Cundall engineer has been given a medal in achievement awards, which has been announced by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Ozak Esu uses her free time in order to tutor disadvantaged young people. Dr. Ozak managed to beat a global field of competition in order to jointly win
Northern Arc has been announced as the winner of the Hyperloop One Global Challenge. The proposal was led by both Ryder Architecture and Arup has been chosen as one of the ten winners in the global challenge. The teams had to compete against thousands of entries, submitted from around the
BAM Nuttall, the UK based supplier of civil engineering services, has opted to purchase twenty X-ECO lighting towers from the Cambridgeshire supplier, Trime (UK) Limited. In order to validate the sustainable features that the Trime X-ECO highlights and with sustainability at the heart of their operations, the company evaluated a
AECOM, the fully integrated infrastructure asset provider, used often by governments, businesses and organisations across more than 150 countries. The company has announced that they are proud to be the headline sponsor for the first all-female team to attempt to cross the Antarctic. The launch of the team was carried
Enclosureanswers.com delivers free expert advice to their customers which could allow them to find the right electrical enclosure to suit their needs. Making sure that you pick the right enclosure is vital as it could have a significant impact on profit and loss for the project. Making a larger order
Twiflex is a leading global supplier of power transition components and has been working to provide parking brakes that will be used on mine hoists at Nkana’s Mopani Copper Mines in Zambia. Nkana is known for being one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in Africa and operates four
Peacock Engineering has been awarded a contract to offer asset management solutions for Flogas. The management solution will be delivered by Peacock for their client’s installation and maintenance engineers who operate across the nation. Peacock Engineering Ltd was first created in order to deliver a range of Asset and Service
Greenford Ltd were thrilled to officially receive their multiple ISO accreditation certificates during a ceremony at the picturesque National Trust’s Winkworth Arboretum in Surrey last week. Greenford were officially awarded these accreditations in June 2017 from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) however received their certificates from accreditation providers the
The global provider of infrastructure, AECOM has said that it is important for the infrastructure industry to do more in terms of encouraging the younger generation to think about an apprenticeship in this area. In order to improve the capacity of the industry, talent needs to be attracted through the
Specialist Surfacing has announced the completion of a contract that has seen the delivery of a new closed road circuit in Hull. The 1km circuit has been constructed to be used by cyclists in the area. The new track has cost £650,000 and can be found next to the Ennerdale
Cundall engineer has been given a medal in achievement awards, which has been announced by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Ozak Esu uses her free time in order to tutor disadvantaged young people. Dr. Ozak managed to beat a global field of competition in order to jointly win the Mike Sargeant Career Achievement Award for Young Professionals. The coveted industry accolades have been created to recognise some of the world’s most outstanding engineers and technologists as well as celebrate the skills of exceptional young professionals, students and apprentices. The Mike Sargeant Career Achievement Award for Young Professionals is the latest honour to be given to Dr. Ozak, as she has also recently been named by the Telegraph as one of their ‘Top 50 Women in Engineering Under 35. This award winning and exceptional electrical engineer graduated with a first class honours degree from Loughborough University and has gained experience working for the industry leading Cundall since 2014. Dr. Ozak is based in the Birmingham office of the UK multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy. Dr. Ozak said that she was first inspired to study electronic and electrical engineering Loughborough University because of the challenges that are faced in regards to power in her home country of Nigeria. Her experience has also led to her working with disadvantaged Young people. Ozak has been praised by the Managing Partner at Cundall, Tomas Neeson, who has said that since joining the company, she has been an excellent example as a STEM ambassador through her work mentoring a number of students at the Birmingham Office. Dr. Ozak and the other candidates were nominated for the Institute of Engineering and Technology Awards by their peers and then selected by a judging panel. The winners will collect their awards at a ceremony on the 15th November, which will be hosted by Kate Bellingham, the TV presenter.
Northern Arc has been announced as the winner of the Hyperloop One Global Challenge. The proposal was led by both Ryder Architecture and Arup has been chosen as one of the ten winners in the global challenge. The teams had to compete against thousands of entries, submitted from around the world. The Hyperloop One Global was an ideas competition that looked for a range of innovative opportunities where practical application of the evolving Hyperloop technology could be explored. The Northern Arc’s idea was an economic opportunity to widen the concept of the Northern Powerhouse in order to include the Scottish Central Belt, and in doing so, linking a wide range of major cities located across the North of England. Hyperloop is an innovative technology that will allow passengers to travel between all cities in a little over 45 minutes, according to The Northern Arc’s ideas. This could lead to the creation of a Pan-Northern City region, with a population in excess of 10 million people and the ability to compete on the world economic stage. Hyperloop, when teamed with other improvements to the transport network that are currently underway could keep future generations moving. The Northern Arc team is committed to be at the front of the innovation as other similar technologies to Hyperloop are developed. One of the partners at Ryder, Paul Bell has expressed the team’s excitement to be a part of the proposal and collaborating with Hyperloop. Hyperloop One is at the moment working in Nevada on a proof of concept work. The developments being made with this technology are taking place at a significant rate and the technology could offer a new transport innovation. the north of the UK was pivotal with providing railway technology to for the world, and The Northern Arc are committed to making sure that the north is at the forefront of the next transport innovation.
BAM Nuttall, the UK based supplier of civil engineering services, has opted to purchase twenty X-ECO lighting towers from the Cambridgeshire supplier, Trime (UK) Limited. In order to validate the sustainable features that the Trime X-ECO highlights and with sustainability at the heart of their operations, the company evaluated a demonstration unit during a series of extensive field trials over a six week period. Following the conclusion of this trial period, BAM Nuttall’s plant manager, Andy Haythorne said, “We were extremely impressed with the ease of operation of the X-ECO, Trime have succeeded in combining an evident reliable and robust machine with sustainable features and fuel saving capabilities.” “This is our first venture into LED lighting for our sites and we needed a set that helps to maintain our strong commitment to becoming a more sustainable and responsible business, in keeping with our Beyond Zero programme,” added Andy. With storage and delivery facilities at capacity during peak operations, the compact size and relatively low weight of the X-ECO will bring immediate benefits to BAM Nuttall logistics operations. Up to thirteen X-ECO sets can be loaded on one single truck which, potentially, means an increase in their transport vehicle fleet utilisation Trime engineers have calculated that the X-ECO uses approximately £336.00 less in fuel each month when compared to many lighting sets currently available. These savings equate to a reduction in C02 output by around 888kg per month. The Trime manufacturing plant is based in Cassinetta di Lugagnano, near Milan and Trime UK Limited is headquartered in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. In 2016, BAM Group UK (legal entity comprising of BAM Nuttall and BAM Construct UK) were awarded the CEMARS gold standard for achieving significant carbon savings year-on-year over a six-year period by following a systematic carbon reduction programme that have resulted in a reduction in emissions of 17.72% when compared with baseline data. CEMARS is the Carbon Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme and refers to ISO14064-1:2006. This achievement has been accomplished by the implementation of several energy saving initiatives across both organisations. The sourcing of more efficient plant and equipment is also a key part of the BAM Sustainability Strategy as we work towards challenging 2020 targets for carbon reduction.
AECOM, the fully integrated infrastructure asset provider, used often by governments, businesses and organisations across more than 150 countries. The company has announced that they are proud to be the headline sponsor for the first all-female team to attempt to cross the Antarctic. The launch of the team was carried out by HRH The Countess of Wessex. No team of women, from any nation has managed to complete this grueling challenge. The official launch was held at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Camberley, with the expeditions set to take place in October. The ICE MAIDEN challenge will see the team of six women from the Regular Army and Army Reserve attempt to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. During this expedition, the women will ski a total of 1,700 KMS, which is the equivalent of travelling from London to Gibraltar. The team will be using only muscle power to pull sledges that will have all of their equipment and enough food for 30 days at a time. The challenge is expected to take three months, and the Ice Maidens will have to fight 60 mph winds as well as temperatures that could drop as low as -40℃. The aim of this expedition is to be a source of inspiration for women and girls of all ages and abilities, to be more active. Six women were selected to take part in this Ice Maiden challenge, Major Nics Wetherill, Royal Army Medical Corps; Major Natalie Taylor, Royal Army Medical Corps; Major Sandy Hennis, Royal Signals; Lieutenant Jenni Stephenson, Royal Artillery; Lieutenant Zanna Baker, Royal Artillery; Lance Sergeant Sophie Montagne, Honourable Artillery Company. The two Army doctors are the leaders of the expedition, and the training for the challenge has allowed all of the women to gain new skills and be inspired to organise their own expeditions. A call for candidates was made, with the only condition being that the women were serving in the Army, Regular or Reserve. The applicants underwent training processes, where the final six were selected.
Enclosureanswers.com delivers free expert advice to their customers which could allow them to find the right electrical enclosure to suit their needs. Making sure that you pick the right enclosure is vital as it could have a significant impact on profit and loss for the project. Making a larger order of over-specified enclosures could eat into a projects margins, whereas a poorly specified solution could then lead to long-term performance problems which could them lead to warranty claims and worse. In order to make sure that customers make the right decision, www.enclousreanswers.com has been established. This service offers an opportunity for customers to approach industry experts in order to get advice and ask technical questions from areas such as enclosure specification and installation. The website is free to use and has been launched by the largest ex-stock supplier of non-metallic electrical enclosures in the UK, Spelsberg UK. Spelsberg has developed a reputation for delivering high quality standard and customised solutions while also offering low lead times on all of their orders. The company noticed an increase in the number of technical questions being asked by their customers and decided to take action and create a service to directly handle them. The company has noticed that over the course of the last decade, more and more customers have been turning to Spelsberg UK in order to get expert advice as well as engineering services. The cause for this could be the increase in savvy buying culture which has grown more since the recession. More technical questions could also be due to the wider range of solutions and options that are becoming available from manufacturers such as Spelsberg UK. The free service is available from the company with no obligation that the customer buys from them after, in order to offer assistance and make sure that the correct solution is chosen.
Twiflex is a leading global supplier of power transition components and has been working to provide parking brakes that will be used on mine hoists at Nkana’s Mopani Copper Mines in Zambia. Nkana is known for being one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in Africa and operates four underground mines as well as an open pit. FLSmidth, the leading mine hoist manufacturer has worked with Twiflex and their South African distribution partner, Tritec Sintered Products in order to carry out the installation of the new parking brakes. FLSmidth supplied the project with a double drum Blair Multi-Rope rock winder and a single drum BMR as well as man/materials winder to the Nkana project. The BMR winder has been developed as a variation on the double drum winder and can be used in extremely deep shafts with the second drum on the winder used to balance the primary load. The drums installed to both winders are identical and measure 5.7 meters in diameter with a rope compartment that is 1.8 meters wide. Twiflex brakes are used as part of the copper mine hoist for parking and holding each time the mine winders stop. If anything untoward happened like, for example a power failure the brakes can be used to bring the load to rest while maintaining a maximum deceleration of 2.3 m/s2 Twiflex engineers also worked to design the new large pad version of their popular VMS3-SPS spring applied, hydraulically-released brake that is used on a range of different hoists around the world. Twiflex is able to utilise their in-house testing capability, which includes a climatic chamber, in order to test the brake systems for functionality in a range of temperatures as well as fatigue and inertia. For brake manufacturers friction material needs to be carefully selected to be suitable for the operating cycle.
Peacock Engineering has been awarded a contract to offer asset management solutions for Flogas. The management solution will be delivered by Peacock for their client’s installation and maintenance engineers who operate across the nation. Peacock Engineering Ltd was first created in order to deliver a range of Asset and Service Management solutions to industries that are often asset intensive. The consulting team at the company has an average of 12 years’ experience working with the Maximo Professional system. Their consulting team has also built up more than 250 man-years working on implementing the Maximo system. Peacock Engineering works with their clients in order to offer them the most efficient and affordable solution to meet all of their requirements. The company appear to be the ideal candidate to help Flogas with their asset management. The IBM Maximo Asset Management solution gives a company better visibility for their asset usage and is used to support companies in a range of key industries. Flogas are looking to expand their use of the Maximo system as part of the management solution. The system will be used to cover the company’s inventory, procurement, maintenance and installation for Flogas’ domestic and commercial customers. When the solution is set up it will be integrated with the ClickSoftware and Fingertip in order to allow engineers up to date and in real-time information and scheduling that will eliminate down-time and also allow engineers to work online safely in ATEX zoned environments. By working with Peacock Engineering, Flogas will be receiving a comprehensive asset management solution that will be used throughout the company’s work-order lifecycle. The awarding of this contract and the management solution that will be delivered will offer the company an opportunity to have visibility of their assets in a way that hasn’t been possible with systems that they have used in the past.
Greenford Ltd were thrilled to officially receive their multiple ISO accreditation certificates during a ceremony at the picturesque National Trust’s Winkworth Arboretum in Surrey last week. Greenford were officially awarded these accreditations in June 2017 from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) however received their certificates from accreditation providers the British Assessment Bureau (BAB) at an official handover ceremony last week. This event was held at the site of one of Greenford’s most recently completed restoration projects, the historic boathouse at the National Trust’s Winkworth Arboretum. This idyllic location provided the perfect backdrop for the handover as the restoration works performed showcased the many aspects of Greenford’s impressive work ethic, quality and environmental practices, as well as a dedication to health and safety reflected in every aspect of the business. Greenford Ltd Managing Director Claire Greenwood was in attendance on the day to receive these highly prized accreditations and was thrilled with both the recognition and what this means for the civil engineering firm moving forward. “We at Greenford Ltd are very pleased to have officially received our certification of these internationally recognised standards. We sailed through the audit process, aided greatly by the expertise and guidance provided by the British Assessment Bureau every step of the way, and are now the proud recipients of not one but three simultaneous standards from the ISO. We have seen an increase in the requirement to hold official standards in an ever progressively competitive work sector and are thrilled to have received them all. Achieving these three key standards in health & safety, quality, and environmental management gives further credence to the Greenford Ltd brand, to both our clients and industry peers.” The ISO standards achieved by Greenford Ltd are; ISO 9001 – the international standard regarding effective quality management systems ISO 14001 – the international standard regarding effective environmental management systems OHSAS 18001 – the international standard regarding occupational health and safety management systems To achieve all three standards so quickly and effortlessly speaks to the long-held operational practices Greenford have employed each and every day of their near 25 year history. To have formal international acknowledgement of the standard of service Greenford has always aspired to deliver to their multitude of clients, is an honour that the organization is proud to receive. Greenford Ltd are an experienced and trusted civil engineering company and have been responsible for such notable projects as the hydropower station at Blenheim Palace, restoration works to the Oxford Castle Mound, constructing the UK’s first amphibious house, completing the Hagley Hall Parkland restoration works to Capability Brown’s original design, and assisting in the recent efforts to restore the scene depicted in Turner’s painting ‘Dewy Morning’ at the National Trust’s historic Petworth House and Park. Greenford Ltd provide civil engineering services to a range of clients across the country from their offices in Oxford, Maidenhead and Birmingham – to find out more visit their website www.greenford.ltd.uk
The global provider of infrastructure, AECOM has said that it is important for the infrastructure industry to do more in terms of encouraging the younger generation to think about an apprenticeship in this area. In order to improve the capacity of the industry, talent needs to be attracted through the use of a number of different routes. Mainly in order to make sure that the infrastructure industry doesn’t suffer a serious skills shortage or becomes unable to develop to its potential, the attention of young people is needed. AECOM has said that gaining the imagination of young people and encouraging them to apply for apprenticeships after their GCSEs is vital for the future growth of the industry. The use of outreach programmes have been recommended, going into schools in order to present students and young people with a larger view of the jobs market and the range of different careers on offer. AECOM employees utilize this approach across the UK in order to inform young people about careers in this sector. The UK has set out an ambitious plan for the future with a large number of associated infrastructure projects. However, over the course of the next few months it will be important to see if the industry can continue to maintain their build capacity. There is concern about whether there are enough skilled professionals working in this area to carry out the sheer volume of schemes that have been planned across the UK. By using outreach programs and showing younger people what a career in engineering could include is vital to increase the skills available and maintain the industry, allowing these ambitious infrastructure plans to be carried out. It has been estimated that the UK will need more than 150,000 people qualified at Level 3 or above each ear until 2024. However, with the apprenticeship levy, companies could be reducing the number of apprentices they are taking on at the moment they need to be increasing their number.
Specialist Surfacing has announced the completion of a contract that has seen the delivery of a new closed road circuit in Hull. The 1km circuit has been constructed to be used by cyclists in the area. The new track has cost £650,000 and can be found next to the Ennerdale Leisure Centre. The facility that has been created with the help of Specialist Surfacing is thought to be the only one of its kind in East Yorkshire. The new circuit will offer space for training to be used by experienced amateur road-racing cyclists as well as anyone wanting to try the sport out for the first time. The new all-weather track has been constructed on a site that has been used in the past for outdoor pitches, but was susceptible to flooding. The all-weather circuit now on the site next to the leisure centre features a number for loops and straights for cyclists to make the most of. PBS Construction has been appointed by the project funders, Hull City Council and British Cycling. The construction company then sought out Specialist Surfacing in order to carry out the bespoke surfacing work for the facility. The new cycle circuit required more than 2,500 tonnes of asphalt laid in three different layers, with the final width of the track put down in one run with the help of extension boxes on the paving machine. Carrying out the work in this way allows for a smooth surface without any joints. As with a number of road improvements that were made around Yorkshire in order to prepare for the opening stages of the Tour de France a few years ago, the surfaces for cyclists need to be precise, therefore when constructing the new Hull circuit, laser controls were used as well as tracers that followed piano wire in order to finish the job to the highest precision and specification possible.