This shift is coming.
They take a product like a catalytic converter, and the first process is to smelt it.They start with just 0.3% of valuable metal by volume and after smelting, it's still a very small quantity of metal, but it’s at a size that they can put it in the back of a truck to be taken to the refinery where the valuable metals are extracted.. Their present refinery was built in 1965, and is in need of replacement.
Our first job was to look at all sorts of options about where they might build a new refinery, from the UK to Europe to Asia.For a number of reasons, the UK was the best option.Then of course we had to find a suitable location in the UK and masterplan the site.
The conclusion we came to was to knock down a series of existing buildings close to the current facility.This would allow us to build the new refinery while keeping the old one going for as long as possible, before transferring operations to the new one.. As you can imagine, a refinery is a hugely technical building and the M&E element is the most significant part of the project.
We designed the building, it went out to tender and is currently in construction.
It’s due to be completed later this year, with commissioning taking until 2023.Reduction of the amount of material used.
Reduction of waste produced during construction.Reduction of the time and human resources spent in the delivery of the project.
Enables local sourcing.Reduction in whole life carbon.