Cutting and Bevelling pipes on site in one operation saves time and cost

July 7, 2020

Laing O’Rourke has recently recruited Steve Vick International’s (SVI) Contract Service team to carry out crucial time saving cutting operations using the Keel Cutter as part of a major project to develop three wastewater treatment works in Lancashire. The improvements at United Utilities Waste Water Treatment Works at Blackburn, Darwen and Nab’s Head, collectively known as the Blackburn...
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The SVI Contract Services department continues to grow and recruit

July 6, 2020

Due to the growing workload of the company’s Contract Services division, Steve Vick International (SVI) are delighted to announce the appointment of Natasha Wilkes as Contracting Services Administrator. Natasha will report directly to Caspar Vick, Contracting Operations Manager, and assist him in the day to day running of the department and be the first point of contact for bookings and...
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Another Successful Grout Filling Project on the A14

March 30, 2020

As part of the major Highways England scheme to improve the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon, Steve Vick International (SVI) were involved in the diversion of a section of intermediate pressure gas mains work undertaken by tRIIO and Morrison Utility Services for Highways and their principle contractors (The A14 integrated delivery team). SVI Contract Services provided grout filling...
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Steve Vick International Expand Into The North West

March 16, 2020

Due to continued expansion Steve Vick International are delighted to announce the opening of a new depot in Leigh, Greater Manchester. With the strategic growth of the Nuclear side of the business, SVI have been searching for a depot in the North of England to better serve both the company’s gas and nuclear clients.  The depot in Leigh was chosen particularly for its meeting facilities...
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Steve Vick Pipe Cutters & Crackers Improve Safety

March 12, 2020

Steve Vick International have been designing pipe cutters and crackers to improve the safety of gas engineers on site and the wider general public for two decades. The more traditional hand held methods of cracking and smashing pipe, including the podger bar and sledgehammer are hazardous and have been long associated with causing injury to the workforce. SVI’s innovative product range has...
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The Steve Vick Contract Service Team Adopt SMART technology with SMARTester

February 19, 2020

The Steve Vick International Contract Service team started using SMARTester, a highly accurate wireless pressure testing system, two years ago.  SVI realised that the SMARTester, a product developed and manufactured by themselves for use in the gas industry, was an invaluable tool for their own gas engineers working out in the field. Every one of the engineers in the SVI Contract Service...
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Steve Vick International Achieve Top Marks in Achilles Audit

February 11, 2020

Steve Vick International are delighted to announce that they achieved 100% in all categories for their recent Achilles UVDB Verify Audit. The audit took place over two days and covered Quality, Health & Safety, Environment, and Corporate Social Responsibility.  On the first day the auditors accompanied the SVI Contract Service team onsite.  They observed a Rapid Window Cutting operation...
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Steve Vick International Employee Wins Engineering Apprenticeship Awards

February 10, 2020

Steve Vick International are delighted to announce that Nicole Fever, R&D Technician Apprentice has won two awards in recognition of her outstanding commitment to her studies throughout her Level 4 Higher Engineering Apprenticeship in Manufacturing. Nicole was firstly awarded Engineering Apprentice but then went on to win the highly prestigious Outstanding Apprentice of the Year at the...
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Steve Vick To Become Major Sponsor at Wiltshire Live Music Centre

January 22, 2020

Steve Vick International (SVI) and Wiltshire Music Centre (WMC) are delighted to announce a landmark sponsorship deal starting in 2020. Steve Vick International will be major sponsors of the WMC Jazz Artists in Residence Programme for 2020 and the Wiltshire Youth Jazz Orchestra (WYJO). Steve Vick International, who specialise in innovative engineering techniques that minimise excavations and...
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Steve Vick Win Best Innovation – Gas at the UK Energy Innovation Awards

October 23, 2019

Steve Vick International entered the UK Energy Innovation Awards 2019 and were delighted to win Best Innovation – Gas for Enhanced SEAL, a technique developed in collaboration with Northern Gas Networks. Northern Gas Networks announced, in their recent Innovation Annual Summary, that the Enhanced SEAL technique alone, has saved Northern Gas Networks £3million in benefits to date, with...
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A Decade of Pipe Handlers from Steve Vick International

September 4, 2019

Steve Vick International (SVI) have been supplying innovative Pipe Handlers to the gas, water and nuclear industries for over a decade. It all started in 2008 when SVI worked in collaboration with National Grid Gas, now Cadent, to produce a digger mounted Pipe Handler that could handle pipe up to 355mm in diameter. The project was IFI funded and the brief was to design a Pipe Handler that...
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Steve Vick Shortlisted for UK Energy Innovation Awards

July 16, 2019

Steve Vick International, in collaboration with Northern Gas Networks, have entered the UK Energy Innovation Awards 2019 and are delighted to be shortlisted for two categories, Best Innovation – Gas and Best Gas Network Improvement for the Enhanced SEAL technique. Enhanced SEAL, a collaborative project between Steve Vick International and Northern Gas Networks, is an innovative technique...
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