SECOND COMPOSTING FACILITY CONTRACT WITH TUNNEL TECH

Ashridge is delighted to have been apppointed by Tunnel Tech to build a second mushroom composting facility worth over £2 million in Leckford, Hampshire.  The works involve the construction of a steelframe building which will enclose 8 x phase II and III reinforced concrete composting tunnels each 42 metres long x 4metres wide and 4.4 metres high. Tunnel Tech is recognised as the UK's leading producer of specialised compost for the commercial mushroom growing industry. Ashridge previously completed over £4 million worth of work for Tunnel Tech at their new phase I compost production facility in Bawtry, Yorkshire with the construction of an initial four tunnels, 8 metres high and 50 metre long followed by Phase 2 works which consisted of 3 additional tunnels, external works, a mixing area and boundary walls.

These bunkers have provided a completely new compost production facility which has fundamentally changed the composting process, incorporating full enclosure of the materials in process. The new process allows the raw materials to be blended and then delivered into aerated tunnels that can be enclosed whilst the materials are being processed. Full aeration of the materials from the start of processing alters the odours being produced in the process. Peter Jones, Managing Director commented, “Ashridge is fully committed to our environmental responsibility and to good environmental procedures throughout our company. We are therefore delighted to continue our successful relationship with Tunnel Tech with yet another pioneering project to improve the environmental impact for the mushroom compost industry. ”