DALLAS, April 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering
Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC), and client Homes England (formerly Homes and Communities
Agency), celebrate the completed restoration of heavily polluted
industrial land at the former Avenue Coking Works near Chesterfield in the East Midlands, U.K. Having received the
CEEQUAL Excellent Whole Project Final Award recognizing the
remediation approach of the Avenue, the 19-year remediation program
has transformed 98 hectares into a place that can now be used and
enjoyed by the community and wildlife.
The restored landscape, which will bring long-lasting
environmental, social and economic benefits and resiliency,
provides new and enhanced habitats for wildlife along with a
development platform for community and residential opportunities.
Public open space covers 70 hectares and incorporates sustainable
drainage systems, recreational facilities, multi-user trails
connecting to local cycle networks, woodlands, reedbeds and a flood
alleviation dam to benefit wider communities. Restoration of the
river and its floodplain provides habitat for wildlife while
enhancing flood storage capacity benefiting 1000 homes in
Chesterfield.
The remediation strategy needed to address the clean-up and
restoration of the contaminated land, environmental permitting and
flood risk management. Jacobs has provided a wide range of
technical services to support the program since 1999, from
conceptual design, ground investigation, risk assessment, draindown
and demolition strategy, to environmental management,
bioremediation and water treatment.
"This program has taken nearly two decades of meticulous
planning and execution with Homes England and their partners to
restore one of Europe's most
complex remediation sites into an area that can be enjoyed by the
community for years to come," said Jacobs Buildings and
Infrastructure Europe Senior Vice President and General Manager
Donald Morrison. "The scale of the
change at the site continues to amaze people when they visit and we
take significant pride in sharing the history of the project and
the technical innovations which have brought it to this stage."
Remediation of contaminated materials used techniques such as
ex-situ bioremediation, screening and soil washing, as well as
thermal desorption – using a bespoke plant designed specifically
for this project. The environmental management plan included close
monitoring and management of air-quality, water, ecological and
biodiversity impacts. Advance habitat creation works were
undertaken to provide suitable alternative areas for translocation
of some 8,000 newts, 250 water voles and other species.
The former Avenue Coking Works is one of 52 coalfield assets
managed by Homes England, under its Land and Regeneration
portfolio, on behalf of the U.K. Government.
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering
solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With
$15 billion in fiscal 2017 revenue
when combined with full-year CH2M revenues and a talent force of
more than 74,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services
including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and
program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government
and infrastructure sectors. For more information, visit
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