Nitric Acid Plant, Ardeer

Description

Rebuilding a nitric acid plant on what was once the site of the worlds largest commercial explosives factory proved a simple task in one respect for civil and structural engineering consultants Kiloh Associates.Installation of Eternit Profile 6 painted sheeting and ventilation systems was carried out in Gunmetal Grey on the top half of the nitric acid plant and Blue on the bottom half by FP Services UK Ltd and in Blue on the centrifuge building by Cape Industrial Services.Although its non-corrosive properties were specified to combat the acidic atmosphere inside the buildings, they would also have been of use externally, against the salt-laden atmosphere of the Ardeer peninsula on the wild, west coast of Scotland.