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Industrial services firm branches out for power station preservation
Ready - Group Industrial ’ s Jim Rush ( left ) and Mike Marsh at the mothballed biomass power station .
Flexibility has helped a Teesside industrial services firm take on new tasks and power through the Covid-19 crisis .
M iddlesbrough-based Group Industrial has already built up an enviable reputation for delivering high-quality industrial services - from fabrication and insulation to coatings , pipework and project management .
It ’ s been involved in the ongoing Tees Renewable Energy Plant project at Teesport , as well as working in chemical plants across Teesside .
But two of its latest projects show just how quickly the firm is adapting to the requirements of its evolving customer base .
For not only has its attention shifted seaward , with work in the ship maintenance sector , it ’ s also been tasked with “ preserving ” a large industrial site and its facilities .
The sprawling 120-acre site at Port Clarence is occupied by a biomass power station which has been mothballed since construction .
Until an operator comes along , the plant needs keeping in decent order - and that ’ s where Group Industrial comes in .
It has been tasked with giving the site some ongoing TLC . And according to MD Mike Marsh , it shows the firm ’ s flexibility and willingness to grow by taking on new tasks .
He said : “ We were introduced to the site and asked to have a look at preservation - effectively make it safe , keep it under control and ensure it ’ s ready for any future projects .
“ The owners came to us , with us being a local company . Once we got to know them and understood what they were looking for , we got to do more tasks for them .
“ Some of the methods and processes are new for us , but we like to keep learning . It ’ s a different dimension .”
Mike says the general brief is to survey and preserve the site .
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