Solvay Chemicals, Warrington – Case Study

JFHR were contracted to undertake the full demolition works required at Solvay’s Warrington Site.

Demolition works included with the demolition to slab level of the former Boiler House and Turbine Hall buildings.

Solvay site at Warrington is a Top tier COMAH establishment Solvay operates Hydrogen Peroxide manufacturing, distillation, storage, product dispatch and site utilities. Two plants on the site are owned and operated by Ingevity UK Ltd.

Ingevity manufacture specialist plastics using Hydrogen Peroxide. Ingevity use Solvay supplied steam and have additional warehousing facilities on site. These services required protection where they were routed through the building to be demolished.

Removal of residual Asbestos; Working on a live/working manufacturing site, adjacent to personnel and primary services that are routed through the demolition site that require protection whilst the building is demolished and dismantled; Validation of design of demolition through detailed structural analysis; Working within a COMAH establishment and the regulatory implications of this.

The buildings due for demolition were segregated into two major parts; the Boiler House and the Turbine Hall. These areas may be further sub-divided into sections;