Getting across hospital sites from building to building with no connecting corridors or service ducts can often be a challenge, but not for the A-Team.
At St James’s Hospital Leeds, we needed to get 8 tubes from the Gledhow building, down an embankment, to connect to the service duct which continues to the new build pathology department which opens early next year.
Our installation supervisor Craig Elliot and his assistant Konrad were delegated the task, and of course if its PEHD fusion welded tube our most experienced expert for the install and pressure testing of this method, Alex Piziura was also our technical lead on the team.
There is no such thing as an easy dig out of a tube trench in our experience, there’s always something uncovered in the ground which adds to the challenge. We always have a plan, and we knew there were some HV cables crossing our route so proceeded with due caution. It all looks easy on paper but its the skill of the A-Team which always gets us through.
As with every job the company relies heavily on our employees skills, and as usual their value was proven once again as they tackled this objective with great professionalism. As the PEHD tube will be buried after the install, its very important we have it leak and pressure tested, we call this a squeeze test, and Alex has this down to a fine art, with guaranteed diligence we can rest assured its a good job if Alex passed and certified it.
Running tube in an excavation with limited flexibility on available bends angles, and 10D radius bends is a challenge to begin with, but knitting this up with the PVC tubes at either side of the excavation adds a second twist to the tale. Looks like Craig went for one of his famous Celtic braiding patterns to tie this one in.
Another great job by the A-Team
