Building on its track record as a specialist provider of construction services to the waste sector, Clugston were awarded a contract to provide the civils and structures element of a significant energy to waste plant in Reading.
Reading’s plan for “energy from waste” focuses on a zero-waste goal by 2030, with a 2027 target to increase recycling to at least 65% by weight. This plan aims to reduce waste, encourage reuse, and explore circular economy approaches. EfW facilities are part of this plan, helping to manage residual, non-recyclable waste and provide a sustainable energy source.
Working in a joint venture with design and process engineers, Earth Tech Engineering Ltd, Clugston delivered the works in two phases in a 130-week contract.
Due to the difficulties of getting fixed lines in from BT, Clugston evaluated all available options before choosing OptiBond. Such has been the success, Clugston have now deployed OptiBond units at three other sites.
OptiBond is perfect in providing construction companies with an effective data communications capability on day one of any given project. This is critically important in situations where the installation of conventional or leased line connections is likely to be unacceptably slow, prohibitively expensive or quite simply impossible.
According to John Everitt, Project Manager at Clugston:
“OptiBond enables us to be operational from day one, it allows us to work no differently from having a land-line. We use OptiBond to access emails, drawings, Word, Excel files all on a thin client set up.”
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