DC Quants Limited
82 St Martins Road
Leeds
LS7 3LU
Phone: 0113 2626625
Mobile: 07855 787457
E-mail: dcummings@dcquants.co.uk
Major Projects
Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium
Client: Doncaster MBC
Contractor: Carillion
Project Value: £28M
The construction of a new sports complex located to the south of Doncaster city centre and with easy access from the M18 motorway. The complex is a new 15,000 seat community stadium, 3 full size natural grass pitches, 8 five-a-side artificial surfaces pitches, a full-size artificial pitch that can be sub-divided into 3 seven-a-side pitches, track and field facilities, a 500 seat mini-stand and 1,000 car parking spaces.
As the centre piece of the Complex, the iconic bowl stadium is set in landscaped grounds and provides a number of educational and community uses.
The stadium includes disabled facilities, executive boxes, restaurant/conference facility, retail outlet, martial arts academy, health & fitness club and several areas allocated for community space.
DC Quants provided commercial assistance in monitoring, assessing and agreeing over 100 subcontract accounts on the scheme as well as providing assistance and advice in evaluating, submitting and finally settling the final account with the client.
New Port of Patras
Client: Greek Ministry of Environment
Planning and Public Works
Contractor: Bachy Soletanche
Project Value: £3,140M
The new Port of Patras comprises construction of a new ferry and Ro-Ro terminal at Dimeon Shore, in the city agglomeration area. The project included extensive land reclamation of a total area of 70 acres for the development of terminal activities and the construction of quays of total length 2.8 km approximately, 2.3 of which are for the simultaneous berthing of 12 ferry or Ro-Ro vessels, while the remaining quay length serves the accommodation of general cargo, bulk cargo or container vessels. For harbour protection against wave action, a 2.24 km long breakwater is constructed parallel to the shore.
The greater port area includes passenger terminal buildings, paved marshalling yards, paved areas for cargo storage, ring roads and road junctions of the port area to serve inbound/outbound traffic, railway crossings and terminal, stormwater drainage network, complete installation of utilities for the servicing of ships and the port infrastructure and landscaped areas.
Cottam Power Station
Client: EDF Energy
Contractor: Carillion
Project Value: £3.3M
Design & construction of a Biomass Materials Handling Facility. This included a 6000m3 Biomass Store with Conveyor to existing
Coal Trash Screen.
The Civil Works comprised construction of a steel portal framed store 72 metres long and 30m wide of overall height to eaves of 11.5m.
The external walls were constructed in reinforced concrete to 5m high and the remaining height and roof were clad in coated steel cladding.
Dual roller shutter doors provided access to one end of the building for deliveries and a side entry roller shutter allowed access for a loading shovel.
This loads biomass into an enclosed hopper which has a conveyor immediately beneath it for distribution of biomass via a conveyor system passing along an external conveyor bridge into an adjacent building where biomass is integrated with coal for the firing process.
Mechanical & electrical works included the provision of the hopper and conveying equipment, dust extraction equipment, electrical power supplies, fire alarms, small power & lighting, and lightening protection.