CODE performed a full facility decommissioning at Cytec's Warners Plant in Linden, NJ. The plant had been in operation since 1926, and was used to manufacture resins, specialty chemicals, and pesticides. 25 buildings - including production, warehousing, R&D, laboratory, and waste treatment - were gutted, decontaminated, and demolished as part of the scheduled plant shut-down and closure.

CODE decontaminated and demolished over 350,000 SF of interior building surfaces. The 250,000+ gallons of decontamination waters generated from high pressure washing were segregated, collected, sampled, and released to the chemical sewer/on-site waste water treatment under a program coordinated with the plant personnel.

30 transformers located throughout the complex were decommissioned, drained and disposed. 5 miles of overhead process piping were cleaned and scrapped. Over 1,500 storage tanks and process vessels ranging in size from 250 to 50,000 gallons were sampled, drained, cleaned, and scrapped. Salvageable equipment - including several large glass lined reaction vessels - was rigged out during the gutting and initial dismantlement operations.

A 600,000 gallon bunker C fuel oil storage tank was located in close proximity to the barge/unloading facility. This structure along with 1,500 LF of elevated pipe was cleaned and demolished. The barge/unloading facility was demolished.

Demolition activities were performed utilizing hydraulic grapples/shears. Air monitoring was conducted in a contiguous program per the site-specific H&S Plan developed by CODE. CODE personnel supervised asbestos abatement contracting prior to plant demolition as part of the site H&S program.

Demolition debris (brick, block, masonry) was crushed on-site and sent off-site for recycling. 1,100 tons of RCRA hazardous wastes were segregated, characterized, and sent off-site for incineration/disposal. 1,400 tons of steel were scrapped.

HIGH HAZARD CONDITIONS: CODE designed and safely implemented a special decontamination procedure for ~600 LF of underground piping suspected of containing carbon disulfide. CODE also developed a special procedure to deal with hardened chemical residue (maleic anhyride) in a 20,000 gallon AST located adjacent to the Rahway River. CODE connected boilers to the tank and installed an insulation jacket to heat the material to a molten condition suitable for removal.

The entire project was performed turn-key in a phased approach designed to insure the timely progression of the job while safely dealing with the various hazards associated with the work.