Steve Vick News

TWO FIRSTS FOR STEVE VICK PIPE HANDLER ON OXFORD S20 May 2010

The Steve Vick International Pipe Handler has recently been used on Oxford Street, central London, to slipline a large diameter cast iron water main.

This is the first time the new Pipe Handler has been used for inserting a water main, having previously been used on gas mains; and the 500mm diameter PE..

STEVE VICK AQUIRES SOUTH & WEST PIPE TOOLS25 Mar 2010

Steve Vick International Ltd is pleased to announce the acquisition of South + West Pipe Tools. The company will retain its name and will be operated as a division of Steve Vick International, based in Bath.

South + West Pipe Tools is the sole supplier in the UK of Keel cutters, machines that automatically cut steel,..

Steve Vick tackle a major Grout Project04 Jan 2010

The Steve Vick International Contracting department was recently called in to fill the annulus around a newly inserted gas main that had been diverted away from a redundant gas yard in Peckham, where a new recycling centre is set to be built.

Grouting..

Bristol Water choose Steve Vick Trailers21 Sep 2009

Bristol City Centre has recently undergone a major water mains replacement project in the heart of the city centre directly outside of the busy Bristol Hippodrome.

The old 7”cast iron water main had been laid over 90 years ago. During the past 10 years the water main had experienced pipe bursting issues on 6 occasions and therefore..

STAFF VACANCIES27 Jul 2009

Sales Administrator - Full Time

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We currently have two positions to be filled. If you are interested in working for a dynamic, well established business please read on for further details...

WALES & WEST SAY 'NO' TO HACKSAWS08 Apr 2009

Wales & West Utilities has become the first gas distribution company to adopt the Service Taper Tool as standard equipment in a bid to improve safety even further for their field operatives. 

The product has been designed by Steve Vick International for use in dead inserting gas services from outside..

WALES & WEST UTILITIES APPROVE FULLSEAL11 Mar 2009

FULLSEAL™ is an entirely new annular sealant for dead inserted gas services. more..

NEW GAS SERVICE TAPER TOOL12 Feb 2009

NEW GAS SERVICE TAPER TOOL - SAFE ALTERNATIVE FOR CHAMFERING PE PIPE

When dead inserting gas services from outside the premises, it is customary to chamfer the leading edge of the PE pipe to aid speedy insertion. The usual way is to use a knife or hacksaw but this can lead to injuries. Steve Vick International has..

180 COIL TRAILER NOW CONFORMS TO NEW WORKING AT HE13 Oct 2008

STEVE VICK INTERNATIONAL TRAILERS NOW CONFORM TO GIS/E49 STANDARD

Steve Vick International has revised the design of its largest pipe coil trailer to conform with the new Gas Industry Standard, GIS/E49 specification (covering Working at Heights).

The design of the new 180 trailer avoids the need for the..

FULLSEAL fully approved by National Grid14 Jul 2008

CLEAN, SAFE & ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY – THE NEW ANNULAR SEALANT FOR DEAD GAS SERVICES

Steve Vick International has announced the introduction of an entirely new annular sealant for dead inserted gas services. FULLSEAL™ has been developed to seal the gap between a new inserted PE pipe and the old steel service...

Live Mains Insertion around the country19 May 2008

Three of the gas distribution companies have recently completed large diameter gas mains renewal projects using the Live Mains Insertion technique to minimise disruption in town centres.

In Bournemouth, Southern Gas Networks carried out the replacement of a low pressure 14” cast iron main with 250mm PE in Christchurch Road...

Live Service Isolator Kit Sales Rocket20 Feb 2008

Sales of the new Live Service Isolator kit have now exceeded 1000 units!

Since its introduction in Autumn 2007, we have delivered over 1000 Live Service Isolator Kits to Gas Distribution Networks around the country. The new no-gas technique is a safe alternative to the practice of cutting service pipes in live gas conditions..

British Nuclear Group use SVI FOAMBAG™14 Jan 2008

Steve Vick International Ltd was approached by Corus Engineering and B.N.G to design and develop a solution for a specific one-off problem; reaching a desolate, hazardous area to permanently seal off a potentially contaminated pipe against 0.3bar of water pressure.

The original specification involved sealing off a 4” steel..

No-gas cut-off for live services17 Oct 2007

Steve Vick International reports very positive response to its new Live Service Isolation technique - a safe alternative to the practice of cutting service pipes in live gas conditions and a solution to what has always been a major safety issue in the gas distribution industry.

The company initially won a tender from National..

Flowstopping operations on Jersey17 Oct 2007

Steve Vick International has recently carried out a number of FOAMBAG™ flow stopping operations for the Channel Islands company Jersey Gas, the third oldest gas company in the British Isles.

A one-way fed 6” and one-way fed 18” main were isolated and capped off as well as two-way fed 10” and 12” gas mains. The work was part..

Steve Vick International launches Drainblock Bag12 Sep 2007

Steve Vick International Ltd is introducing a new product at the Water Sewerage & Waste exhibition in Exeter. DRAINBLOCK BAG™ allows a disused lateral to be sealed off, remotely, at the point where it joins the downstream drain or sewer.

The system uses a twin fabric bag containing an expanding polyurethane resin..