QRA Years 3,4 and 5

CPC Civils programme managed the QRA Safety Scheme and small works programme in 2013. which involved visiting all pumping stations across the Severn Trent Water (STW) network to create a safe working area within each by eliminating slips, trips and falls; replacing unfit access covers, renewing mechanical and engineering systems, creating effective and efficient access areas for maintenance lorries and pump trucks, and finally replacing gantry systems which were deemed unfit for purpose.

CPC Civils scoped over 280 separate sites across the STW region as part of the contract. A scoping visit would be completed between the works Area Manager (Amey PLC) and Project Manager (STW). Following each visit, CPC Civils produced a designed scheme which was presented to STW and outlined actions to be taken to eliminate all issues and risks identified by CPC Civils at each site visit, and to agree a final cost projection for the works.

CPC Civils managed up to five separate civils gangs, working remotely from mobile welfare units, to deliver a variety of schemes. Scheme locations ranged from public parks, main road adjacent sites and sites within the locality of treatment works.

In conjunction with managing the civils element of the programme, CPC Civils also project managed individual schemes, which included:

• M&E delivery of new pumps, telemetry and kiosks;
• The delivery and install of specially designed access covers approved by STW;
• The installation of lifting systems;
• Communications with local councils and the Department for Transport and Highways to agree appropriate access arrangements for all sites,
• Liaising with the STW Area Managers and works manager to ensure a tight programme of delivery would be achieved.

CPC Civils employed the following contractors on the QRA Safety Scheme: WJW Engineering (steelwork fabrication); PJT Engineering (mechanical and engineering installation); T.Allen Engineering (gantry systems).