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a waste-to-energy plant and building
any other type of industrial installation?
Is it necessary to comply with any spe-
cial legal requisite?
The difference, from the standpoint of a civil
engineer, is that in a waste-to-energy plant,
the amount of concrete required is usually
much more than for other types of plants
since the waste bunker is a huge concre-
te building. In other plants, the main cons-
tructions, such as the boiler and machinery
rooms generally have a steel structure. For
each type of plant, three are also many di-
fferent and specific legal requisites.
Did you encounter any problems during
the construction process?
Yes, we had serious problems with regards
to the coating for the steel structure and,
in addition, the company that we subcon-
tracted to perform this job went into recei-
vership during the main construction pha-
se. Nevertheless, we found an acceptable
solution in collaboration with the owner of
.A.S.A.
Were you previously involved in building
a waste-to-energy plant and, if so, whe-
re? Can you make a comparison with the
Zistersdorf plant?
No, it was the first one, but I had acqui-
red experience in building industrial plants
such as the facilities for treating crude oil
to produce polyethylene as well as bitumen
oxidation plant.
Have you ever worked in a project
abroad, and if, so, where?
Yes, in Malzenice (Slovakia), Mutenice
(Czech Republic) and Burghausen (Ger-
many).
Do you have colleagues of other natio-
nalities, from where? Do you notice cul-
tural differences in terms of communica-
tion and work? Have you ever hand any
type of cultural misunderstanding with
other colleagues?
Yes, I had colleagues from Slovakia. In my
opinion, the principal misunderstandings
are because of language differences rather
than culture. I think this is a challenge that
we must overcome in the future if we want
to be successful in countries other than our
own.