January 1, 2015

Steve Vick International’s Contract Service teams have renewed forty 1¼”, 2” and 4” live gas risers in multi storey buildings in the centre of Glasgow without the need to decommission the services whilst the work was in progress. Using their Live Gas Riser Transfer technique, SVI were able to save Scottish Gas Networks tens of thousands of pounds compared with carrying out the project...

November 20, 2014

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Estate Supply Chain Awards were introduced in 2012 as a mechanism for recognising and rewarding the invaluable contribution of the supply chain within the nuclear decommissioning community. There were 63 nominations this year, and Steve Vick International (SVI) was delighted to be shortlisted for the highly competitive category ‘Best application of...

November 1, 2014

Steve Vick International Ltd has recently completed a project for RSRL Harwell in conjunction with Aurora Health Physics. The project required SVI to design, test and install over 250 Foambags and Foam stoppers into the storage tubes of the BEPO storage block. Once installed and cured, mass void filling of the space behind the Foambags™ could take place. The operations were undertaken to...

September 5, 2014

500M PIPE COIL TRAILER TAKES ON A NEW NAME - THE HEXI TRAILER Following the success of exhibiting outdoors at No-Dig 2012, Steve Vick International will yet again be outside at the new venue for 2014 ' Peterborough Arena. Set to demonstrate its range of innovative pipe handling equipment and low dig replacement techniques. Hexi trailer is given top marks at the 2014 Energy Innovation...

May 15, 2014

Once again the Kendleshire Golf Course near Bristol hosted the South West Section Annual golf day. Thirteen teams enjoyed blue skies, sunshine, excellent hospitality and also raised a staggering £3,800 for this year’s charity, The Disabled Golf Association www.disabledgolf.org.uk It also marked a first for the IGEM golf team who won the completion. The format was four man teams, three...

April 30, 2014

NOT ONE BUT TWO CHAINS OF OFFICE AT SVI HQ OPENING CEREMONY Chris Murray, President of the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers, officially opened Steve Vick International's new headquarters in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. Around 30 guests joined Steve Vick, the Directors, staff and the Mayor of Bradford-on-Avon, Mr John Potter as Chris Murray cut the ribbon marking the company's move...

April 11, 2014

The event was organised to celebrate the company's move to new premises in Bradford-on-Avon and most importantly to thank all staff members and their families for their loyalty and support through the relocation process. Adults enjoyed a tour of the building with demonstrations and talks covering all factions of the company, while children were treated to a treasure hunt. Afterwards a...

February 7, 2014

Over the past few years, Steve Vick International has focussed on entering new industries such as Water and Nuclear decommissioning, as well as growing within its key market; gas distribution. Alongside the growth and success, additional space was required for development and design, plus an upturn in production meant the facilities in Bath was struggling to keep up with the growth, as Tony...

January 1, 2014

Crock Harrison, Joint Managing Director of Steve Vick International, says, "Steve brings an extensive range of valuable skills and a vast experience of mechanical engineering, particularly related to gas distribution. We are looking forward to making use of his analytical skills and advice as the company moves forward with new design projects and further exploits markets such as nuclear...

November 1, 2013

After extensive research, Wessex Water selected the new trailers because they found them to dispense pipe very smoothly and quickly thanks to a hydraulically raised hexagonal central drum configuration. Wayne Johnson, explains, “With the trailers we were using we had to allocate two or three operatives to assist in dispensing the PE pipe but with these new trailers, the pipe comes off so...

October 7, 2013

The company has purchased a 20,800 square foot unit at Treenwood Industrial Estate in Bradford-on-Avon, just 9 miles south of Bath. The move will allow the entire production, warehousing, product development and administrative operations to be housed under one roof. A comprehensive refurbishment programme is currently under way and is due to be completed at the end of January 2014. The company...

September 16, 2013

Steve Vick International believes that, with its theme of ‘Assembling the Knowhow of the World - to Optimise and Accelerate Decontamination’, RADIEX 2013 will be a good opportunity to establish its profile in Japan and market its strengths in the nuclear decommissioning sector. The company has been carrying out projects in the nuclear decommissioning sector for almost 20 years and has...