance team in Lancashire has been busy recycling 65,000 tonnes of limestone rock excavated during the construction of the new Hodder Service Reservoir.
100 per cent of the limestone rock was crushed and recycled both on site and on nearby projects. We avoided up to 6,000 heavy goods vehicle trips through the picturesque village of Slaidburn, which in turn helped significantly reduce the project’s carbon footprint. The crushed rock was used in the construction of permanent and temporary access roads and a significant amount has been stockpiled for use on as a drainage layer when the service reservoir is buried on completion.
The reservoir sits in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and we had to handle its its construction sensitively, with as little disruption to the surrounding area as possible. Due to new technology the size of the reservoir could be reduced and it has also been kitted out with all the latest monitoring equipment which we can view remotely via the internet. This will reduce response times as our operators won’t need to travel to each location. In addition, our project team was able to amend the conventional reservoir under-drainage design during construction. This resulted in a reduction in the volume of excavation and avoided even more lorry trips.