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Tel: 01902 490919 Fax: 01902 490929 Email: protect@steelway.co.uk www.steelway.co.uk Visit www.steelway.co.uk for more information STEELWAY PROTECT PHYSICAL SECURITY SOLUTIONS FOR THE WATER INDUSTRY Steelway are a leading engineering & fabrication company, manufacturing and installing physical security solutions for the water industry for many years. The Protect range currently includes a multitude of products at varying levels of specification, certification and accreditation. The flexibility of the range is that it enables you to choose the right product, with the right level of security, in a cost effective manner for the application area you are protecting. SECURITY PRODUCTS l KIOSKS l CAGES l BAR SETS l CABINETS l ACCESS COVERS l DOORS l FENCING l GATES Steelway_protect_advert_Layout 1 11/12/2013 11:00 Page 1 and liing operations, Techno- cover committed to bringing the site build for all four UltraSecure kiosks within three days. Early consultation, including site visits and planning meetings, was a vital starting point. "The success of the plan was in the detail, with even the smallest of considerations making a differ- ence," says Martin Creaven, Tech- nocover's Quality, Environmental, and Health and Safety manager. "We drove the various access routes to each of the three sites which were several miles apart, looking at height, weight and turning restrictions, as well as issues of land ownership in reach- ing the pumping stations. This allowed the best possible assess- ment of vehicle, liing and instal- lation needs and constraints, which in turn influenced our approach to production, factory assembly and site fitting. Options were chosen with site safety as well as cost- and time-efficiency for the client in mind." Risk assessments It was apparent that logistics would work best by using one site as an equipment base, since access and space constraints at the other sites ruled out the deployment of an articulated lorry and large crane. Technocover could then mobilise appropriate vehicles from its fleet to move equipment to the more difficult locations. Creaven says: "The pre-start meeting also allowed us to iden- tify and agree method statements, risk assessments and liing plans so that the contractor could confi- dently approve our plan of works and supporting documentation." At 4.6 tonnes, the largest kiosk inevitably proved the biggest chal- lenge. The aim was to design and pre-build it in two parts that would slot together, bolt down and accept site services with mini- mum fuss. The kiosk specification included lighting, power points, control panel, heating and venti- lation (H&V), louvres vents, secure access for temporary cable feeds, and an aerial mounting bracket on the exterior. It incorpo- rates a twin as well as a single access door with LPCB-approved doorsets and locking. All kiosks were fully insulated and fitted with plywood lining from Technocover's range of inter- nal finish options which also includes engineered plastic lin- ings in recycled HDPE (high den- sity polyethylene). Electrics were installed and tested, terminating in each half for simple plug together connection on site, removing the need to have an electrician in attendance. Jamie Elliott, Trant site manager and project coordinator, says: "This was my first experi- ence of installing a kiosk of this scale and type with all services pre-fitted rather than site-fitted. Offsite installation and certifica- tion of the domestics and fittings removed a lot of time and effort on site. We usually allow, in a worst case scenario, two additional days for the electrics and services installation where everything has to be run through, fixed, tested and certificated. In this case, the largest kiosk was delivered, installed and we were in receipt of all relevant test documentation in one day." From the early scoping, it was agreed that the distribution board would have capacity for addi- tional electrics and larger trunk- ing should be installed internally to accommodate potential expan- sion. The alarm installation was also configured to support the contractor's locking suite used during construction, allowing upgrade for use with the client's suite at handover. While these elements needed to be carefully planned and imple- mented into the two halves of the build, the whole project required expert management within the scope of the kiosk's LPCB certifi- cation. Incorrect installation of LPCB equipment can infringe and invalidate its certification, making it essential to engage a competent and experienced fitter/installer. Plug and go Two further kiosks were specified for the second pumping station, each weighing 2.7 tonnes with one replacing an existing GRP unit. "Removal of the existing struc- ture and installation of the two new kiosks was completed in one day where we had allowed a day for each," says Elliott. "With all the domestics already installed and tested, it really is a plug and go solution. Site work involved as little as fixing to the slab, levelling the structure and sealing it up." While the sampling kiosk for the final site was smaller and lighter, the delivery logistics were among the most challenging. The site approach was more than sev- eral 100m of rough terrain and on private land, with access off a busy A road, so Technocover used an all-terrain quad-type vehicle adapted to carry the unit on a spe- cial frame with proprietary hoist. "The alternative would have been to hire a very large crane," says Creaven. "That would have caused a significant hazard and traffic disruption on a major trunk road." n The UltraSecure kiosk range is currently certificated to issue 7 of the LPCB test standard, LPS 1175 january 2015 WET NEWS 15 Trant Engineering praised Technocover personnel on their high standard of work on the internal M&E services and fit-out

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