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These landfills are restored quarries designed as contained waste facilities following British standards. They feature impermeable linings, leachate treatment, landfill gas control, surface water and air quality monitoring. Over 18 years, 11M tons of waste from Greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon were managed. Final capping and hydroseeding are ongoing. The CDR aimed to control waste chaos post-war, ensure standard compliance, and minimize environmental impacts.
Environmental impact assessment
Design validation
Construction supervision
Supervision of O&M
Supervision of closure
Project management
Environmental control
Laceco responded to the above objectives by:
Designing a consistent urban framework that nevertheless provided a diversity in the individual architectural character of buildings.
Curating a seamless pedestrian experience in a site that had a challenging topography and was exposed to dominant winds.
Anchoring the site along three platforms linked to each other by a continuous game of terraces, stairs, suspended bridges and esplanades that gently slope down the length of the development.
Conducting value engineering and cost optimization studies to preserve economic viability of the development.
Laceco responded to the objectives by:
Preparing EIA studies to identify the potential impacts and recommend the necessary mitigation measures.
Controlling and validating the design development process to ensure compliance with British codes and standards.
Supervising and controlling the quality of construction activities.
Supervising day-to-day operation and maintenance activities.
Ensuring the implementation of environmental monitoring practices.
Managing the contract on behalf of the Client.
Interesting facts:
The British standards are the most stringent when it comes to sanitary landfills design.
The Naameh landfill location in a valley within an old quarry site added a challenge and a complexity level to the design process and necessitated extensive infrastructure works.
The biogas produced from this landfill is converted to electrical power that is supplied to the villages in the vicinity of the landfill.
