Fichtner has been actively involved with the development, financing, delivery, optimisation, and upgrade of every technology currently being utilised in the UK to recover energy and recyclable materials from solid waste; encompassing mechanical, biological, heat, and thermal processing technologies. Our team is particularly noted for its proven skills in the engineering, procurement, and construction of energy from waste technologies, including combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, and anaerobic digestion; coupled with the skills to minimise the environmental impacts of such plants.

Experience

From concept to operation, Fichtner supports developers, investors, funders, operators, contractors, and regulators in the delivery of major waste sector infrastructure projects. Founded on real and practical experience in the funding, construction and operation of waste management facilities, our team can assist our clients in delivering fully optimised waste projects.

Roles

Our team is highly regarded in providing a diverse range of roles in waste sector projects, including Owner’s Engineer, Lender’s Technical Advisor, and Expert Witness services. Fichtner’s team has been engaged on a diverse range of projects, from new build projects to the refurbishment, upgrade, and optimisation of operational plants.

Fichtner has developed its own comprehensive specification and contract documentation which has been used as the basis to procure many of the UK’s state-of-the-art combustion, gasification, and waste pre-treatment facilities. Our processes and documentation is continually updated to reflect the learning gained from ongoing projects.

Supported by highly evolved internal processes and engineering design tools and software, our engineering team is actively engaged in the conceptual and detailed design of development projects, and in the design review process for construction project.

Fichtner has acted as technical advisor to a range of developers. Our team has supported the delivery of numerous stage wins across all recent major PPP and PFI waste management contracts, including several overall winning bids.