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The
ROBIN HOOD AIRPORT, DONCASTER site has been developed by property developers Peel
Holdings who have invested £26 million on providing a new terminal building
together with a huge amount of infrastructure that is required by a modern
airport.
R W Gregory LLP
specified AVK|SEG (UK) LTD as the sole provider of equipment, service and
support which was required for a project such as this. AVK|SEG (UK) LTD were
then tasked with the provision of standby power for the Robin Hood Airport terminal building
together with runway lighting support which included UPS with a Standby
Generator.
AVK|SEG (UK) LTD also provided standby power for the Robin Hood Airport Fire Station
together with back up for the Public Address System.
The new Robin Hood Airport Terminal required 2 x 500 kVA Generators together with a walk-in
type Acoustic Housing. As this project was very fast track, any delays were
unacceptable and consequently agreed dates were met which enabled the 2 x 500
kVA Generators to be lifted on to the plant room roof using the builders’ crane.
Nick Wharfe – Project Manager – commented “A specialised contract lift would
have cost an additional £3,500. We avoided this additional cost and passed the
saving on to Rotary Northern”. Nick also added “In a project such as this with 4
different contracts on the same site it is essential to have effective Project
Site Management”.
The Runway Lighting offered different challenges to AVK|SEG (UK) LTD but a “can
do” attitude enabled the Generator Housing and UPS Housing to be finished on
time despite a very tight deadline.
Mud and trenches are often associated with the First World War but on this
occasion mud trenches and concrete are associated with quick turnarounds for
Airport Runway Lights. Once the concrete bases were formed AVK|SEG (UK) LTD
supplied two systems (North and South) of a 250 kVA Standby Generator, an
Auto-changeover, and a 150 kVA UPS system. The installation took just two weeks
to complete and one week for the commissioning. AVK|SEG (UK) LTD had to prove to
the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) functional testing along with our
commissioning procedures. This project has indeed been interesting because the
Robin Hood Airport had to be ready for 27th March 2005 and no delays were acceptable. With
tongue in cheek Nick Wharfe commented “AVK|SEG (UK) LTD should run an Airline as
delays for us are not optional.”
AVK|SEG (UK)
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