SITE REQUIREMENTS

Typical Site Requirements

Area will be Bitumen sealed and graded (less than 3% fall to a central sump).
Site will be fully external bunded with truck access over drain or hump.
Complete worm bed area to be covered in a shed like structure, totally secure from the elements.
Vermitech galvanised steel raised cage worm beds set in rows and tiers. A typical bed is 60-100m long x 3.8m wide.
Vermitech will install a computer controlled watering system.
Vermitech will construct Vermicast storage shed and other site sheds for office, plant storage and amenities.
Ideally the Site should be in close proximity to the source of the waste, and will be constructed on the Clients land (set inside or adjacent to the source of waste). A lease arrangement for the land can be entered into.
Access to the public road network.
Access to established electricity lines, water supplies and telephony services.
Access to reticulated waste water as this can be used in the place of freshwater if the quality is adequate (pathogen free, silt levels, salt levels).

Pre-Design Requirements

Vermitech requires the provision of an acceptable geo-technical report proving that the site is suitable to support a pavement and large metal shed structure and has no ground water that would require the installation of subsoil drainage.
Further, Vermitech requires provision of an acceptable survey of the site to a scale not smaller than 1:500 showing contours (minimum 0.25m contours) and cross sections at minimum intervals of 20m.
Vermitech requires the site to have an established man-proof fence enclosing the site on its perimeter with lockable access gates.

The land requirements of each Site will vary according to the size of the System installed, though each will be customized to suit the area available

Fence should be sufficient to ensure that the site is secure, inaccessible to the public and that Vermitech¹s trade secrets in the Vermiculture process are protected. Vermitech can make allowances to build such a fence in its construction budget if none currently exists.
Vermitech can make allowances to build such a fence in its construction budget if none currently exists. Vermitech requires electricity supply and two main switchboards to two locations on the site.
Vermitech requires portable water supply via a 50mm water line with domestic pressure of 500Kpa to 700Kpa.
Vermitech however will supply fire extinguishers.
Client will also meet all fees required by relevant authorities for the construction of the facility.
Vermitech also requires a wash down facility for cleaning and maintenance of biosolid bins, trucks, tractors and other equipment.