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Following the recent flooding of the Mythe water treatment works in Tewkesbury, Weir Services Warwick were called upon by Severn Trent Water to re-instate the pumps in an emergency situation.
All of the pumps on the works had been totally submerged by flood water from the River Severn and WES undertook an emergency program of work to reinstate the pumps and return the works back to normal operations, producing drinking water for the Tewkesbury and Gloucester area.
A team of eight field service engineers all based at the Warwick Service Centre and dedicated to the Severn Trent framework contract were mobilised and assigned to the Mythe works to work alongside Severn Trent Water and other framework suppliers in a bid to return the works back to normal as quickly as possible.
The field service engineers quickly set about their business of carrying out the emergency work and supporting the customer to meet with their requirements.
In addition to the site activities, WES Northwich and WES Warwick were able to carry out the refurbishment of a Weir SDA 450/500 Vertical Uniglide split case pump within five working days thanks to the new coating facility at Northwich and the excellent team working between the two units.
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The first of three replacement high efficiency International class boiler feed pumps is being installed by Weir Engineering Services Ltd at Aberthaw power station near Cardiff South Wales. All work installing the first unit is planned to be complete during a 48 day programme. A second pump is to be installed between June and July this year with the third unit following on in April 2008. WES are not only responsible for the pump installation but for the modifications to the pipework and civil work as well.
The existing units, supplied by The Harland Engineering Company in 1964, are being replaced, but the existing gearboxes and booster pumps will be retained for use with the new equipment.
“Being a retrofit installation rather than a green field site has called for a number of innovative modifications to the design of the pumps and associated equipment” said project manager Andy Wagstaff. “Communications and idea exchanges between the two companies have worked well and the project should be completed on schedule”
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Weir Services Europe is delighted to announce the award of the pump supply and maintenance contract at Severn Trent Water. This contract, originally awarded in 2001, through the hard work and determination of Darren Harris, service centre manager, Jim McNaught, technical sales engineer and the whole Warwick team, has been extended for a further three years until 2010.
Weir Services Europe now supply all of Severn Trent’s requirements for potable water pumps above 22kw and sewage pumps above 200mm suction with provision of 24 hour, 365 days per annum pump maintenance and repair. This also includes energy efficient coatings.
The team’s customer focus, working together and self-determination enabled the award of the Framework contract. Our engineering excellence was leveraged and the contract is designed to reduce the customer’s total cost of pump ownership in terms of capital acquisition and installation cost, operating cost and the cost repair and maintenance.
The supply of surface pumps including the optimum selection process, provision of energy best whole life cost, string testing of pumps, the supply of spares, the provision of technical support including reviewing STW specifications.
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Congratulations to 18 year old Joe Gertry, an apprentice machinist from Northwich who has been given a Special Award for Outstanding Achievement from Mid-Cheshire College where he attends a day release course for Foundation Apprentices. Joe was presented with the award at the colleges recent Awards night for "outstanding quality in his work and assignments from the outset of the course” Mr. John Taylor, Training Manager, said that Joe was selected against very stiff opposition. A lot of major companies have students at Mid-Cheshire College
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