Provision Of Specialist HSE, Engineering And Technical Services – Potential Decommissioning And Demolition Of Eggborough Power Station, East Yorkshire

Project Summary

Following the completion of a Feasibility and Options Study towards the end of 2015, RVA was further retained by Eggborough Power to support it through the next phase of the station decommissioning project. The work brief comprised the identification of demolition contractors to participate in a detailed pre-qualification process to assess their competence, experience and potential inclusion on a list of tenderers. In addition, the RVA deliverables included: development of a detailed scope of work to procure a Hazardous Insulation Materials survey, compilation of a comprehensive specification of works with an integrated HSE plan for the demolition of a ~2,000MW coal fired power station, technical and engineering support throughout the Eggborough Power tender process, to the point of preferred demolition contractor selection.

RVA was also tasked to provide management assistance to our internal team for the design of a site decommissioning strategy, complete with an efficient operating system to enable the process, when implemented, to be robustly documented and audited.

RVA, by displaying an in-depth knowledge of the decommissioning and demolition sector and with its specific power sector experience in all areas, including the use of explosives to collapse large structures, including cooling towers, stacks, boiler houses, etc., has added significant value to our project.

Whilst the closure date for Eggborough has yet to be decided, it is likely RVA will be considered to assist in the management of the next phase, i.e. the physical asbestos removal and demolition of the station through to completion.

We have no hesitation in recommending RVA to other power station operators faced with a similar situation to ours.

Client Testimonial

When the decision was taken to commence our planning for the cessation of generation at Eggborough Power Station, the Site Management Team recognised that the process going forward would inevitably involve it in situations and tasks outside the normal operating remit. We wanted to be as certain as possible that any immediate actions or short term plans did not result in making decisions that would create issues, preclude future opportunities, or commit EPL to avoidable cost further down the line.

 
We interviewed a number of organisations to establish what was available in the market place and the services they could offer. RVA Group were selected to carry out a Feasibility and Options Study and provide us with a range of alternative approaches to the decommissioning project, with these being supported by the associated costs, programmes, resourcing requirements and strategies and other value-adding data.

 
In addition to the general decommissioning knowledge held by the RVA team, its power-sector specific experience, ranging from the procurement of hazardous insulation materials surveys to cooling tower demolition by the use of explosives, all added to the reliability of the information they provided us and the overall quality of the Study.