The new Poundfield 6m Alfabloc used in 40,000t Organic Waste Treatment Facility

Greenview Environmental – the largest independent organic material refiner in the UK requested Poundfield Products to develop a 6m high Alfabloc for primary use in the construction of a 40,000t organic waste treatment facility based in Corby.

Greenview has been using Poundfield’s Alfablocs and L-blocs for many years and the new 6m Alfabloc represents a significant development in both product and application.

The new £4.5m Corby facility will use both in-vessel composting and anaerobic digestion technologies to generate 1MW-3MW of electricity.

Poundfield Products 5m high pre-stressed, interlocking L-blocs used for Grain Store

E F Wootton & Son have developed an existing storage facility into a 7000t grain store using Poundfield Products 5m high pre-stressed, interlocking L-blocs.

The Barn was not initially built for grain storage and the existing steel infrastructure of the building was not sufficient to make use of traditional concrete grain panelling. Poundfield Products therefore recommended using their unique 5m high pre-stressed L-blocs which would not affect the infrastructure of the building.

E F Wootton have now developed and maximised the use of an existing resource that has significantly increased their storage capacity.

Poundfield Products has been developing its pre-stressed L-bloc product portfolio and is now able to manufacture units up to 6m high.

POUNDFIELD PRODUCTS COMPLETES £2m MOD CONTRACT

Poundfield Products has recently completed a £2m MOD contract for the supply of 3km of pre-cast concrete walling for a new training facility.

Poundfield designed the precast units and developed the finish to ensure that they looked as similar as possible to the conditions found in Afghanistan the resulting structure has become a significant part of the training programme for British Army units prior to deployment.

Production was implemented using both the existing manufacturing facilities and our new 8.5acre production site.

This contract demonstrates that Poundfield Products has developed a reputation for innovation. Its existing Alfabloc product is still the only freestanding retaining wall system available and is used extensively in a variety of industry sectors.

Poundfield Products supplies Lawrence Recycling & Waste Management new £10m recycling facility

Lawrence Recycling and Waste Management have developed a £10m recycling facility that will be the largest of its kind in Europe.

The new 210,000 sq ft site is located in Kidderminster and will process 250,000 tonnes of commercial, industrial and construction waste. This will reduce the amount of waste currently sent to landfill helping local authorities and businesses meet their waste targets.

Poundfield Products had been in discussion with Paul J Fleming Associates – the construction consultants on the project for over 12 months in relation to the type of retaining wall system that would be suitable for the application. Ultimately Poundfield’s unique pre-stressed; interconnecting L-bloc system was selected in heights varying from 5m to 3m.

This facility has been a significant development opportunity for Lawrence Recycling which has created more the 70 jobs in the West Midlands and will become a showpiece for other waste operators. 

POUNDFIELD PRODUCTS SUPPORTS THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT

Poundfield Products has supplied over 120m of its unique 2.44m high Alfabloc retaining wall system together with 170m of its exclusive 2.45m high pre-stressed, interlocking L-blocs.

McArdle Environmental & Construction Services Ltd part of the McArdle Group were appointed by EWS to develop a large aggregates storage facility in Bow, East London as part of the Olympic Village development.

The Bow East Logistics centre is the largest aggregates depot within the Olympic site and is tasked with the storage of all the required materials needed to construct the various arenas and buildings for the 2012 games.

Thousands of tonnes of aggregates are being brought in daily by road and rail to support all of the contractors and it was an important requirement of the storage facility that it should have a portable/flexible capability.

McArdle’s selected the Poundfield Products Alfabloc retaining wall system in combination with their pre-stressed, interlocking L-blocs because it provided them with the required solution.

Once the construction of the Village is complete the Alfablocs will be removed and used again on another project.

The Alfabloc is a patented retaining walling system manufactured exclusively by Poundfield Products Limited.