Landfill Engineering

With the introduction of new legislation particularly IPPC and the Landfill Directive, public awareness of the environment and a general desire to improve on current landfilling design and operation practices. Landfill operators are having to implement new techniques and improvements and meet new challenges at all stages of development, from planning and licensing through to construction, completion and ongoing monitoring.

The increasing burden of regulation and liability for sites requires a multi-disciplinary approach to siting, design, construction and operation. Skills within the company include:

• Geotechnical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Construction Quality
• Environmental Science
• Hydrogeology
• Risk Management

Expertise within MLM covers all aspects of landfill development, restoration, closure and monitoring throughout the UK in varying geological and hydrogeological regimes. We have worked on a number of sites with difficult licensing or engineering problems, and on schemes requiring innovative design, extensive ground and groundwater modelling and risk assessments.
The range of services include:

• Planning Permitting Feasibility
• Remedial Engineering
  
• Environmental Statements
• Conditioning Plans
• Risk Assessments
• Remedial Engineering
• Site Investigation and Monitoring
• Construction Quality Assurance
• Design and Engineering
• Leachate and Gas Management
• Conditional Plans

Construction Quality Assurance is a key element in ensuring liner, drainage and capping systems meet the planning and licensing requirements and we operate a detailed Quality Assurance system to ensure compliance. This includes auditing raw materials, supervision of installation and preparation of Quality Assurance reports. We undertake geotechnical assessments of natural materials and on site testing during construction.

We are able to provide a dedicated, professional team at all stages of development and in particular provide resident engineers and construction quality assurance professionals to ensure landfill construction progresses in accordance with design.

With the increasing emphasis on risk assessment at all stages of feasibility design and operations we offer a comprehensive service in this area including use of risk assessment software and ground and groundwater modelling.