PRESSURE WASHING & STEAM CLEANING
Every Little Helps
TC Specialist Services, part of TC Facilities Management, tell us all about a recent project, that saw a 10-man team head up to Scotland, to undertake a deep clean to the cladding of Tesco’s Livingston Distribution Centre.
Tesco’s Distribution Centre opened in Livingston, Scotland in May 2008 and covers an area of over 1.75 million square feet. This makes it Tesco’s largest Distribution Centre in Europe which serves all Tesco stores across Scotland and Northern Ireland. To comprehend just how large the site is, it takes almost two minutes just to drive by one side of the facility in a car at 30mph.
The Challenge Seven years after the facility opened in 2008, the cladding had lost its brilliant white finish meaning that it didn’t reflect the vibrant and exciting place to work that Tesco aims to be. In addition to this, there was an environmental consideration; the build-up of pollutants on the cladding which caused the “greying” resulted in an increase in energy consumption to maintain the Triple chamber at the required temperatures.
The Approach Having delivered consistently high audit scores for the management of the Cleaning, Catering & Security services at the site, since deploying more than 100 TCFM “Best in Class” staff, in July 2014, we were confident that our 10-man TC Specialist Services team would be able to transform the facility’s exterior.
To deliver this transformation, our Specialist Service team worked in all weathers and conditions, sometimes facing all weathers in just one day!
Matt Stacey, TC Facilities Management Specialist Services Operations Manager was part of the 10-man team working on delivering the cladding clean. He said: “I left for
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Livingston from my home in South- East England where the sun was shining and temperatures were over 20°C. Having only packed light clothes I was overwhelmed to be greeted by very changeable conditions in Livingston. In just a number of hours I faced a mix of sun, torrential rain, hail and high speed winds.
“The high speed winds proved particularly challenging as, due to working at height we needed to ensure that wind speeds were constantly monitored and minute-by- minute assessments made to ensure that each team member was working within safety guidelines.”
In addition to the wind speed challenges, the constant arrival and departure of haulage lorries to the nearby Grangemouth rail terminal was another consideration that the team had to be mindful of.
The Execution The equipment used to enable the transformation included a mix of our bespoke Reach & Wash system and the Aquilla Jet washers. The
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Reach & Wash system allowed the experienced cladding team to clean areas up to a height of 30 ft. Above this height, we then operated from a number of Cherry Pickers using the Aquilla Jet Wash system. This combination has delivered a superb result, restoring the Livingston facility back to how it looked when it first opened in May 2008.
The Outcome The exterior of the building has been completely transformed and through the work we have undertaken here we believe that we’ve made coming to work a brighter and fresher experience for the Tesco staff who work here. Additionally, the removal of pollutants from the cladding by our team also offers an environmental benefit as the systems used to maintain Tesco’s merchandise in premium condition within the Triple Chamber, will now use less energy.
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