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He has also worked with CCTV survey software provider WINCAN to develop an updated survey template, unique to Lanes Group, which is easier for customers to interpret.
All CCTV technical specialists working at the CCTV centre have the OS19X CCTV data processing qualification. A team of specialists also procures and maintains all CCTV equipment and trains CCTV drainage engineers.
Chris Wilde said: “We now have nine OX19-qualified CCTV technical specialists, which is certainly the biggest single team of its kind in the UK, and I firmly believe it’s the biggest such team in Europe.
“We’ve approached the transformation from the bottom up, looking at every single way the system could be improved, no matter how small, and making that improvement in a structured programme. Added together, those little changes have led to big performance gains.”
The centre is now carrying out increasing volumes of work for water utility customers, including Thames Water and Yorkshire Water, because they see the efficiency and quality advantages, said Chris Wilde.
He added: “We now have a culture of excellence in CCTV data gathering and processing at Lanes, which is recognised and valued by customers. Every report is 100% quality checked to a standard not achieved by our competitors.
“We can also set up programme teams working to bespoke procedures and KPIs for specific projects and have technicians with specialist expertise, for example in highways and water utility reporting.”
Stopper Specialists – a victim
Work is drawing to a close on a project where the hire of test stoppers from Stopper Specialists proved so successful the contractor ended up purchasing them.
The 600mm to 1200mm blank and test stoppers were hired by Arthur Civil Engineering in February to air test for leaks on pipes at the new £100 million Witches Oak water treatment works being built by main contractor MWH Treatment for Severn Trent Water near its existing site at Church Wilne, Derbyshire.
Since then, they have been used every time a 6m length of ductile iron pipe has been installed, amounting to several times a day, with each test of up to 2.5 bar taking approximately 25 minutes.
Arthur Civil Engineering site manager Dex Tenbrink had used equipment from the Groundforce subsidiary before and did not even consider looking elsewhere for a test stopper supplier for this state-of-the-art project.
But the test stoppers from Stopper Specialists have proved so successful at Church Wilne that Arthur CE decided to purchase them halfway through, some five months into the project which is due to complete the testing element this month (December).
“When it became obvious we were going to need to test for 11 months rather than 11 weeks it made sense to buy the test stoppers from Stopper Specialists as it represented even better value for money,” he said.
“Stopper Specialists equipment always does what it says on the tin and I always get what I need straightaway from them.”
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of its own success? Arthur Civil Engineering take ownership of Stopper Specialists test stoppers
Arthur CE have also made use of manhole shutters from Groundforce on this project which is part of Severn Trent’s £566 million Green Recovery Programme aimed at delivering increased water security for more than 200,000 households. It represents the highest-value contract ever for an individual project signed by Severn Trent in AMP7.
Witches Oak will help provide an additional 89 million litres of drinking water per day to the region and will use innovative ceramic membrane technology that is currently only in use in one other large-scale treatment works in the country.
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