Case Study Mitchellson Formwork & Civil Engineering Summary Project overview Title: Battersea Power Station Battersea Power Station is a regeneration project transforming the iconic Grade II* listed building and surrounding area into a vibrant Client(s): Mitchellson Formwork destination. & Civil Engineering At its peak, the former power station supplied a fifth of London’s electricity. In bringing the legendary Location: Battersea Power Station, 188 landmark back to life, the mixed-use development Kirtling St, , London SW8 5BN will become a thriving new community – including houses, office space, shops and restaurants – directly connected to the rest of London by tube and with Date(s): 2017 – 2019 its own new station as part of Transport for London’s extension (NLE).

FCC Environment service area: Mitchellson Formwork & Civil Engineering undertook substructure and superstructure works on Phase 2 Receipt, processing and onward rail of the project over 156 weeks, working alongside transportation of construction waste contractor Mace to bring the new Battersea Power for reuse/recovery Station into the 21st Century. FCC Environment, one of the UK’s leading waste and FCC Environment services provided: resource management companies, was appointed by Mitchellson to support the substructure works, entailing Non-hazardous waste soils removal the excavation and removal of 120,000 m3 waste soils. from construction site FCC Environment received the removed waste soils at its Cricklewood Railhead facility, and moved them from there by rail to its Calvert site.

FCC Environment’s objective was to provide a safe and effective location for the waste to be processed. The location provided was significantly closer to the waste How FCC Environment source than the alternatives, thereby reducing costs Outcome and providing a more sustainable option. assisted Key challenges included ensuring the facility was By using 1,400-1,500-tonne capacity freight always available to Mitchellson, particularly during trains to transfer the waste materials, FCC 85,948.38 peak times, and processing the soil investigation data Environment helped Mitchellson in its promptly, ensuring the client’s material was compliant carbon reduction objectives by cutting tonnes with relevant legislation. down the number of HGV miles on the Total tonnage of waste soil moved from roads. Battersea Power Station to Cricklewood was FCC Environment transfers up to 250kt of waste 85,948.38 tonnes, all of which would have soils a year to the Cricklewood site, with the otherwise gone to landfill in Essex. potential to increase this to 500kt annually.

From Cricklewood, the spoil is taken by freight train to FCC Environment’s site at Calvert, 98,612 Buckinghamshire and re-used to restore HGV miles the former quarry there. Cricklewood also stocks aggregates on site, allowing clients to ‘backload’ when delivering spoil at the facility; Total HGV miles to Cricklewood were just over further helping to reduce the number of 98,612 – representing a 47 percent saving journeys made by HGVs through the Capital. (88,656 miles less) than if the same journeys were taken by road to landfill in Essex. The original Cricklewood terminal closed in early 2020 and was replaced by FCC Environment’s new Cricklewood site in May 2020, in partnership with DB Cargo Ltd. The 4,902 site is currently receiving large volumes of rail miles surplus soils from numerous HS2 sites, and these materials continue to be reused as restoration soils at Calvert, following receipt Total rail miles equated to 4,902, which by rail. resulted in more than 83,754 HGV miles of emissions completely negated overall. The FCC Environment has two other terminals at mileage saved includes the rail mileages to Bow and Barking serving the East London FCC Environment’s Calvert site. and City construction markets – between them handling 500-600kt per annum. To find out more call 01302 553 444 fccenvironment.co.uk