With all the key note speakers coming from Lloyds British , the event was designed to establish common practices on Inspection standards and levels of safety competence in the workplace for organisations in the oil, gas and petroleum Industry.
Steve Downing, Group Safety and Training Director said " representatives from many companies attended this event which was focussed on setting collective standards across all organisations and we were requested to present our best advice on how improvements could be made and adopted by all.
It was a great privilege to be asked to attend the event and represents our standing in the world as a lead body for Training and Inspection".
Lloyds British are continuing to work closely with employers in Egypt on Inspection and Vocational standards and will be opening their dedicated Training Centre in Suez later this year which will enable delegates to train onsite in Egypt rather than have to travel to the UK.
Regarded as the "Leader in its field" for Materials Handling and General Safety Training, Lloyds British has historically sent its personnel from the UK to facilitate courses overseas, however, the growth in demand for Lloyds British Testing's services has now necessitated the opening of two separate branches in the Middle East.
With a permanent presence now in Cairo, Egypt (and later this year a new branch in Suez) and a further branch in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Lloyds British can increase the number of courses delivered in these countries, especially from the Oil and Gas sector.
Steve Downing, Group Safety and Training Director said "our branches in Egypt and Dubai are only the start of our growth, we will be opening further training centres later this year in Kuwait and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and our interactive website will allow our overseas clients to quickly see which programmes are available to them in their own country, a pre-requisite for a global provider".
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With international headquarters already in Dubai and Egypt, the Indian office will supply slab, coil and sheet handling equipment to metal producing industries on the Asian continent.
Lloyds chief executive Ian White said: "This is a major investment in offering our products at the local level. However, we are convinced the Indian marketplace is one that will reap sizeable benefits for the business and enhance our support to our international client base.
"We intend to expand into service, repair and new product manufacture at this location within twelve to eighteen months."
The Kolkata office will be headed by general manager Swapan Bose, who has significant sector experience, having worked for high profile industry specialists Jessops and Mukand.
In the UK, Lloyds’ annual turnover is now in excess of £18 million, with the organisation employing over 300 people within its ten UK outlets.
"It is our intention to open complementary international offices over the next twelve months," added Mr White. "Our short to medium term aim is to build an international lifting equipment engineering group of companies and we are already exploring further options in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Kuwait.
With international headquarters already established in Dubai and Egypt, the new office will supply slab, coil and sheet handling equipment to metal producing industries on the Asian continent.
Said Lloyds British Testing’s chief executive Ian White: "This is a major investment in offering our products at the all-important local level. However, we are convinced that the Indian marketplace is one that will reap sizeable benefits for the business and enhance our support to our international client base.
“We intend to expand into service, repair and new product manufacture at this location within the next twelve to eighteen months.”
The India office will be headed up by general manager Swapan Bose, who has significant sector experience, having worked for high profile industry specialists Jessops and Mukand.
In the UK, Lloyds’ annual turnover is now in excess of £18 million, with the organisation employing over 300 people within its ten UK outlets.
Added Ian White: "It is our intention to open complementary international offices over the next twelve months. Our short to medium term aim is to build an international lifting equipment engineering group of companies and we are already exploring further options in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Kuwait.”
The crane manufacturer is Reel of France. Emirates Airlines are the first to take delivery of the new A380. The eight underslung cranes are equipped with telescopic masts slung underneath and interlock to allow coverage of this huge hanger. Supplied down to telescopic maintenance platforms is Air, power and water supplies. There are 6 cranes of 15 metre span with 15 metre heights of lift and 2 with 25 metre spans and 27 metre height of lift.
The project is worth AED 1.5 million with a 5 month programme.
Lloyds British Training Services has just completed two prestigious assignments in Egypt and Bahrain.
Gupra International in Egypt requested that Lloyds deliver a specialist lifting and slinging course for one of their major Saudi clients, but onsite in Cairo.
The course was well received by the delegates from the oil industry and will be followed up by a further programme shortly.
Lloyds also delivered an intensive mechanical lifting programme in the shipyards in Bahrain, which was to Instructor level, and required a high degree of understanding of the client’s needs, which meant Lloyds were the natural choice for these courses.
Steve Downing Training Director said 'our understanding of the Middle Eastern market is second to none, and our working relationships with clients in many of these countries extends back over the last 25 years, making us a first choice partner for health and safety training'.
Lloyds British Training are now trading in the Middle East, and are also delivering a programme of lifting and slinging training in Equatorial Guinea, which involves a significant amount of time training offshore.
Subsequently, a further visit to Miller’s factory at Cramlington in early July produced much better results. This time we had the benefit of Miller’s designer and test facilities on hand, along with the people from Lloyds British Testing….A test rig that had been produced by Lloyds British Testing that stimulated lifting operations and the various angles in which loads could be applied to the coupler’s jaws (and)…the testing was carried out to the satisfaction of Lloyds British Testing and ourselves…On completion of the testing, Lloyds British confirmed that it was prepared to fully certificate the coupler for lifting, both from the auxiliary point and via the quick link hitch jaws. This means that all of our requirements have been achieved'.
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The full proof load shown is 625 tonnes and this was achieved by suspending a steel slab supplied by Corus on a two stage cradle (manufactured by our Newcastle branch) below a
specially adapted test weight originally supplied by Rumney Crane & Engineering.
Happily, the crane passed all running & proof load testing & is now in full production use.
Oliver Board is the first Lloyds British Apprentice to complete his 4 Year Training Programme since the new company was formed.
Oliver commenced his training with the Newport and District GRP Training Association in May 2003, and has now qualified as an Electro/Mechanical Service Engineer for the Rumney Crane Division based in Swansea.
Lloyds identified a skills shortage in the lifting equipment market in early 2000, and invested in a nationwide Apprentice Training Scheme to ensure continuity of quality engineers within their Engineering Division.
Lloyds are committed to a continuous Apprentice Training Programme.
The crane is a 40 tonne unit with A.C. Inverter drives & an independently driven cab unit. The crane is used to export coil steel from the cold mill packing bay. Lloyds British not only erected the crane but under the supervision of Kranbau Koethen carried the work through to the commissioning stage.
This was something of a landmark project for Corus in Port Talbot as it is the first large crane purchased for some time & also the first from this supplier.
We look forward to erecting further cranes supplied by Kranbau Koethen in this country after enjoying a good working relationship with them
The building is currently owened by the Regional Development Agency: Advantage West Midlands and the project has been 'undertaken' by Birmingham Conservation Trust and the English Heritage with a view of turning this prestigious Grade ll * listed building into a museum and offices.
Lloyds Inspected the dumb waiter where the lifting rope was found to be not fit for use and so a new rope was fitted. Now, all of the machinery, shrouds and metal accessories in the building can be safely removed from the premises enabling the renovation to commence.
The ‘Chain type RotaDavit’ (Patent Pending) has been designed, manufactured installed and commissioned into service at Severn Trent Water – Ledbury STW by Lloyds – Rota division.
Its structure can be secured to existing steelwork or concrete and is fitted with its own integral chain hoist mechanism which is operated from the rear of the post.
The load chain which is fed from the rear of the post is confined within the arm structure and passes over a set of rollers and through a stripping box at the end of the arm. This is designed to remove debris which is present on the chain when a unit is lifted. The remaining load chain is stored in a collector/container bag which is secured to the hoist unit.
The SWL of the unit can be anything up to a maximum of 700 Kgs. The reach of the lifting point is adjustable up to a distance of 1200mm. There is potential for very fine adjustments on-site on the unit. The height can also be altered to suit any on-site requirement.
Under full load the unit can be slewed through 360 degrees with minimal effort and all of the operations of the hoisting unit is carried out from the safe side of the hand-railing.
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