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Sludge Thickening and Dewatering Facility
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Value:
.$ 40 000 000 plus,

including supplied equipment
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Owner:
.Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton
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Project Manager:
.RPA Consultants
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Prime Consultant:
.Gore & Storrie Ltd.

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Project Description:
.The Sludge Thickening and Dewatering Facility is the central component of the Regional sewage management operation, called the Robert O. Pickard Environmental Centre, on Shefford Road in Ottawa East.

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The equipment included 13 centrifuges, costing $ 1 million each, to be used for thickening waste activated sludge. In addition, 8 350-h.p. boilers were installed, burning either natural gas or gas generated from the digesters, to supply both process heat and central heat for the site.
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The building's structure utilized precast and curtain wall construction over structural steel and reinforced concrete.
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pixel.GIF (43 bytes)Project Exterior - Southwest Elevation
pixel.GIF (43 bytes)Sludge Thickening and Dewatering Facility,
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pixel.GIF (43 bytes)Interior - Third-Floor Process Area
pixel.GIF (43 bytes)Screw conveyors move Thickened Waste
pixel.GIF (43 bytes)Activated Sludge (TWAS)

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