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Giant - SABIC’s Olefins
plant at Wilton.
SABIC award multi-million
pound maintenance contracts
A swift in flight over the skies of
Saltholme. Credit: Mark Thomas.
SWIFT FACTS
> Swifts nest in holes, often
inside old buildings or
sometimes in specially-
designed swift nestboxes such
as those installed by SABIC at
Saltholme.
>You'll never see them building
a nest outside. In fact, if you
can see an obvious nest, it's
definitely not a swift!
> Superb fliers, you'll see swifts
flying low and fast around
buildings, screaming loudly,
or perhaps swooping fast into
a little crevice in a building to
their nests. You won't see them
perching on telegraph wires or
fences; they have tiny feet and
legs and can hardly walk!
> Swifts spend their winters in
Africa, migrating through France
and Spain to spend the colder
months south of the Sahara,
where they follow the rains to
take advantage of rapid changes
in insect populations.
A
ltrad Services UK and Bilfinger
have been awarded multi-
million pound maintenance
project contracts for work with SABIC
UK Petrochemicals Limited on their
Teesside sites.
The multi-discipline maintenance
contract sees industrial services
firm Altrad helping SABIC maintain
their critical assets by undertaking
mechanical, access, insulation and
painting works over a four-year term
on their sites at Wilton and North Tees.
The contract sits with Altrad
Services’ Maintenance, Modifications
and Overhauls business and is
expected to employ more than 120
local people at peak.
Altrad Services executive director
Tony Jester said: “We’re well known
for industry-leading excellence in
maintaining our customers’ assets.
Winning this contract is recognition
by SABIC that Altrad excels in project
maintenance delivery.
“Our innovative approach to
delivering solutions means customers
can expect new, smarter ways
of working rather than the more
traditional methods other suppliers
use.”
Altrad Services can boast more than
120 years of experience, formed from
the well-established brands of Cape
and Hertel.
This combined experience, together
with a larger and more efficient
business, means greater access
to resources, enabling the delivery
of critical services its customers
demand.
Altrad employs more than 7,000
people, delivering services across the
UK’s critical industries and can offer
whole life asset management from
design to decommissioning.
Bilfinger has been chosen as
maintenance partner for SABIC to
carry out a range of services across
facilities on its Teesside sites.
The services will include
mechanical, electrical and
instrumentation engineering, as well
as access, insulation, painting and
asbestos management and removal.
The four-year contract comes under
Bilfinger’s Engineering & Maintenance
service line.
Bilfinger employs 2,500 employees
in the UK, with approximately
200 employees dedicated to the
engineering and maintenance services
for SABIC.
SABIC employs more than 540
people across its Teesside sites but
needs up to 400 contractors on a daily
basis to maintain the efficient and safe
operation of the plants.