Pipe Center delivers large goggle valve for project at Tata Steel and wins repeat order

Phil Black - PII Editor 11/10/2011

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Pipe Center has completed one of the largest valve contracts it has undertaken with the supply of a large goggle valve to Tata’s steelworks in Scunthorpe.

The valve, 8ft long, weighing 6 tonnes and with a bore of 42in, is installed on a gasholder used to store coke oven gas at the steelworks. The gas is used as fuel in the various iron and steelmaking processes at the plant.

In tendering for the contract, Pipe Center had to present its project planning methodology and capability to deliver on time. This included a particular focus on meeting safety requirements, with compliance to the DSEAR/ATEX regulations.

Pipe Center won the supply contract against stiff competition. The order was placed and the finished valve delivered to site on time just 18 weeks later.

Pipe Center also supplied all hydraulic pipes and fittings required for connection for the valve control, which was supplied with blue livery to match Tata’s corporate branding.

Pipe Center’s Brian Sexton said: “It is a highly specialised valve application and required very close collaboration with the customer and the designers at all stages.

Rob Aitken, project manager at Tata Steel, said: “Timely delivery was of paramount importance and the valve was installed and commissioned without issue.We are pleased with the service and support provided in delivering the valve on time and to specification.”

Following successful completion, Tata placed a second order with Pipe Center for a similar valve, this time manually operated via chain and gears, for use in a different part of the plant.

Francesca Hanikova, External Communications Manager, Wolseley UK
Tel: 01926 705435 or 07801 928861
Email: francesca.hanikova@wolseley.co.uk

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Notes

Wolseley UK provides construction products and materials through a nationwide branch network, including Plumb Center, Build Center, Pipe Center, Drain Center, Climate Center, Parts Center, Encon, and William Wilson.

Wolseley is committed to meeting customer needs by providing the right products and services when and where they are needed, at competitive prices. Its customers are anyone who constructs and maintains buildings and range from the largest construction companies to government organisations to self-employed contractors.

Wolseley UK is a subsidiary of Wolseley plc.

Wolseley plc is the world”s largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors, and a leading supplier of building materials in North America, the UK and Continental Europe. Group revenue for the year ended 31 July 2011 was £13.6 billion and operating profit, before exceptional items and the amortisation and impairment of acquired intangibles, was £622 million. Wolseley has around 46,000 employees operating in 23 countries and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: WOS) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed companies.

Further information on Wolseley is available on www.wolseley.co.uk