ELECTRICAL RESILIENCE
allowing the entire works to be completed in one eight-hour shift.
Getting equipment to site One of the more mundane issues to be considered – given that the John Radcliffe Hospital is an extremely busy acute healthcare facility, with heavy staff, patient, and visitor traffic – was the delivery of the equipment to site and to the different substations. To mitigate any risk associated with transporting and lifting of large plant, it was deemed best practice to deliver the equipment to site in the silent hours. The Trust’s Mark Martin said of the
project: “I have completed similar replacement projects in the past, in previous roles. The amalgamated team of Electrical Distribution Solutions and SPE Energy worked flawlessly, and proved one of the best teams to work with. On the day of the changeovers the combined resources, along with my hospital team, worked tirelessly together to ensure that safe working and supplies to all areas were uninterrupted. We also maintained our N+1 resilience at all times. The project’s ’s successful completion also gives us the ability going forward to parallel up our transformers, so we can ‘make before break’ if we need to switch to alternative supplies. The technical ability of all staff was exceptional, and the installation was completed within a single day.”
Mike Porter
Mike Porter, appointed on a part-time basis as Business Development manager for Electrical Distribution Solutions in February 2021, brought to the role ‘a wealth of knowledge on switchgear’ and many UK and overseas contacts. He says of his career to date: “On leaving school, I secured an apprenticeship with South Wales Switchgear as an electrical technician, gained a sound grounding in engineering practice, and considerable knowledge of the principles of High Voltage switchgear. On completing my apprenticeship, I worked as an electrical technician in the Test and Certification Department at South Wales Switchgear, followed by a three-year spell as a Design draughtsman in the Switchgear Design Department – where I was involved with the detailed design of switchgear, overhead stack-bridge dampers.” His next role was as Senior Electrical Authorised Person responsible for the high voltage distribution network at RAF St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, where he gained practical experience in the installation, maintenance, testing, and operation, of HV switchgear and transformers installed in a distribution network, including switching, and issuing of Permits to Work and Sanctions to Test. He later moved into business development in the switchgear industry, as Area Sales manager for the South Wales and the South-West with GEC Alsthom. On the sale of GEC Alsthom and a re-organisation, he became Key Account manager with AREVA responsible for South Wales Electricity Board, Southwestern Electricity Board, Midlands Electricity Board, East Midlands Electricity Board, Guernsey Electricity, and Jersey Electricity. His next role was as a National key account manager for the rail sector, which included Network Rail, London Underground, and all consultants and contractors involved in the electrification of the rail network. He said: “My last full-time role was as Sales director for switchgear designer, developer, and manufacturer, SPE Energy, responsible for both UK and export sales.”
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