Construction work commences at 49.9 Rivenhall Airfield waste-to-energy facility in Essex

Construction works started at energy-from-waste (EfW) facility, located in Indaver Rivenhall site in Essex. Over 1.4 million cubic meters of soil is set to be moved to prepare for the construction of the production buildings, which is due to commence in early 2022. Additional work being carried out on-site includes the formation of the access road and silt lagoon remediation.

This is the first phase of a four-and-a-half-year construction programme. The EfW center is expected to begin commissioning in early 2025 and be fully operational by the end of 2025, providing a solution for residual waste from local authorities as well as commercial and industrial residual waste from the private waste sector.

The development is being built in an existing quarry that neighbours the abandoned Rivenhall Airfield. Local company, Tom Blackwell Contractors Ltd, is tasked with excavating and moving the soil to prepare the site for the access road and facility to be built, a process that is expected to take up to a year. The soil will be used to restore other parts of the quarry and the concrete from on-site structures is also being recycled and used on site.