Veolia Woodlawn MBT Facility

OVERVIEW

Forming part of Australia’s leading waste recovery project, the Woodlawn Eco-precinct, located near Goulburn in southern New South Wales, is Veolia’s multi-million dollar Mechanical and Biological Treatment (MBT) facility. Utilising advanced resource recovery technology to extract organic content from mixed waste streams received from across wider Sydney, the site produces compost from the organic fraction of waste, for on-site mine rehabilitation, while also assisting the municipal and commercial sectors to meet the resource recovery targets set by the NSW Government.

The precision involved in the MBT facility design and construction included elements such as 24m lengths of pipe installed within a 2mm tolerance, structural beams installed at 25m above ground level within 2mm +- tolerance, and each welded joint being x-rayed and certified.

CRC completed all the civil and structural works for the site. Civil works included earthwork levels/grading, stormwater drainage, external pavements, car park, modifications to the haulage road, and ponds road. Structural works included all building structures, crane beams, internal pavements, reception pits, push walls, and detailed coordination with services. The structure was also provided for a limited number of services. Challenges included the detailed coordination of the services, and incorporating the support to same by the structure.

Challenges related to the design and construction methodology of the reception pit at 13 metres deep, 27 metres long and 12.5 metres wide. All works were carried out using conventional building techniques and materials. Over the course of the project, 6 engineers and 2 draftsmen were used to design and document the works. All of the structural documentation was completed in Revit.

This project has won the following awards:

  • Winner: Association of Consulting Structural Engineers (ACSE) Excellence in Structural Engineering – Unusual Projects, 2016
  • Winner: MBA Excellence in Construction Awards – Site Safety, Commercial Buildings $50,000,001 & over, 2016 (Lipman)

Status

Completed December 2016

Client

Lipman Pty Ltd.

Value

$100M development, $58M construction

Location

Tarago, NSW

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