Power Station Maintenance Contract
Power Station Maintenance Contract CSC Services joined a team of specialist staff at Dungeness Power Station to carry out a major power station maintenance programme worth around £40m. One of the two reactors at the power station was taken off line on Friday 16th June for a 12-week period as more than 12,000 separate pieces […]
Culvert Repairs at Power Station
Culvert Repairs at Power Station CSC Services returned to Dungeness B Power Station to complete a scheme of culvert repairs for client EDF Energy. Visual inspections and remedial works to walls and joints within the cooling water inlet and outlet culverts were commissioned during the station’s outage period. Repairs were carried out using concrete repair […]
Coatings Around the Clock
Coatings Around the Clock CSC Services are currently completing a scheme of coating works to an NHS building on the busy Waterloo Road in London. Anti-corrosive coatings are being applied at weekends to minimise disruption to the administration staff using the building through the week. As well as scheduling work over evenings, nights and weekends, […]
Guaranteeing ‘Service Life-Span’
Guaranteeing ‘Service Lifespan’ In the refurbishment and coatings industry, engineers are often looking to guarantee the service ‘lifespan’ of a structure. What does this actually mean and what are the important factors to consider? Mark Lemon, Managing Director of CSC Services, discusses this in the short article below. At a basic level, every structure has […]
Concrete Repair Strengthening
Concrete Repair Strengthening Mark Lemon, CSC Services’ Managing Director, along with Contracts Director Mick Flounders, attended a CPD seminar on Concrete Repair and Strengthening. Organised by the Structural Concrete Alliance, the seminar included an introduction to corrosion, as well as techniques for concrete repair, protection and strengthening. As a specialist contractor offering refurbishment services to […]
Tank Coating Systems
Tank Coating Systems CSC Services Managing Director, Mark Lemon, looks at some of the key factors to be considered when specifying tank coating systems. Approval Standards In the UK, tanks holding drinking water will need to be lined with products approved by the Drinking Water Inspectorate. Regulation 31 ensures that products and substances do not […]
Coatings to Reinstate Concrete
Coatings to Reinstate Concrete Are you looking for a solution to reinstate concrete cover that avoids extensive and costly repair work? We can help with that! Low cover concrete repair coatings offer a more practical and cost-effective means of reinstating concrete cover. Mark Lemon, Managing Director of CSC Services, explains: “The depth and quality of […]
Protective Coatings for Biomass Plant
Protective Coatings for Biomass Plant CSC Services are to install protective coatings to the new rail offload areas at Lynemouth Biomass Power Station in Northumberland for leading construction and civil engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine. The original coal-fired plant has recently been converted into a biomass-fuelled power plant that will receive over one million tonne […]
Best Practice in Protective Coatings
Best Practice in Protective Coatings As infrastructure ages and budget are tightened, maximising the performance and lifetime of protective coatings has become a high priority to many industries. No longer seen as child’s play, it is now recognised worldwide that specifying and applying protective coatings is a science that requires the skills and experience of […]
The value of the Water Innovation Network
The Value of the Water Innovation Network As water companies begin to realise the value of collaboration with the supply chain in driving innovation, Anglian Water has introduced two initiatives to find solutions to long-term challenges like climate change and population growth. The Water Innovation Network allows entrepreneurs to submit innovative solutions, and the ‘Shop […]