The UK’s leading provider of road fuel has HBPW and the Murphy Group to thank for its expansion in North Lincolnshire.
Last year Greenergy, which owns and operates a biodiesel production processing plant on Associated British Ports (ABP) land at Immingham, supplied 13.5 billion litres of petrol, diesel and biofuel – about a third of all the road fuel sold in Britain.
However, expansion plans were faced with difficulty because the company’s existing site is bordered on one side by the River Humber and options to expand in the opposite direction were limited.
Associate, Paul Jacklin, said: “The only possible solution was to work with ABP in demolishing part of a 90m x 155m transit shed which they used as a storage facility, in order to free a piece of land adjacent to Greenergy’s existing site.”
Principal contractor, J Murphy & Sons Ltd, asked HBPW to prepare a report to assess the feasibility of the proposed scheme.
“Initially we carried out an inspection of the existing building to ensure that it could be part demolished without affecting the stability of the remaining building.”
The report gave the scheme the green light, Murphy’s were instructed and then asked HBPW to design the modifications to the building.
“The steel framed building fronts onto Henderson Quay and we demolished 92 metres of the structure to create a bespoke warehouse for ABP measuring 90m x 63m. As part of the work we created a new 90 metre long gable elevation to the reduced structure, effectively freeing up a piece of land for Greenergy,” added Paul.
A new road was also designed as part of the scheme, to facilitate access for maintenance and emergency vehicles.
Greenergy’s plant was built in 2007 and now produces, exclusively, biodiesel from waste oils and fats. The additional land will enable it to expand its North Lincolnshire operation.