WasaCon site selected as the 2012 Master Builder of the Year
WasaCon's Westenergy waste incinerator site received a major recognition.
The associations of the Vaasa District of the Association of Master Builders and Engineers (RKL) have selected the waste incineration plant of Westenergy Oy Ab as the 2012 Master Builder's Work of the Year. The main contractors for the Westenergy waste incineration plant are Lemminkäinen Talo Oy, responsible for the concrete contract, and WasaCon Oy, responsible for the steel contract and the construction of the administration building. The plaque was unveiled at the Westenergy incinerator on Wednesday 23 October 2013.
The main criteria for the selection of the Master Builder of the Year were the scale of the project, the structural solutions and the way it was carried out.
The building is 160 metres long and 42 metres high. The plant covers an area of 16,000 m2 on a plot of 7 hectares.
WasaCon has been responsible for the steel construction of the power plant building, including the steel structures of the façade, façade panels, doors, windows, roofs, etc. WasaCon has also built the Westenergy administration building with office, social, meeting, auditorium and sauna facilities. The steel structures for the incinerator and the administration building were supplied by WasaSteel Oy.
Martti Sillanpää, WasaCon's site manager, has been the site manager for the construction contracts. Timo Pahkala of WasaCon has been the responsible foreman for the waste incineration plant and Ville Ollila of WasaCon has been the responsible foreman for the administration building.
Westenergy's waste-to-energy plant utilises the combustible waste sorted at source by converting the energy contained in non-recyclable waste efficiently, safely and cleanly. Vaasan Sähkö Oy uses the steam produced by the incinerator to generate electricity and district heating. The Westenergy waste incineration plant produces more than a third of the total district heating in the Vaasa region and provides electricity for about 7,000 city homes.