The Brett Aggregates’ Hithermoor site is playing a key role in the Heathrow Terminal 2 project. The development at Heathrow will deliver a brand new terminal to service 20 million passengers per year and use 20% less carbon than the previous Terminal 2.
Hithermoor, a former landfill site was reopened to provide home for 400km3 of engineering material, which comes from the excavation works on site at Heathrow Terminal 2.
The engineering material is brought from Heathrow, two miles away, and is placed and compacted over the landfill to create a sealed cap as a way of managing rainwater permeation and gases from the landfill. These levels are constantly monitored as the engineering material goes on.
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