Background
Airbus’s improvement program appointed Morgan Sindall to undertake the construction of the 52,000m² manufacturing site for the manufacture of wings for the new Airbus A350 and A380.
The Overall Objective
The site had high-level groundwater issues and is within an area regulated by the Environment Agency therefore allowing high pH water to seep into the ground was not an option. Siltbuster had a solution.
Solution
At first, a Siltbuster RCW unit was introduced to the site. Two more were soon in place to control and treat washwater generated on-site, with a further two made available for use when required during larger concrete pours. During the pouring of the machine bases, truck movements peaked at 283 over the course of just one weekend, necessitating the use of four RCW units at once.