TB Davies Help Tate & Lyle Come Unstuck in Ladder Access Problem

Tate & Lyle are a global leader in carbohydrate processing, with high quality brands that add value to consumer products around the world, including both global cola manufacturers and their associated brands, cereal companies, breweries and confectionary companies. Operating from 80 sites in over 40 countries, with a turnover of £4 billion – the largest sugar refinery in the World is at Silvertown, on the Thames, in east London.

In operation for well over 100 years the Silvertown factory produces 140 tonnes of sugar per hour, working continuous shifts to meet demand. The factory administers every part of the production process, from the raw material arriving by boat on the Thames, to filtration and cleaning, processing, refining and packaging. Read this post

Aquila Gain Safe Access To Aquila Sub Station Network

Aquila is responsible for delivering electricity for what was formerly known as the Midlands Electricity Board to around 2.3 million connected customers across Shropshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Transferring electricity across a network of 63,000km of overhead line and underground cable, at 132,000 volts, 66,000 volts or 33,000 volts.

Following an incident in a sub-station the company decided to review the safety aspects of their access equipment in used in sub-stations throughout their region. The objective was to ensure the electrical safety of their ladders as well as the stability to enable the technical staff to work from the top platform. Read this post

Office Re-Development At St Paul’s Required Specialist Access for McAlpine Team

A name synonymous with the construction industry for over 130 years and with a reputation for quality is a leading UK building and civil engineering contractor. Sir Robert McAlpine has an enviable record of achievement in the construction industry – wide and varied in nature, including the Eden Project, Wales Millennium Centre, Bullring shopping centre, Cold Clough Wind farm, Sellafield Nuclear Reprocessing Facility and the Millennium Bridge over the Thames. Sir Robert McAlpine operates in all of the following sectors: Read this post

Kellogg’s Goes Crunchy Nuts for TB Davies’ Sherpascopic Ladders

TB Davies was commissioned by a leading industrial repair & maintenance specialists to advise on a work at height problem at their clients site, Kellogg’s in Manchester. The Kellogg’s site in Manchester dates back to the 1940s. As such there can be significant physical restrictions in accessing parts of the building for cleaning, maintenance and repairs. In particular the production line posed problems that Kellogg’s health and safety were not happy with.

The cereal runs along a series of conveyor belts, suspended from the ceiling, 3m above floor level and less than half a meter from the ceiling itself. With production run changes in the factory the conveyor belts need to be thoroughly cleaned, to avoid cross contamination with those products containing nuts.

The previous method of work involved cleaning staff climbing onto the belt with a vacuum cleaner, brushes and dry mops – crawling the length of the belt on hands and knees, cleaning as they go. This practice was condemned by Kellogg’s health & safety as unsafe, primarily due to a lack of guardrailing.

As Eriks are the on-site supplier for Kellogg’s, they contacted TB Davies for a swift, safe & practical solution. Initial discussions allowed us to select a number of appropriate pieces of equipment for demonstration. Some form of work platform, podium or small scaffold tower was obviously required. Read this post

Galvanised Steel Staircase Aids Freightliner’s Tank Access Need

Operating from seventeen terminals and using the UK’s rail and road network Britain’s biggest intermodal freight operator, transports over one million standard containers a year and operates over one hundred trains and one hundred and eighty vehicles daily. Freightliner Heavy Haul division also operates over 60 trains daily for the provision of rail solutions to the non-containerised cargo market, such as cement, coal, cars and waste, as well as undertaking rail infrastructure work for Network Rail. Read this post

BAE Picks TB Davies Work Platforms For Astute Class Submarine Fleet

John Hudson BAE Systems Submarine Solutions Managing Director said, “The submarine is huge. It’s 100m long, three decks deep, there is no inch of the submarine that is similar to another inch of it. I would definitely put it in the same league as the space shuttle, or projects of that size.”

The Devonshire Dock Hall was designed to hold four vessel hulls simultaneously and two in build. As part of routine maintenance and during construction of the vessels it was identified that safe and compliant access was required to certain areas at specific points. Read this post

Fox’s Again Pick TB Davies for Safe Access At Biscuit Factory

The site is extremely safety conscious and needed to replace several pieces of access equipment to enable staff to work safely at height. TB Davies Chris Chivell who visited Fox’s to advise on the best solution said, “I have worked with the Fox’s team before and the site is typical of a factory in continuous operation for decades. Years ago little consideration was given on how to gain safe access to machinery and whilst Fox’s incorporate state of the art production equipment and techniques the physical site plan can be challenging.” Read this post