Steve Vick News

GAS RISER IN APARTMENT BLOCK RENEWED LIVE SAVING T22 Dec 2011

Southern Gas Networks (part of Scotia Gas Networks) has recently renewed a 3” steel gas riser in a four storey block of 45 flats in Southwark, London, using the Live Riser Transfer technique. This enabled the company to replace the service without turning off the supply, thus avoiding inconvenience for the consumer and reducing costs at..

NEW MINI HANDLER FROM STEVE VICK GOES ON TRIAL06 Dec 2011

Steve Vick International has added a Mini Pipe Handler to the company’s Pipe Handler range. The tool, which is currently being trialled by National Grid and by SGN in Scotland, attaches to a mini excavator enabling small diameter PE pipe, up to 125mm in diameter, to be inserted quickly and safely.

The..

STEVE VICK TAKE PART IN CONTAMINATED DUCT REMOVAL18 Nov 2011

Steve Vick International resin sealant technology has been successfully used at Sellafield to assist in the safe removal of approximately 10 metres of highly contaminated 150mm diameter ABS plastic duct that was previously used to extract a suite of gloveboxes from a Waste Washing Pilot Plant.

Specifically, the company..

STEVE VICK INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES ITS 30TH YEAR16 May 2011

It is thirty years since Steve Vick started the company which bears his name. In 1981 it was a one-man, one-woman band as Steve and his wife began assembling the specialist foam sealant kits which Steve had devised for use in the new trenchless gas main replacement techniques which were being developed by British Gas.

Now..

CHANGES AT THE TOP AT STEVE VICK INTERNATIONAL13 May 2011

Steve Vick has moved aside from the role of Managing Director to become Chairman of the company he founded 30 years ago, Steve Vick International Ltd.

“The move reflects the way my involvement with the company has changed in recent months,” says Steve. “I am now stepping back from the day to day management of affairs..

WALES & WEST UTILITES TOP OF THE GAME WHEN IT COME11 May 2011

Wales & West Utilities, top of the gas industry’s leader board for customer satisfaction in the last two years and 2010 Utility Company of the Year, puts its success down to the professional and dedicated service of its people – and, in part, to the use of the Live Gas Mains Insertion technique.

The technique..

STEVE VICK EXHIBIT AT NU-TECH, SELLAFIELD25 Mar 2011

Steve Vick International exhibited at the Nu-Tech, Technology & Innovations Exhibition held at Sellafield Centre, Cumbria on Tuesday 22nd March.

Showcasing a variety of Steve Vick products suited specifically to the Nuclear Decommissioning industry, the event was a great success.

The product..

STEVE VICK INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT LOCAL YOUNGSTERS08 Feb 2011

Steve Vick International has recently donated a new 12' x 6' FA standard goal to a local under 7 football team – SFCBath Champions.

SFCBath was founded in 2009 by Mark Hughs Gough. SFCBath provides Pre School (4+) and Primary School children with an opportunity to play football in a fun, encouraging and stimulating..

LARGE DIAM. GAS MAINS REPLACED ‘LIVE’ IN GLASGOW05 Jan 2011

Replacing large diameter cast iron gas mains in city centres always poses enormous challenges for utility companies. Maintaining supply to businesses and homes, limiting the number and extent of excavations and keeping traffic and pedestrian disruption to a minimum are top of the list.

One hundred and twenty five metres..

MORRISON SAVES MONTHS OF WORK BY REPLACING GAS MAI22 Nov 2010

Morrison Utility Services (MUS) were recently contracted by Wales & West Utilities to carry out 3.6 kilometres of gas mains renewal in Cheltenham as part of the Western Gas Alliance.

MUS decided to use the Live Mains Insertion (LMI) method of replacing the cast iron mains by inserting new PE pipe whilst the..

NEW PE cutting blade for the Keel Cutter14 Oct 2010

The N450 Keel Cutter is now able to cut PE pipe up to 800mm diameter using the specialised South +  West Pipe Tools PE blade.

Since Steve Vick International acquired South + West Pipe Tools in early 2010, extensive testing work has been carried out to find a blade that cuts through polyethylene pipe in a safe and controlled..

STEVE VICK TO EXHIBIT AT NO-DIG LIVE 201028 Sep 2010

Steve Vick International will be exhibiting at No-Dig Live 2010 on 5th - 7th October at Stoneleigh Park.

No-Dig Live is the premiere event specialising in a large range of services and products for the trenchless technology market.

Steve Vick International will be on stand 310. The Pipe Handler..

STEVE VICK CUT IT FINE AT WATER TREATMENT WORKS04 Aug 2010

Severing two 48”/1200mm diameter steel water mains at a water treatment works in Oxford required specialist cutting expertise from a Steve Vick International Special Contract Services team.

Damar Group Ltd were contracted by Thames Water to replace failing valves on the large pipes feeding contact tanks at the Farmoor..

FASTER PE PIPE HANDLING & INSERTION WITH NEW PIPE 04 Aug 2010

Steve Vick International has launched The Pipe Handler, a device which attaches to an excavator in order to pick up and manoeuvre PE pipe on site. The Pipe Handler is also designed to insert PE pipe into a host pipe quickly and safely.

The Pipe Handler, a joint venture with National Grid Gas, has undergone extensive field trials across..

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,..

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..