Brief Description:

We were awarded the contract by new client Stonewood Builders to remove an underground tank and creosote contamination. The site is located at a Country Estate Yard, located to the south west of Reading in Berkshire where commercial and light industrial activities are undertaken including a gunsmith, offices, a tractor shed, a vehicle workshop and various buildings used for storage.

Scope of Works

• The team set up a restricted working area with Heras fencing and signage
• Access covers were removed using hand tools
• 5,500ltrs of creosote was pumped into an IBC, and the pipework was drained down and capped off
• Operatives set up a gas monitor to continually monitor the LEL levels around the tank and take readings and record every 15 mins
• The tank was cold cut open and then with the washings being pumped into IBC’s, the tanks were cleaned and degassed
• KpH issued a gas-free certificate so the excavation of the tank could take place
• The experienced KpH Operative dug down either side of the tank, being extremely careful as there was a live water pipe near and around the tank
• The tank was carefully pulled from the ground and hot cut ready to be flat packed, using a rubber tracked 13-tonne excavator
• Digging down to approx. 3.2m below ground level, the contaminated soil was dug out onto polythene sheeting ready for removal and disposal from site
• KpH’s Environmental Consultant to validate the excavation taking soil samples prior to the backfill
• The excavation was backfilled with an imported certificated type 1 material and the ground levelled ready for use by the client

Soil excavation, tank removal, and backfilling done right. We specialise in safe tank removal and site remediation.