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OBERSTOWN - GREASE TRAPS & BLIVET

Address: Lusk, Co. Dublin

Client: Department Of Education & Science, Special Schools Section

Engineer/Client Contact Details: Barrett Mahony, 52/54 Sandwith Street, Dublin 2 Jason Redmond Ph : 016773200

Completion Date: July 1998

Population Equivalent: 500 P.E.

Value: € 90,500 + vat + ongoing maintenance contract

BMS Design Details: BMS designed, sized, selected, manufactured, supplied and commissioned 4 no. Grease traps and 5 no. BMS Blivet Units for augmentation to existing works and at a greenfield location.

BMS Construction/Installation Details: BMS supervised but did not carry out the civils works and installation.

BMS Operation/Maintenance Details: BMS has had an ongoing maintenance contract consisting of 12 no. Visits per annum which includes all the mechanical maintenance, sampling and testing.

Comments: Some operational problems have been encountered in relation to desludging and cleaning of grease traps which BMS were not responsible for. Additional aeration at the existing plant has been supplied at the request of the client by BMS who are also advising in an ongoing capacity.