PECM Issue 31 2018 | Page 114

Fabrication work started in October 2017 with the first phase of installation starting in December. A second phase begins in January and the whole project will be completed early in the new year. A&J FABTECH TO FABRICATE AND INSTALL STAINLESS STEELWORK PACKAGE FOR THE UK’S LARGEST MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR) PLANT &J Fabtech has been awarded a £1,000,000+ contract to manufacture and install the structural steelwork package for what will be the UK’s largest membrane bioreactor (MBR) system at a sewage treatment works on the South coast that is being upgraded to accommodate the population growth in its catchment area. A solution for both municipal and industrial waste treatment. MBR systems produce a very clean final effluent which can be discharged to sea or brackish waterways or even used for urban irrigation. The system is compact in size, so MBRs can be easily retrofitted into the footprint of existing treatment works. Fabrication work started in October 2017 with the first phase of installation starting in December. A second phase begins in January and the whole project will be completed early in the new year. “This is A&J Fabtech’s first ever MBR project,” says Mark Wright, the company’s Managing Director. “Once completed, the plant will be the UK’s biggest MBR system, five or six times the size of anything installed before.” A membrane bioreactor combines a membrane process such as microfiltration or ultrafiltration with a biological wastewater treatment or activated sludge process and is increasingly becoming the preferred The contract covers the fabrication and installation of the MBR plant steelwork and some pipework, all in grade 316 stainless steel, and its fast track completion will make the site one of the most advanced sewage treatment works 114 PECM Issue 31 in Europe. A&J Fabtech is a group of companies that covers a diverse range of actives, all linked through a core competence for precision, high-quality design and manufacture, fabrication and installation of steel work for water treatment, process solutions, civil engineering and access ways. Its Water Division produces both standardised products and bespoke solutions for the water treatment industry. It has a laser-like focus on developing the best possible solution for each project to ensure efficiency and cost effectiveness as well as allowing for future developments. Its problem-solving abilities for existing plant are based on the experience of hundreds of successful projects that