FCC finishes phase one of construction of the buildings in the Dallas waste recycling centre (US)
FCC Environmental Services is undertaking works on the three structures that are to form the waste recycling plant located in Dallas (United States), having already completed phase one which consisted of erecting the warehouses in the facility.
The work is being carried out within the project timeframe set and includes the construction of the main building which will be an automatic waste sorting plant using state-of-the-art technology in the sector. Works on the other two adjacent buildings, including the administration building, changing rooms and visitor centre and a warehouse for mobile machinery, are also coming to an end.
The recycling plant measures 5,400 m2, whereas the administration building covers a total of 840 m2 and the equipment warehouse around 300 m2. Therefore, the total surface area of the facilities amounts to 5.3 hectares, which is equivalent to eight football pitches.
The construction and use of this recycling plant is set out in the contract awarded to the company a little under a year ago, by means of which FCC will manage all recyclable waste in the American city for the next 15 years, with the possibility of being extended for a further 10 years, with turnover of around 270 million euros.
In this construction phase one, completed successfully, the structure of the automatic state-of-the-art waste sorting plant is now ready, which will sort all of the waste collected in the city's recycling containers into different categories. The plant will process 120,000 tonnes of waste per year and use the latest separation and sorting techniques, including optical sorters and the largest star screens in the sector.
Once this project phase is complete, the different types of technical equipment will then be installed in the buildings, such as waste sorting machinery, communication networks and machine warehouse and office equipment.