Case Study 1 of 5
"The personnel employed by Dustacco on the Muirdykes project have been excellent, from project manager to site supervisor and the site operatives. The workmanship cannot be faulted and from start to finish Dustacco have been one of the most reliable subcontractors employed on this project."
Kelton Bennett
Black & Veatch Ltd Project Manager
The Muirdykes treatment works serves more than 80,000 people in Renfrewshire. Over the last three years, Scottish Water has invested in a range of improvements to treat water discolouration in the area, including £4M of water mains upgrades and the installation of a WEARS ResMix system. This final stage of work involves the installation of a new filtration building and process at the water treatment works, near Howwood. The new secondary stage filtration process will remove oxidised manganese from the system before it goes into the supply zone and will be housed in a single-storey building to be constructed on the site of the Muirdykes WTW. The work, led by Contractors Black & Veatch is scheduled for completion summer 2017.
Dustacco were engaged by Black & Veatch on a sub-contractual basis, to lead the mechanical installation of pipework and associated equipment for an extension to the existing Muirdykes Treatment Works. The project was challenging due to the high volume of sub-contractors working simultaneously, in a live operating environment with an exceptionally small footprint. In addition, the project required a large scale shut down, and the timescales for completion of the works were considerably short, given the scale and complexity of the job at hand.
Following a review of the initial scope of works, Dustacco’s Project Manager ensured that all mechanical works were delivered to quality standards, on time and within budget. An in-house team of multi-disciplined personnel including design, purchasing, site management and multi-skilled operatives (workshop and site) supported the detailed design, fabrication and installation of stainless steel and mild steel galvanized supports. Large bore ductile Iron pipework was sourced from Scottish Water framework supplier, Electrosteel, and installed by the Dustacco team following the necessary quality checks and approvals.
In July 2016, Dustacco successfully undertook a planned shutdown, to add a main line feed from the primary filters, creating a diversionary feed to the new secondary filters. The planned eight-hour shutdown, with a potential 20 mile impact radius was completed in just four hours, with zero adverse impact on service users.
In addition to the challenges posed by the plant shutdown, a three month delay to the delivery of the ductile iron pipework presented a significant challenge to the project, with a knock on effect for all contractors onsite. However, working collaboratively with the B&V Project Manager and sub-contractors, maintaining continuous communications at weekly project meetings and liaising closely with their own in-house operations manager to flex available resource, allowed Dustacco to re-phase the project, minimising adverse impacts where possible.
Throughout these works, Dustacco’s Project Manager has maintained a presence on site for a minimum of two days per week, providing critical support to the B&V Project Manager throughout. In addition, the site team of eight personnel was impeccably led by Dustacco’s Site Supervisor, ensuring the highest levels of professionalism, supervision and responsiveness on site.
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Case Study 2 of 5
Veolia Water provides water and wastewater management services throughout the UK and Ireland. It is part of the world’s leading water company which operates in 69 countries. Dustacco has won several tenders over the last few years for Veolia sites in Edinburgh and East Calder, and is their preferred subcontractor for mechanical works.
Veolia commissioned Dustacco to remove an existing gas booster and install a new unit at their Seafield water works in Edinburgh. The job involved fabrication and installation of stainless steel pipework and gas boosters. With total project completion required during a 48 hour plant shut down, we operated both night shift and day shift teams to meet our client’s deadline.
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Case Study 3 of 5
"This was my first dealing with Watermiser and from the outset it was clear they are a clued up and switched on company. Their contracts department was on the ball with paperwork and certificates, their manufacturing team supplied all the necessary products and equipment to the highest quality, while the men on the ground did a first class job on the installation. You simply can’t ask for more than that."
Martin Feeney
MVB - Lee Tunnel Project
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MVB is a joint venture consisting of three of the UK’s leading civil engineering contractors – Morgan Sindall, VINCI Construction Grands Projets and Bachy Soletanche. They are constructing the four-mile, seven-metre diameter Lee Tunnel on behalf of Thames Water. Watermiser won the contract to supply and install cooling tower systems as part of the project.
Watermiser designed, manufactured and installed an appropriate cooling tower, complete with dosing equipment and controls to maintain the drilling operations.
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Case Study 4 of 5
Black & Veatch (B&V) is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company. Founded in the USA in 1915, B&V operates in over 100 countries worldwide. Dustacco has built an excellent relationship with the company, having worked for them as sub-contractor on various water projects in Scotland and England since 2007.
Dustacco won a £2.5m contract with B&V as part of a major upgrade at Davyhulme Waste Water Treatment Works (WwTW), one of the largest in the UK, serving a population equivalent of 1.2 million for sewage treatment in and around the city. Our role in the project involved supplying, manufacturing and installing 8,000m of above-ground Stainless Steel, Scotchkote ™ Carbon Steel and Ductile Iron process pipework, plus the manufacture and installation of 250T of galvanized mild steel supports, bridges and metalwork. In addition to the main contract, we also successfully delivered the detailed design and installation of £500k of boiler house services (steam, condensate, gas, oil, water, air, access metalwork and ventilation) for both B&V and steam specialists Spirax-Sarco.
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Case Study 5 of 5
"This was one of many projects which I have personally worked on with Dustacco. My experience was the same as always - good quality of work and excellent service. The Dustacco project managers consistently demonstrate a willingness to work together with their client in a spirit of mutual trust and co-operation, while their workforce is well trained and motivated. I anticipate Dustacco will continue to have a strong working relationship with Black & Veatch in the future."
Alan Knowles
Project Manager
Black & Veatch is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company. Founded in the USA in 1915, Black & Veatch operates in over 100 countries worldwide. Dustacco won its first tender with the company in 2005 and since then has worked on various B&V sites across the UK.
Dustacco won the contract to provide mechanical installation at a Black & Veatch site in Dunbar. With the job involving detailed design, supply and installation of pipework, mechanical equipment, access metalwork and thermal insulation, Dustacco offered a ‘One Stop Shop’ for these services.
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