SVI Win Prestigious Award at the Morgan Sindall Infrastructure Nuclear Business Unit Supply Chain Awards

July 12, 2022

Steve Vick International (SVI) are pleased to announce they won the New to Nuclear Award at the inaugural Morgan Sindall Infrastructure Nuclear Business Unit Supply Chain Awards. The event, ‘Working together with our supply chain,’ saw suppliers and members of the Morgan Sindall Infrastructure Nuclear unit come together to share and celebrate the successes they delivered in collaboration...
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SVI Provide Effective Solution For Immobilising Contamination In Pipes, Prior to Decommissioning at Hinkley Point ‘A’

June 16, 2022

Magnox, on behalf of Hinkley Point ‘A’, engaged with Steve Vick International (SVI) to ask them to design and supply an effective method for sealing and decommissioning radioactive pipework. Magnox were looking to decommission 1.2km of pipework housed in an Active Drains Trench (ADT). Access and spaces around the pipes were very restricted. SVI’s FOAMBAG™ system offered the...
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SVI Appoint New Non-Executive Director to Their Board

May 4, 2022

Steve Vick International (SVI) are pleased to announce that Barry McNicholas has been appointed as a non-executive director to their board of directors. Steve and Barry first met in the late eighties when Barry joined his family company McNicholas Construction who were for many years one of SVI’s principal customers in the gas industry. With Barry’s experience as CEO of a large family...
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Steve Vick International Achieve Both Constructionline and ISO Accreditation

May 24, 2021

Steve Vick International (SVI) are delighted to have recently gained not one, but two highly acclaimed accreditations; ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems, as well as Constructionline Gold.  SVI are committed to achieving and adhering to industry-recognised standards in all areas including health and safety, quality, environmental protection and training and...
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SVI PE Branch Saddles and Under Pressure Drill Technology used on new connections at Sellafield

January 26, 2021

SVI were contracted by One Aim – Jacobs, on behalf of Sellafield, the Infrastructure Strategic Alliance (ISA), to install a large diameter PE branch saddle on a 315mm HDPE pipe raw watermain diversion approximately 130 metres in length. The new connection was required so that a new building, under construction, at the Sellafield site could be included in the site fire hydrant network in case...
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SVI’S Macaw Pipe Cracker Helps Avert Drama At New BBC Studios In Cardiff

October 4, 2017

When faced with breaking out a 24” cast iron gas main outside the new BBC Wales headquarters being built in the centre of Cardiff, Wales & West Utilities faced a potential drama – a challenging gas connection in the heart of Wales’ capital city. Drama was avoided, however, thanks, in part, to the use of the MACAW Pipe Cracker supplied by Steve Vick International (SVI) which helped...
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Project Report – Isolation of four Primary Circuit Feeder Pipes from the Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor, Winfrith

January 5, 2017

Location: Winfrith Project: Isolation of four Primary Circuit Feeder Pipes from the Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor Contractor: Magnox Limited (previously RSRL) Equipment: SVI FOAMBAGS™, umbilical filling system, CCTV and closed cell polyurethane foam Steve Vick International (SVI) has recently completed a project for Magnox Ltd. The project required SVI to design, test and...
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Harwell Bepo Storage Block

April 20, 2015

RSRL Harwell first approached Steve Vick International about the use of their technology to tie down the contamination after initial investigations by Aurora Health Physics revealed higher levels of contamination than anticipated inside the storage tubes. SVI were asked to provide a proposal for the project which was to be one of the most technically challenging foaming operations SVI had...
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Steve Vick Take Part in Contaminated Duct Removal at Sellafield

Specifically, the company was commissioned to design a method of safely removing one metre lengths of ducting without contaminated particles becoming airborne, to carry out on-site trials and subsequently supply application equipment and sealants which Sellafield operatives would be trained to use. The method devised by Steve Vick involved using the company’s patented FOAMBAG™ technique,...
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Steve Vick International present to an international audience at the 4th Civil Nuclear Energy Showcase, London.

January 4, 2015

In 2014 Steve Vick International (SVI) achieved first place in the ‘Best application of an innovative solution(s) with tangible savings/benefits – SME’ and were shortlisted for the highly commended ‘Ministers Award’ at the NDA Supply Chain Awards. The award was collected by SVI Nuclear Project Manager, Richard Ditte. Richard was consequently approached by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI)...
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Steve Vick International Wins Prestigious NDA Estate Supply Chain Award

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...
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Steve Vick Carries Out Pipe Sealing Operations At Harwell Bepo Site

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...
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