Lincolnshire’s new state-of-the-art Energy from Waste recycling plant at North Hykeham Lincoln is built on a low-lying brown-field site with a high local water table. This high groundwater level meant that the huge waste tipping hall had to be sited at the first-floor level rather than at the usual ground-floor level. Consequently, a vehicular access ramp was required to allow the constant stream of 40-tonne waste delivery wagons to the tipping hall. With a ramp height of 6.0m to the first-floor tipping hall deck and a maximum gradient of 1 in 10, the access ramp needed to be approximately 60m in length. Restricted space around the site meant that a long straight ramp with conventional low-angle side slopes could not be provided.