economic projects and developments on rehabilitated sites by spaque

ECONOMIC PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS ON

REHABILITATED SITES BY SPAQUE

Building on yesterday’s Wallonia to create the Wallonia of tomorrow

Economic projects and developments on rehabilitated sites

2 Building on yesterday’s Wallonia to create the Wallonia of tomorrow



Table of contents

1. “Etablissements Ortmans” in Verviers 5

2. “Usine à gaz” in Mons 5

3. “Tir National” in Mons 6

4. “Carrière et cimenterie de Barges” in Tournai 6

5. “Moulin Dalbot” in La Louvière 7

6. “Ubell” in La Louvière 7

7. “Grand Champs” in Farciennes 8

8. “Charbonnage Saint-Jacques” in Farciennes 8

9. “Centrale électrique de Farciennes” in Farciennes 9

10. “Arsenal SNCB” in Pont-à-Celles 9

11. “Florival” in Grez-Doiceau 10

12. “Tubize Plastics” in Tubize 10

13. “Bois Saint-Jean” in Seraing 11

14. “Ateliers SNCB” in Mons 11

15. “Bruyelle” in Antoing 12

16. “Boch Keramis” in La Louvière 12

17. “SAFEA” in La Louvière 13

18. “Cokerie Flémalle” in Flémalle and Seraing 13

19. “Charbonnage Bonne Espérance n°1” in Sambreville 14

20. “Usine Cockerill” in Seraing 14

21. “Fonderie Léonard Giot” in Charleroi 15

22. “Cockerill II” in Liège 15

23. “Cristalleries du Val Saint-Lambert” in Seraing 16

24.“ Liege Airport” in Grâce-Hollogne 16

25. “Cour aux marchandises SNCB” in Bressoux, Liège 17

26. “Les Bas Prés” in Mons 17

27. “Etablissements Balteau” in Liège 18

28. “Chimeuse Ouest” in Saint-Nicolas and Liège 18

29. “Stockage Purfina” in Châtelet 19

30. “La Martinoire” in Mouscron 19

31. “Charbonnage Sainte-Eugénie” in Sambreville 20

32. “Papeterie Godin” in Marchin 20

33. “CODAMI” in Manage 21

34. “Fonderie des Ateliers du Thiriau” in Manage 21

35. “Vieille Montagne” in Grâce-Hollogne 22

36. “Nouveaux Ateliers Mécaniques” in Morlanwelz 22

37. “Carcoke Tertre” in Saint-Ghislain 23

38. “Forges et laminoirs de Jemappes” in Mons 23



39. “Four à chaux Waroquier” in Dour 24

40. “Cour aux marchandises de Comblain-la-Tour” in Hamoir 24

41. “ Cockerill Sambre II” in Charleroi 25

42. “Aciérie Allard” in Charleroi 25

43. “Fonderie Felon-Lange” in Huy 26

44. “Huilerie Grisard” in Mons 26

45. “Verrerie de Jemappes” in Mons 27

46. “Boulonnerie Boël” in La Louvière 27

47. “Corderie Laurent” in Boussu 28

48. “BOMA” in Charleroi 28

49. “Cabay-Jouret” in La Louvière 29

50. “N°1 Ferrand” in Dour 29

51. “Décharge des Isnes” in Gembloux 30

52. “Décharge d’Anton” in Andenne 30

53. “UCB” in Mons/Le Roeulx 31



Site 1. "Etablissements Ortmans" in Verviers

Before: The activities of a former wool merchant followed by those of a warehouse for the

storage of electrical and photographic equipment caused major soil pollution in cyclic

hydrocarbons including benzene and mineral oil, while the waters were contaminated by

cadmium, zinc and mineral oil.

After: Vocational training center - le Polygone de l’Eau, a partnership between FOREM Training

and the water company, SWDE.

Surface area: 1.6 hectare

Site 2. "Usine à Gaz" in Mons

Before: Two gas holders were built before World War I, which caused soil pollution in cyclic

hydrocarbons, heavy metals and mineral oil, with waters contaminated by benzene, heavy

metals and cyanide.

After : Offices (FOREM), housing and parking lots




Site 3. "Tir National" in Mons

Before: A military site which caused soil pollution by heavy metals, mainly antimony, copper,

nickel and lead.

After: The oldest of the military buildings, which is remarkable from the architectural and

historic points of view, was restored by the province of Hainaut which, while preserving its

outer appearance, opted for a resolutely contemporary internal development. These offices are

home to the Mons - Borinage administration of the Hainaut province education centre. The

rehabilitation of the site also made possible the creation of a parking lot and green spaces.

Surface area: 2 hectares

Site 4. "Carrière et cimenterie de Barges" in Tournai

Before: A former quarry for the production of lime and cement works. The dredging sludge

stored on the site were polluted with cyclic hydrocarbons, zinc and lead.

After: Today this quarry is a major diving centre where waters reach a depth of 40 meters.

The site is home to a diving club and is used for training by the Belgian and French fire

brigades, as well as by military divers. Between 18,000 and 20,000 divers use the centre every

year.

Surface area: 12.9 hectares



Site 5. "Moulin Dambot" in La Louvière

Before: A former steam-powered flour-mill which operated from 1852 to the end of the 1940s.

From the 1960s onwards, this area was occupied by the fire brigade service of the city of La

Louvière.

After: Le Point d’Eau, the city of La Louvière aqua complex, which includes an Olympic

swimming pool with a mobile bottom allowing to alter its depth, facilitating training in diving, a

torrent, a wave swimming pool and a sauna, etc.


Site 6. "UBELL" in La Louvière

Before: UBELL factory was the seat of major industrial activity and home to a mechanical and

assembly, bolting and cold rolling workshop.

After: Premises of the intermunicipal company IDEA - Renting office surface area – la Maison

de l’Entreprise, parking lots, public road network of the city of La Louvière.




Site 7. "Grand Champs" in Farciennes

Before: Industrial infrastructure, place of uncontrolled deposits and dredging sludge.

After: The Ecopôle project has been developed on the site. It is a science park for sustainable

development built by the intermunicipal company IGRETEC on the east of Charleroi, on both

sides of the Sambre river. It will be crossed, in the west and the north, by a public road

network connecting the Ecopôle with N90 highway, different zones are to be fitted out for the

development of buildings and their infrastructure (public road networks for access, buffer zone,

etc.).


Site 8. "Charbonnage Saint-Jacques" in Farciennes

Before: An extraction site, the Saint-Jacques coal mining was home to a sorting-wash house,

a chipboard factory, a coal storage area, settling ponds, a coal tip and a power plant from

1907 to the end of 1960s. In the 1970s, a power plant with concrete also settled down on the

site.

After: The first sludge processing plant in Wallonia - Sedisol, as well as public road networks

and economic activities connected to the Ecopôle project – a science park for sustainable

development built by the intermunicipal company IGRETEC.




Site 9. "Centrale électrique de Farciennes" in Farciennes

Before: Former operating headquarters of a coalmining which was in service from 1910 to

1959. A power plant and major fuel oil tank (90,000 m³) stood here from the 1920s.

After: First seven rehabilitated hectares were already placed at the disposal of the

autonomous Port of Charleroi for the fitting out of access to the waterway there. The site is

intended for the development of equipment and economic activities in the continuation of the

Ecopôle project, the sustainable development science park built by the intermunicipal

company, IGRETEC. After its rehabilitation, it will constitute the south entrance of the Ecopôle

project. A container park for both use by private individuals and companies will be created

there by the ICDI.


Site 10. "Arsenal SNCB" in Pont-à-Celles

Before: Abandoned buildings and industrial facilities

that incorporated multiple railroad activities by the

national railroad company, SNCB.

After: The local authorities of Pont-à-Celles acquired

18.1 hectares of the site from the SNCB. On this plot of

land, thanks to rehabilitation work, social housing

(houses with gardens, apartments and parking lots)

will be built by the company Les Jardins de Wallonie.




Site 11. "Florival" in Grez-Doiceau

Before: The site was used as landfill by the Florival

company that manufactured all sorts of batteries and

accumulators. Investigations revealed that these

deposits had caused significant cadmium, lead, nickel,

copper and mineral oil soil contamination.

After: In 2006, the intermunicipal organisation IBW

put a water-treatment plant into service on this site,

joining its network of 33 stations.


Site 12. "Tubize Plastics" in Tubize

Before: At the end of the 19th century, a company specialized in the manufacture of artificial

fibres was set up on edge of the Senne river. Tubize Plastics took over the facilities in 1920.

Production consists mainly of the manufacture of synthetic textile fibres and polyamide fibres.

After: Rehabilitation work started in 2008. From 2010, the company, Equilis, began

construction of a major housing complex, Tubize Côté Senne, including 6,000m² of commercial

areas, 168 apartments and parking lots. Public road networks were built, and a microbrewery

was running on the north side of the site, on the other side of the Senne.




Site 13. "Bois Saint-Jean" in Seraing

Before: From 1920, the Bois Saint-Jean site was used as a warehouse deposit area by the

steel company, Ougrée-Marihaye. From 1952 till 1962, the municipality of Ougrée had official

authorization to pour waste refuse into it. From then until 1987, gas muds, blast furnace muds

and solid and liquid residue from the chemical industry were disposed of in the landfill site,

which was also subject to illegal dumping.

After: Now rehabilitated, the expansion on this site is being promoted, in association with

provincial investment company, SPI, of the Liege Science Park. Several companies (EVS, WSL

Labs, etc.) already spread their activities to part of the valued ground. A biomass plantation

has been developed there. In addition, SPAQυE manages about 80 hectares of wood on site.


Site 14. "Ateliers SNCB" in Mons

Before: The site was used by the national railway company, SNCB for railway equipment

maintenance and repair activities. The first constructions of workshops for locomotives date

back to 1870. All of the facilities were demolished in 1980.

After: This site, rehabilitated by SPAQυE, is part of the construction project of the new station

by spanish architect Calatrava in Mons. Besides the station, the project includes the

construction of a Conference Centre (City of Mons), a hotel (Group Van der Valk), housing, a

technological activities park and offices, as well as parks, public road networks and parking

lots. More generally, the revitalization of the area around the station is in keeping with the

perspective of Mons - European Capital of Culture in 2015.




Site 15. "Bruyelle" in Antoing

Before: The site includes a part of the former branch of the river of Escaut, which was filled in

during the rectification of the course of the river. At some point in time, sludge dredging

deposits from the Escaut were made there.

After: The autonomous port "PACO" is going to develop product storage and transshipment

infrastructure on this site for Holcim, a company that specializes in the production of cement

and concrete. At the beginning of 2013, Walloon Region gave the company the green light for

the operation of a new quarry located between Antoing and Tournai – the project is called

Obesco 2.


Site 16. "Boch Keramis" in La Louvière

Before: In 1844, the Boch Keramis pottery factory was the first enterprise to settle here. At

the end of the 19th century, a flat glass factory was set up on another part of the site before

being replaced by an extension of the pottery factory. A cold sheet mill also operated on the

site, while Boch Keramis built new industrial halls for its department of sanitary products

(Novoboch) there.

After: The La Strada project, developed by the private promoter Wilhelm and Co Group,

consists of a new city centre with 39,000m² of commercial area, 600 apartments, 4,000m2

offices, a cluster of companies, a museum of the ceramic, an urban park and more than 1,850

parking lots.




Site 17. "SAFEA" in La Louvière

Before: In 1929, a nitrate fertilizers factory was set up on the site. In the 1930s, the SAFEA

factory purged the gas from coke ovens from Gustave Boël plant. The production of fertilizers

stopped in 1978. A new 50,000m³ was built there in 1991.

After: The largest part of the site is intended to provide the logistics for the development of

Garocentre (multimodal logistic platform built by the intermunicipal company IDEA). On the

rest ("landfill" zone), SPAQυE intends to use the potential of the site for wind or solar power

production (forecast of production for the photovoltaic power plant: 1.1 MWh).


Site 18. "Cokerie Flémalle" in Flémalle and Seraing

Before: Two coking plants operated on the site. The first, situated on the east side, was set up

in 1922. The second, situated on the west, began production in 1950. It was located in the

area occupied by the former gas desulfurization facility, the power plant and the disposal area

for waste from the first coking plant.

After: On 6.5 hectares, SPAQυE will build logistic installations along the Meuse river for resale

to a transport company. Close to the motorway network, the Meuse river and connected with

the railroad, this site boosts all the necessary characteristics for the installation of a

multimodal platform. On the initiative of the municipality of Flémalle, 1 hectare was reserved

for the setting-up of SME offices.




Site 19. "Charbonnage Bonne Espérance n° 1" in Sambreville

Before: The Bonne Espérance n°1 coal mining operated from 1886 till 1968. The coal tip was

used by various companies from 1980 on. Infrastructures were demolished between 1970 and

1990, but their foundations are still present.

After: The site, specifically dedicated to economic activities requiring the use of a waterway

according to the plan of the area is of interest to the Port of Namur. After the demolition of a

part of the coal tip, the site will offer a large flat area and after rehabilitation will be endowed

with an access to the waterway. Potential investors have already showed their interest in

settling in the autonomous Port.


Site 20. "Usine Cockerill" in Seraing

Before: The site was used by Cockerill for mechanical engineering activities for the steel

industry. Engineering workshops began operation in 1817, when the company was founded,

their activities stopped in 2000 after numerous transformations.

After: Once rehabilitated, the site is intended for the development of commercial economic

activities. The municipal company Eriges are looking into the possible project of shopping mall

Gastronomia dedicated to the food industry. It will be dedicated in particular to the specialized

and organic food sectors. The project offers also spaces for offices, parking lots and multi-

purpose zone for events organization.




Site 21. "Fonderie Léonard Giot" in Charleroi

Before: The site was occupied by a car manufacturing plant from 1900 till 1927 on the west

side. The southern part was occupied by a foundry and the Ateliers de construction et

chaudronnerie de l’Est factory from 1872 till 1970. The foundry was taken over by a company

active in the field of electricity, and then became the Piedbœuf brewery distribution centre,

before being repurchased by Interbrew in 1988.

After: On the east part of the site, an economic microzone project for companies is in progress

by the intermunicipal company IGRETEC with a project of housing as well.


Site 22. "Cockerill II" in Liège

Before: From 1905 till 1944, the Limited company Angleur-Athus occupied the left side of the

site. Cockerill became an owner in 1945 and used it as land reserve. During all these years,

various deposits were made on the site. In 1990, it was sold and playing fields established.

Part of the ground was filled with waste from steel-making activities before being covered with

earth and planted.

After: The City of Liège intends to replace infrastructures related to the existing playing fields.

There is also a construction project for premises to house the local police dog unit and the

storage area for its Service of works.




Site 23. "Cristalleries du Val Saint-Lambert" in Seraing

Before: Glass factory activity and crystal glass-making

began in 1826 and continued until 2013. Two phases of

activities can be distinguished: the first – an intense and

industrial one, and the second, of lesser importance and

more craft-related, since 1975.

After: A large-scale project, Cristal Park, will be developed by the company SPECI. This

project includes, in particular, a commercial village, leisure centre (Aquapark and indoor ski

run), business park and two housing complexes (150 houses).


Site 24. "Liege Airport" in Grâce-Hollogne

Before: From 1920 till 1950, the site was used for air

military activities. In 1953, a station for fuel distribution

was established. From 1963 till 1967, the company

Ateliers mécaniques et boulonnerie du Haut-Pré

occupies the site. From 1983 till 1986, the BOMA

company operated part of the site for the sorting of slag

from electric steelworks.

After: Grounds recovered by SPAQυE are dedicated to the development of economic activities.

Projects to expand the airport runway and express transport of freight by TGV (Euro Carex)

are under discussion.




Site 25. "Cour aux marchandises SNCB" in Bressoux, Liège

Before: The site was used by the national railway

company, the SNCB, for railroad activities, the

treatment of metal, scrap, recycling of tyres and

manufacture of concrete elements. Cyclic

hydrocarbons, coal and chipboards were also stored

there.

After: The provincial investment company, SPI, plans to develop a park for economic activities

focusing on the food industry in connection with the nearby activities (slaughterhouse, market

hall, etc.). In addition, the Walloon society of transports, SRWT, intends to set up a centre for

maintenance of the future Liège trams, as well as a parking lot-relay connected with the

station of Bressoux.


Site 26. "Les Bas Prés" in Mons

Before: Since the beginning of the 19th century, the central part of the site was crossed by the

Mons-Condé canal. At the end of 1960s, with a view to filling in the canal, allowing the

construction of the ring road and the highway, backfilling of unknown origin were deposited on

almost all the surface area of the site. Between the end of 1980s and 1998, muds and sludge

was deposited there.

After: Directly following highway E42-E19, this site completes the offer of the business parks

INITIALIS and GEOTHERMIA, managed by the intermunicipal company, IDEA.




Site 27. "Etablissements Balteau" in Liège

Before: Electrical equipment was manufactured on this site from 1919 till 1962. Reacquired by

the City of Liège, the site was used as warehouse and as a garage. Part of the buildings was

demolished in 1994.

After: On the part owned by the provincial investment company, SPI, the construction is

planned of the Design Station, which, in particular, will house offices, workspaces for designers

and about ten housing complexes. On the rest of the site, the City of Liège intends to launch a

private proposal for homebuilding. This project forms part of the regeneration of the district of

the TGV station Liège-Guillemins.


Site 28. "Chimeuse Ouest" in Saint-Nicolas and Liège

Before: In 1873, the first industrial activity took place on the site with the installation of the

battery for coke ovens by the coal mining of La Haye. Thereafter, activities turned to the

production of nitrate fertilizers. Factories were dismantled in 1961.

After: The site was retained by the Walloon Government as priority economic business park.

The provincial investment company, SPI, in partnership with SPAQυE will develop it. The

municipality of Saint-Nicolas and INTRADEL have already made known their interest in setting

up a Municipal Works Service and a waste park there.




Site 29. "Stockage Purfina" in Châtelet

Before: From 1926 till 1995, the site was used partly for

the storage of petroleum products. The rest of the site was

used, until 1967, as a storage area for the Trieu-Kaisin

colliery located nearby.

After: A platform will be fitted out in the area where the expansion of activities is planned

(storage area and warehouses) by the leaseholder with, as well, a project of a water-treatment

plant. The site could be used for solar power production.


Site 30. "La Martinoire" in Mouscron

Before : The La Martinoire site was probably essentially used as landfill for household waste

and inert waste, but the dumping of industrial waste cannot be excluded.

After: The strategic site of La Martinoire will facilitate the expansion of the trimodal platform

of the Charleroi Dry-Port logistic park which specializes in the storage and the transshipment

(rail-road) of containers. The former landfill is adjacent to the infrastructures of this logistic

pole and prevented the expansion and the full deployment of this platform.




Site 31. "Charbonnage Sainte-Eugénie" in Sambreville

Before: Between 1880 and 1965, the site was used as a coal mine. From 1965 to 1994, it was

used for recycling materials from the slag heap of the colliery and neighbouring collieries.

Demolition and levelling work was carried out on the site between 1998 and 2001.

After: A part of the site, directly served by N90 highway, was already developed and upgraded

by the agency of sustainable economic development in the province of Namur (BEP), which is

developing an economic business park and a science park there. The part remaining to be

rehabilitated, amounting to more than half of the surface area, is also intended for the

development of mixed economic activities.


Site 32. "Papeterie Godin" in Marchin

Before: The site has been home to paper mill activities since 1837.

After: This site will be used for the development of a business park for very small enterprises

in association with provincial investment company, SPI. In addition, SPAQυE preserved a

unique water tank in Wallonia on this site and several hundred "Falconnier glass" bricks.




Site 33. "CODAMI" in Manage

Before: From 1883 to 1970, the activities of bolt production, steelworks, foundry and

lamination have been carried out on the site. From 1973 till the end of 1990s, iron framework

and ironware processing activities have taken place. In 2000, a construction company occupied

the remaining infrastructures.

After: The intermunicipal association for economic development, IDEA, envisages the

development of a park for economic activities with commercial vocation dedicated to the

automotive sector, the Automobile Pole Manage-La Louvière, on an 8-hectares plot. Two

hectares are destined for living areas.


Site 34. "Fonderie des Ateliers du Thiriau" in Manage

Before: Foundry and metallic construction activities were

developed on this site between 1919 and 1990. The main

activity stopped in 1990. A large number of users and

owners followed one another. Fire destroyed a part of the

buildings in 2006.

After : The cluster of sites adjoins the CODAMI site. The IDEA company envisages a

development of mixed economic activities, in particular dedicated to the automotive sector, on

all the CODAMI and Fonderie des Ateliers du Thiriau sites. A facility for the collection of water

and a storm-water basin will be built on the Usines Dupont et Cie site to prevent the floods of

the new business park.




Site 35. "Vieille Montagne" in Grâce-Hollogne

Before: The exploitation of the site Vieille Montagne began in 1846 with the construction of a

zinc foundry. This foundry produced zinc by carbon and mineral processing.

After: This site will be used for the development of a business park, some housing and a

green park.


Site 36. "Nouveaux Ateliers Mécaniques" in Morlanwelz

Before: In 1911, the site was home to mechanical

manufacturing activities (gas producers, springs and

stirrups for railroads), vacuum lamp electric

accumulator maintenance and a foundry. The activities

stopped in 2002. Waste related with the industrial

activities was deposited at the back of the site.

After: On the part landfill, SPAQυE is exploring the possibility of implanting a photovoltaic

panel park. On the same part, a treatment station for leachates from the landfill is being

installed.




Site 37. "Carcoke Tertre" in Saint-Ghislain

Before: The site has occupied, from 1928 till the end of 2000, by heavy industry (coke-works,

organic chemistry, chemistry).

After: This site will be dedicated to the development of economic and industrial activities

within the Tertre-Hautrage-Villerot green industrial park (implementation of synergies

materials or energies) operated by IDEA. Additionally, SPAQυE envisages the development of

renewable energies, biomass and wind energy in conjunction with the IDEA project.


Site 38. "Forges et laminoirs de Jemappes" in Mons

Before: The first rolling mills were built north of the site in 1869. Later on, other installations

were added, such as a foundry and a power plant. To the south of the site, a steelworks plant

was built in 1940.

After: IDEA, in cooperation with SPAQυE, is looking into the possibility of developing a project

for economic activities around Mons Arena at the north of the site near the adjoining site

“Verreries de Jemappes”. This project foresees the setting-up of SMEs from the sports sector,

parking lots and landscaped green spaces.




Site 39. "Four à chaux Waroquier" in Dour

Before: The site consists of a zone of the ex-colliery Fosse des Andrieux, a zone containing

lime kilns and a quarry. The first ovens date back to 1840 whereas the vein of coal was

exploited from the 16th century.

After: The municipality of Dour envisages the development of an area dedicated to sports and

leisure activities in particular connected to a diving school project.


Site 40. "Cour aux marchandises de Comblain-la-Tour" in Hamoir

Before: This site is situated on the border of the former railroad line connecting Marloie in

Liège. According to the archives of the national railway company SNCB, in 1927, the station

possessed a warehouse, a goods shed, two workshops and mechanical cabin.

After: Some of the activity remains part of the site, connected to the automobile sector.

According to the development project made by the provincial invest company, SPI, the site

may become an economic zone for SMEs or TPMEs.




Site 41. "Cockerill Sambre II" in Charleroi

Before: The first steel-making activities developed on the site in 1829: blast furnaces,

factories for cast iron and iron, rolling mills, ovens with coke, etc. In 1926, the Solvay

Company established a salt park in the northeast part of the site and various storage facilities.

The park was filled in 1973. The steel-making activities will stopped definitively in 1986.

After: The site is intended for the setting-up of SMEs, as well as new infrastructures for the

ICDI. The company intends to establish a container park accessible both to private individuals

and companies, and a storage place for recycling, re-use and resale of domestic surpluses.


Site 42. "Aciérie Allard" in Charleroi

Before: The first plants belonging to the steelworks Aciérie Allard were built between 1905

and 1907. They were expanded and the ovens modernized during the first half of the 20th

century. All of the installations were used for refining cast iron and steel production.

After: The site reallocation project includes the development of a park for economic activities,

a zone for the production of biomass, a hydroelectric micropower plant project on L’Eau

d’Heure river, housing and green spaces. Forest management will be also provided and the site

will be crossed by the Walking path of L’Eau d’Heure.




Site 43. "Fonderie Felon-Lange" in Huy

Before: The first foundry was set up on the site in 1868. The facilities were modernized and

enlarged several times by 1975. Numerous owners succeeded one another. In 2004,

bankruptcy was declared and the activities came to an end. The facilities were dismantled.

After: SPAQυE, in association with the City of Huy and the regional society of housing SWL,

intends to develop, a housing complex and small convenience shops on the major part of the

site around the former alley Saint-Hilaire that disappeared during the extension of the first

buildings of the foundry. The local authorities also envisage the construction of a parking lot on

the smallest part of the site, situated in north.


Site 44. "Huilerie Grisard" in Mons

Before: From 1923 till 1970, various activities followed one another on the site: the soap

factory Grisard converted to oil-works in 1930, a lighting trade, a margarine warehouse and an

electronic equipment shop. From 1982 till 2010, one of the buildings remained occupied by a

company of factory and maintenance of elevators.

After: The configuration of the site, at the end of an area of economic activity and enclosed in

a residential area, can justify moving away from the industrial character in favour of a more

urban assignment. On this site close to Mons station, a project of diversified housing

(apartments, houses), convenience stores and services is possible.




Site 45. "Verrerie de Jemappes" in Mons

Before: This site, for the main part, saw the activity of glass factory with the manufacturing of

colourless windows. After the gradual dismantling of the installations, the zone was used for

the storage of raw materials (coal, gas holder, etc.) intended for the activity of a nearby steel

mill. In addition, soil of unknown origin and nature were deposited on the site.

After : The intermunicipal company, IDEA, in association with SPAQυE, is looking into the

possibility of an economic project on this site - together with the adjoining “Forges et laminoirs

de Jemappes” site to include the setting-up of SMEs from the sports sector in synergy with

Mons Arena, parking lots and landscaped green spaces.


Site 46. "Boulonnerie Boël" in La Louvière

Before: Located in an urban area, this site was occupied by a factory that produced bolts,

rivets, nuts, slices, studs and other accessories, used mainly in railroads and in the

construction sector from 1859 till 1995.

After: IDEA is studying the possibility of developing a project for a housing complex.




Site 47. "Corderie Laurent" in Boussu

Before: Between 1883 and 1966, two activities took place on this site: mechanical

construction and rope production.

After: The site is dedicated to a housing project in the centre of the municipality and near the

station. While waiting for the reallocation of the site, SPAQυE developed biomass culture

(miscanthus) on this site. This culture finds highly varied outlets: fuel, methanization,

materials for the eco construction, bio fuel, etc.


Site 48. "BOMA" in Charleroi

Before: A hot rolling mill was built on this site in 1963. Previously, a national railroad

company SNCB training station stood here. In 1987, the rolling mill closed, and the company,

BOMA, stored the waste from steel-making, window and food industries on the site.

After: The rehabilitated part is intended to welcome a road link between the R3 highway and

the trimodal logistic platform of Charleroi Dry-Port.




Site 49. "Cabay-Jouret" in La Louvière

Before: Various industrial activities took place on this site, in particular the manufacture of

rolling stock for rail transportation and the processing and storage of metallic elements.

After: The rehabilitation of this site, belonging to the Walloon Region, foresees the

construction of a housing complex. The project study is an integrated part of the plan to

regenerate the centre of Haine-Saint-Pierre and, more particularly, the district of the Grand

Place.


Site 50. "N°1 Ferrand" in Dour

Before: From 1856 till 1959, coal mining activities were carried out on this site. From 1963 to

1997, the slag heap was exploited. At the same time, metal recycling construction works were

set up on the site. From 1998 to 2008, the company, COVADEC, illegally ran a plastic waste

collection centre there.

After: The municipality of Dour intends to transform the site into green spaces, the project is

known as the zone Maya project. It will also be covered with bee-foraging plants. The

sanitation and the planting in the area will allow the local residents to manage bee hives there.

A space will be dedicated to the memory of 63 miners who died in a firedamp explosion in

1930.




Site 51. "Décharge des Isnes" in Gembloux

Before: The site of Les Isnes groups three landfills, covers approximately 17 hectares and was

operated from 1981 till 1992. Household, hospital, industrial and inert waste, as well as ashes,

were deposited there, amounting to approximately 1 million m³ of waste.

After: In 2004, microturbines, fed by the biogas from the landfill, were put into service to

produce heat and electricity. It is the first installation of this kind in Europe. In 2006, a

definitive water-treatment plant, intended for the treatment of leachates, was put in service.


Site 52. "Décharge d’Anton" in Andenne

Before: The landfill occupies the excavations of an old limestone quarry, located on a hillside,

overlooking the Meuse River. The rehabilitated landfill consists of a “high” part corresponding

to the top of the quarry and a "low" part located near the Meuse River.

After: With a cogeneration unit, the biogas from the landfill is transformed into heat and

electricity.




Site 54. "UCB" in Mons/Le Roeulx

Before: Initially occupied in part by coke ovens and installations for the recovery of coke

residue (since 1884), the site has grown significantly in the late 1920s with the development

of a large chemical plant.

After: IDEA could develop an economic project on the site.




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economic projects and developments on rehabilitated sites by spaque