BPC upgraded the Ardmore Water Treatment Plant to enhance its reliability and sludge handling capacity. As head contractor, BPC was required to replace two existing sludge presses in the operational water treatment plant with a new client-supplied centrifuge and sludge press to match existing and associated equipment and pipework.

The project included removing two existing presses, installing a centrifuge and one new press, two new switch rooms, and one new electrical building. The work included an associated timber retaining wall and electrical systems to provide dual redundant electrical supplies from the HV ring main to the new equipment.

The project required designing and constructing a temporary support frame to enable the removal of the existing presses, as well as the removal and reinstatement of the existing building façade to facilitate the installation of the new presses.