Fairport employee In brief makes his Mark
Bulk fertiliser arrives in Hull
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Hull’s All Weather Terminal has successfully completed its first shipment and discharge of more than 8,100 tonnes of fertiliser (in bulk) from Egypt for its customer Helm Great Britain. The mv Annalisa was fully discharged into the store by the ABP operations team from the All Weather Terminal.
ABP was able to discharge the cargo following an investment into additional equipment which includes a bagging plant. As part of the extension in the range of services offered, ABP will also undertake to provide a bagging service to Helm.
Million pound weighing contract
Chronos BTH has secured a plant upgrade contract valued at more than £1million for a fertiliser blending plant in Malaysia. The project will involve upgrading a range of Weigh Belt Feeders that were originally supplied by Richard Simon more than fifteen years ago. One of the key factors that enabled Chronos BTH to secure this major contract was its access to the original project files and original RSL design authority documentation and drawings. Since early 2003 all of the original RSL design materials have been available in Nottingham for use by fellow Premier Tech company, Chronos Richardson (now known as Chronos BTH Limited). The upgraded machines are being produced as exact mechanical replacements to the previously supplied feeders, even working to the original production schedules and documentation. All of the feeder upgrades will involve the replacement of all the feeder frames with fertiliser grade stainless steel housings and material contact parts.
“Up-time and equipment availability are the key words in the modern process plant”, commented Chronos BTH Ltd’s general manager, Peter Orme. He concluded: “Utilising all of the original paperwork has enabled us to quickly respond to the needs of this fertiliser company, thereby keeping their downtime to a minimum and providing a more robust version of their original equipment.”
6 Solids & Bulk Handling • March 2010
Assistant contract manager, Mark White, has made an impressive start to his career in contract management with Lancashire based Fairport Engineering. Having been awarded HNC qualification in Project & Quality Management last year; his first major design & build project has gained the Industrial Work runner-up award in the annual Staffordshire Building Excellence Awards 2009.
These awards highlight builders and developers who have achieved outstanding quality in their construction work and Fairport’s project for F Ball and Co of Cheddleton, near Leek, Staffordshire was considered worthy of reaching the final by an independent judging panel after its completion in the middle of 2009.
F Ball and Co awarded the project to Fairport Engineering in 2008 for the complete design and build of the new £7.0M manufacturing plant for flooring screed and flooring preparation products, which would increase their production capability and strengthen their premier market position.
Fairport had previously assisted F Ball and Co with the project’s development and definition and so was in a position to thoroughly understand all the inter-related
design and construction issues; not least the requirement for the building to maintain the existing flood plain and in effect be raised on stilts to achieve this. Construction work started in earnest in August 2008 and the plant was commissioned and handed over to F Ball and Co in June 2009 following a fast track build programme involving some 50,954 construction man hours and incurring ZERO LTA’s. Mark, as part of Graham Potts’, Fairport contract manager, team was site based for the majority of the construction phase and contributed significantly to the effective, timely and safe manner in which all construction operations were undertaken.
Mark White (left) receiving the certificate
Tracking new business
One of the North West’s leading concrete and aggregate suppliers has revealed it is using fleet management technology to boost productivity, customer service and win new business.
Stockport-based Aardvark Concrete, which operates a fleet of 14 vehicles supplying concrete and aggregate to DIY and trade contractors, has improved its customer response times and is now able to offer 30 minute delivery slots thanks to Navman Wireless vehicle tracking. The technology provides managers with real-time information on the exact position and speed of vehicles while generating data on journey times, driving speeds and fuel consumption. It also enables two-way messaging and integrated routing via business-specific in- cab satellite navigation units.
“With vehicle tracking software on our computer screens, we can see at a glance exactly where all our trucks are in real time, making us more efficient in allocating new jobs and being able to match jobs to the most appropriate vehicles,” said John Kilroe, Aardvark Concrete’s managing director. “This, in turn, has enabled us to offer the more precise half hour delivery slots and secure new business on the back of marked operational improvements. These have led to us increasing the number of jobs our drivers complete each day.” With the help of Navman Wireless vehicle tracking, Aardvark aims to increase turnover by £1 million over the coming year by targeting new customers, from utility companies and local government organisations.
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