Newburn Riverside Project
Supplier: Taylor Wimpey UK Housing
Customer: One North East
Location: Newcastle area
Summary of the Project
Newburn Riverside, a major new development for the Newcastle area, was one of the largest brownfield reclamation projects in the UK. The project involved the reclamation of a contaminated site into 55 hectares of development land and 25 hectares of public open space. Significant added value was achieved for the client, One North East, through innovative reclamation solutions, leading-edge management and contractual relationships, sound environmental management and a philosophy of reuse and recycling. The project involved a 4 million m3 earthworks operation, but through the use of techniques such as soil washing and lime stabilisation, a potential waste to landfill quantity of 600,000 m3 was reduced to only 30,000 m3. The project received a number of awards:
- British Construction Industry Best Practice Award
- ICE Edmund Hambly Medal (awarded for the creative design of an engineering project that make a substantial contribution to sustainable development)
- ICE North Robert Stephenson Award for Innovation
- CEEQUAL - Very Good - (Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Award Scheme)