PROJECT OF THE MONTH
National lifting and rigging equipment supplier Rope and Sling Specialists (RSS) has successfully delivered a complex, eight-month testing programme for critical lifting infrastructure at the enfinium Kelvin waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in the Midlands.
STAYING SHARP
Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) examinations – to some of the UK’s most notable large-scale infrastructure projects and blue-chip firms. The enfinium Kelvin WTE facility will eventually divert
Above: The cranes were tested by RSS following commissioning by the manufacturer.
Above right: Working alongside multiple contractors and allocating areas for test weights required careful coordination.
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SS has completed a series of tests on cranes, beams and structures at the enfinium Kelvin waste- to-energy (WTE) facility, which is in the final stages of commissioning near Birmingham.
RSS has a national network of depots, including sites in Netherton, near Dudley, as well as Minworth, Sutton Coldfield, which deliver lifting products and services across the Midlands. RSS offers a comprehensive portfolio of rigging hardware and training, in addition to live365 digitalisation and compliance technology. It supplies blocks, shackles, hooks, slings and working at height equipment – all covered by periodic Lifting Operations and Lifting
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up to 395,000t of non-recyclable household and business waste from landfill or export overseas each year. The residual waste will be used to generate 44MW (gross) of baseload energy, equivalent to the needs of more than 95,000 homes. The Plant Engineer-procure-construct (EPC) contractor is using a range of lifting equipment during the build phase, with much of it set to support maintenance activities once the facility becomes operational. The recent eight-month testing contract covered more than 30 lifting beams, with capacities ranging from 30kg to 10,000kg, as well as overhead travelling cranes serving the workshops and swing-type jibs used for plant maintenance. The cranes were tested following commissioning by the manufacturer, with testing carried out in parallel with the site maintenance team.
Paul Smith, depot manager, Midlands at RSS, said: “This was a particularly large and complex testing programme, with a significant number of beams and cranes to coordinate across a busy site where access was restricted and continually changing as different commissioning phases progressed.
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