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LE UB E! DOISSU

An Imtech Company

positivenergy T H E Q U A R T E R LY N E W S L E T T E R F R O M C A P U L A N U C L E A R

www.capulanuclear.co.uk www.capula.co.uk

January 2013 Issue 04

Capula invests in people through Skills Academy

Capula is a popular choice for engineering and computer science graduates because of the variety of work we offer and the quality of our training

Company'moves'to'further'enhance'the'quality'of'its'delivery'operation'in'nuclear Capula has joined the National Skills Academy for

To define and enable a coherent approach to skills

membership organisation which exists to ensure the UK

To work with employers, government and skills

Nuclear.

The Skills Academy is an employer-led,

nuclear industry and its supply chain has the skilled,

competent and safe workforce it needs to deal with the

current and future UK nuclear programme covering all

subsectors. By placing nuclear organisations in a central

position, the Academy offers skills development for the nuclear industry, by the nuclear industry. Its objectives,

among others, are: •

To maintain and further develop a broad network of

employer membership leading to sustainable and vibrant businesses that meet industry needs •

To work with employers to help to demonstrate to

the public and target markets the excellence in skills

across the UK partners

to

clarify

and

communicate

resource

requirements so that current demand and supply

forecasts and timelines are understood and addressed so that expectations are managed •

To define and enable a coherent approach to

resource capacity across the UK

“We are committed to supporting the continual professional development of our engineers...” The decision to join the Academy follows a number

development undertaken so that opportunities are

of key developments for Capula over the past twelve

least our sustained recruitment drive (see page two) and

understood

To continue to identify standards and implement

improvement measures to aid in the demonstration of a

suitably qualified and experienced workforce •

To support the workforce in gaining the skills

required to underpin competence

months related to our nuclear industry operations, not the opening of our dedicated secure facility at Beacon House in Stone, Staffordshire.

“Capula recently celebrated 30 years of working on

nuclear projects,” said Nuclear Services Director Alex

Moore, “From our early days working on projects for BNFL through to our present-day relationships with

clients such as Sellafield, URENCO and AWE, we have

worked hard to nurture an excellent reputation in this industry to complement our work in other areas.

“Crucial to this is the calibre of our people and their

ability to deliver complex control solutions within agreed

timescales.

We are committed to supporting the

development of our engineers and joining the National Skills Academy for Nuclear is a natural step for Capula

as we look forward.”

Jean Llewellyn OBE, Chief Executive of the National

Skills Academy Nuclear Commented: “We are delighted

to welcome Capula as a member of the National Skills

Academy for Nuclear. By becoming a member, Capula

are demonstrating their commitment to the training and

development of its workforce to the standards required

by the nuclear industry in the UK. This commitment will

aid in the promotion of Capula as a quality organisation providing excellence to the nuclear industry in the UK.

We look forward to working with Capula on their skills

requirements in the future.”

INSIDE: NI lectures sponsorship • AWE safety award • Money raised for Wear It Pink


Capula to sponsor NI lectures in 2013

Capula has been confirmed as the leading ‘gold’

sponsor of the Nuclear Institute North West branch’s series of lectures for 2013.

Formed in 2009 from the merger of the British

Nuclear Energy Society and the Institution of Nuclear

engineers (who between them had been serving the

industry from the late 1950s), the Nuclear Institute

operates 10 regional branches across the UK which run evening lecture programmes.

The North West branch regularly holds lectures across

the UK to which both members and non-members can

attend.

L-R: Sean Ryan (Head of Construction for AWE), Richard Berwick (Site Manager for Capula)

AWE gives Capula safety award

Capula is celebrating after being recognised by AWE for outstanding environmental, safety & health (ESH) performance.

The Head of Construction Contractor ESH Award is an annual event. It is given in recognition of strong ESH

performance. The award is to show DMP and Construction Management’s appreciation of the hard work that

AWE’s contractors put in to meet their demanding ESH standards and programme of work. Capula will be the sole sponsor of the North West

branch’s lecture programme in 2013, which includes the following events (with more to be confirmed):

16th January - President’s Lecture - The Committee

on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) and its Role in Managing Radioactive Waste Safely. Francis

Livens, Research Director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute.

The Centre, Birchwood Park, Warrington.

5th March - The Tails Management Facility at

Capenhurst. David Riley, URENCO ChemPlants Ltd. The

Centre, Birchwood Park, Warrington.

9th April - The RV Moore lecture - Joint event with

the IMechE - The Challenges of procurement and Construction presented by the next generation of Nuclear Power Plants. Chris Squires (EDF Energy) and

Tom Lambkin (Atkins). Manchester University.

As gold sponsor, Capula will have a presence at each

lecture with a representative available to discuss any queries you may have about our services. We will also be

delivering our own presentation as part of next year’s

programme of lectures, and details of this will be

confirmed in a future issue of positivenergy.

“Capula is actively committing to the UK nuclear

industry through our continued recruitment of SQEP personnel, the opening of our dedicated secure facility in

Stone, Staffordshire, and now the sponsorship of the

Nuclear Institute North West branch’s programme of

lectures for next year,” said Nuclear Services Director

Alex Moore, “We are proud to be associating the Capula

brand with the Nuclear Institute and look forward to lending our support to what we expect to be a highly

informative series of events.”

Capula enjoyed an excellent evening with guests at

the recent Annual Dinner for the Nuclear Institute &

Nuclear Industry Association at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

Site Manager Richard Berwick was presented with the award by Sean Ryan (Head of Construction for AWE)

for Capula’s work on the Telemetry project, for which we are implementing a control solution.

“Safety is a major consideration on any project Capula delivers,” said Richard, “It’s great to know these

efforts are appreciated by our clients.”

Recruitment fair attendance drives increase in graduate applicants

It has been a busy, yet successful year for Capula’s

popular Graduate Recruitment programme. Having a

a company that affects the daily lives of people is very

appealing to me. Since I’ve been here I’ve worked on

presence at a number of university recruitment fairs

a number of projects with my own responsibilities. The

The

here in half a year than I did during the whole of my

(including Staffordshire, Manchester Metropolitan, University

of

Manchester,

Loughborough,

Sheffield Hallam, Birmingham and Lancaster) has seen

a large increase in the number of graduates and

people are friendly and helpful, and I’ve learnt more second year at university!”

Capula’s presence at recruitment fairs is part of an

placement students applying for positions at Capula.

overall strategy to strengthen links with both

graduate recruitment website Gradcracker has helped

speak face-to-face with graduates is valuable in itself,”

In addition, Capula’s presence on the successful

universities and colleges. “Having the opportunity to

to swell applicant numbers.

said Miles Kitchener, HR Manager for Capula, “but it’s

with a further six students joining on year-long

Capula’s

In total, 22 graduates have joined Capula in 2012,

placements.

Sandie Doran, an Assistant Project Manager

working on Nuclear projects, joined us in August after

also raising our profile and it is an important part of growth

strategy

through

graduate

recruitment to forge closer links with these establishments.”

graduating from Loughborough University with a

degree in Mechanical Engineering. “I first heard about Capula at Loughborough’s recruitment fair in March

last year. What attracted me was the enthusiasm with

which their representatives talked about the company,

and it was great to speak to somebody who had recently joined as a graduate and get an insight into

what they’ve experienced. I’m loving it here so far!”

Jaime Clinton is currently halfway through a

placement year with Capula, having also joined us in July from Loughorough University where he is studying a degree in Computer Science. “Being part of

L-R: Jaime Clinton, Sandie Doran & Miles Kitchener

new fuel waste processing safety systems health monitoring radiological surveillance materials trackin


Mason joins Capula as Operations Director

Capula is delighted to announce an addition to our

but it’s also important to make sure that everyone is on

senior management team. Mason Hatton, 48, joins us

the same page so that we all understand what the

Imtech both in the UK and The Netherlands.

“It’s a lovely challenge - bringing a company from a level it has grown to very successfully to the next level of its evolution...”

as Operations Director after a successful six years with “My responsibility will be to take hold of the

delivery element of Capula and improve it to match the

growth requirement of the business,” says Mason, “This

involves looking at the whole scope of delivery from

order placement to commissioning. In addition, it will involve supporting our Business Development team from an operational perspective to make sure bids are

won and delivered in the correct approach.”

This is familiar territory for Mason - seven years ago

he was the Projects & Engineering Director of Peak Traffic, prior to their acquisition by Imtech. Within a

vision is and we all drive towards it.”

A Mechanical Engineering graduate of Nottingham

Trent University, Mason is married to wife Béatrice with

whom they have five children - all of which are keen sportspersons.

“We’re a very sporty family - Béatrice used to

play basketball back in France, while I used to play

few months he was promoted to Managing Director

semi-professional football for Fairford Town in

circa £60m over a period of three years.

some great matches against Forest Green

where he successfully grew the company to revenues of So what of his Capula appointment? “I see this as a

lovely challenge – being involved in a successful

Gloucestershire,” Mason explains, ”We had Rovers who, at the time, had a young Paul Rideout (who went on to score an

company and developing and driving the growth to the

FA Cup winning goal for Everton -

important to make sure that expectations are managed,

out of the game!”

next level of its evolution. It’s a big task, and I think it’s

Ed.) playing for them - I marked him

Mason Hatton

News from around the Nuclear industry source: www.world-nuclear-news.org

ABWR SET FOR UK ASSESSMENT

The UK energy minister has asked nuclear regulators to

The move "will strengthen the ability of the

government to utilise commercial expertise in the

begin discussions over Generic Design Assessment

future management of its Urenco shareholding," said

(ABWR). The design has been proposed for new units at

sale." This has been under consideration for several

(GDA) for Hitachi-GE's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor the Wylfa and Oldbury sites.

Hitachi-GE approached the Department for Energy

and Climate Change earlier in this month seeking GDA

Sizewell B is the UK's only pressurized water

reactor, and has been operating since 1995. Unlike fuel

from the UK's Magnox and Advanced Gas-cooled

DECC, "including in the ongoing work on a possible

Reactor (AGR) fleets, all of Sizewell B's used fuel has

years in line with an overall policy to end national

pond. The new dry fuel store will provide capacity for

In October 2009, the government stated that it

power station or until a deep geological disposal

ownership of nuclear businesses.

remained stored under water in an on-site fuel storage

the unit’s used fuel from 2015 for the lifetime of the

for the ABWR design. The move followed Hitachi's

would continue to "explore options for realizing value

from E.ON and RWE, the German utilities that had

major public assets in order to reduce the national debt.

granted in July 2011. The store received the final

the sale of Urenco would be "subject to security issues

operator EDF Energy satisfied the local planning

purchase of Horizon Nuclear Power in late October

planned to build up to four new units at Wylfa and up to three units at Oldbury. It immediately announced an intention to deploy ABWRs at the sites.

from its stake in Urenco" as part of a £16 billion sale of

At that time, then-prime minister Gordon Brown said being addressed."

Fulfilling about 30% of global uranium enrichment

facility is available.

Conditional planning permission for the facility was

go-ahead in September 2012 after plant owner and authority, the Suffolk Coastal District Council Planning Committee, about the steps it had taken to meet those

UK SHIFTS URENCO OVERSIGHT

needs, Urenco has an order book of €19 billion. It had

moved between government departments in a

June 2012 and the company's centrifuge uranium

locations around the world, the Sizewell B store will be

work units per year.

country's Magnox plants, all but one of which have now

Responsibility for Britain's stake in Urenco has been measure to help the country's work on a possible sale.

It is now the Department for Business, Innovation

and Skills (BIS) that will manage the one-third stake in

uranium enrichment specialist Urenco, rather than the

pre-tax profits of €462 million in the six months to endenrichment capacity stands at 15.9 million separative

WORK STARTS ON FIRST BRITISH DRY FUEL STORE

Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). In

A two-year construction project to build a dry storage

recent

power station is now underway. The facility will be used

making the change, DECC said, "This parallels other moves

to

consolidate

government

shareholdings," which increasingly reside within a

specialist office of BIS.

facility for used fuel from EDF Energy's Sizewell B from 2015, when the plant's storage pond is due to reach capacity.

conditions.

Although dry stores for spent fuel are in use in many

the first such facility in the UK. Used fuel from the

ceased operation, has been reprocessed in a dedicated

facility at the Sellafield site. The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (Thorp), also at Sellafield, treats used fuel from the country's AGRs as well as light water

reactor fuels from overseas customers but is due to cease

operations

in

2018

when

outstanding

reprocessing contracts have been completed.

ng life extension power generation defence EC&I design and manufacture IT solutions support services


CAPULA ACQUIRED BY IMTECH

Royal Imtech NV announced the acquisition of Capula Limited on 31

May 2012, strengthening Imtech’s position, not only in the energy

market but also in the waste water, industrial processing and ICT

HEYSHAM & HARTLEPOOL SAFETY

markets. Collaboration with Imtech’s existing divisions will mean

Capula delivered a protection system at both Heysham and Hartlepool

Imtech’s existing portfolio.

on behalf of owners EDF Energy Nuclear Generation.

substantial additional growth within Capula as well as growth for “Capula is a perfect match for the existing Imtech organisation in

the UK,” said René van der Bruggen, CEO Imtech.

positivenergy T H E Q U A R T E R LY N E W S L E T T E R F R O M C A P U L A N U C L E A R

We launched positivenergy in April

2012 as a quarterly publication

dedicated primarily to updating

readers on the latest news from the

Nuclear side of Capula’s business.

Figures for downloads and

total readership are growing with

each issue and this looks set to continue in 2013.

power stations as part of their PLEX (plant life extension) programme, The Hybrid Electronic Analogue Temperature Sensing (HEATS)

system was designed to meet a safety integrity target of SIL 1.

Capula is again celebrating a successful year for the company, with

considerable success in new contracts won across all our markets and

underpinning our continued headcount growth.

Capula is now consistently achieving £40 million in new orders each

financial year, based on strong client relationships across the energy and

utilities sectors. Now part of the Imtech group of companies, following

their acquisition of Capula last summer, we have the opportunity to drive

further growth in new services and markets.

“Our continued success is a direct result of Capula’s unique

positioning in our markets and the relationships we’ve nurtured with key

clients, combined with the knowledge and expertise of our staff and

effective teamwork throughout the business,” said Chief Executive Roger Turner, “The overall marketplace remains a tough one in which to

succeed, yet we have still expanded the size of the company this year by

24% to 322 employees on the back of our continued success in winning new work.”

Indeed, relationships has been the key focus of Capula’s business

development for several years and this – in conjunction with our delivery expertise – has again been the key to significant contracts won in 2012.

30 YEARS AT SELLAFIELD

Capula secured a contract for the provision of both application

support and development expertise at Sellafield, which saw our work

BLACKBURN MEADOWS

The 30MW (electrical output) renewable energy plant will produce

enough power for around 40,000 homes by converting recycled waste

on the Sellafield site continue into its 30th year.

wood into electricity. The plant will also displace the emissions of

early 1980s when our Instematic system was identified by then-

taking more than 20,000 cars off the UK's roads.

Exchange Effluent Plant (SIXEP). Our office at Westlakes Science &

GmbH and Geo Robson & Co for the control solutions for the boiler

It was the latest in a string of key contracts stretching back to the

operators BNFL as the preferred plant controller for the Site Ion

Technology Park provides high quality support to Sellafield.

around 80,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year, the equivalent of Capula won contracts with ANDRITZ Energy & Environment

island and the fuel handling plant respectively.


We successfully delivered a control system upgrade at Hinkley Point B

STAFF INCREASE

CONTROL UPGRADE AT HINKLEY

in Somerset for their Condensate Polishing Plant (CPP) which cleans

Staff numbers at Capula rose by 24% in 2012,with a total of 322

contaminates built up over time. The new system provides plant

Of this, more than 20% are working on Nuclear projects as we

and maintains feed water quality for the boilers by removing

control and monitoring, and is modern, efficient and robust.

Our Generation sector enjoyed a very successful year with clients

recognising our capabilities in biomass conversion and renewables. We are

also implementing more total solutions which include instrumentation, motor control centres, variable speed drives and electricals in addition to our core control offerings.

Our Nuclear sector saw success in response to the 2011 expansion of

our Nuclear Services operation to include a dedicated secure facility and

people now employed across our offices nationwide in the UK. increase our involvement in this key market.

SEVERN TRENT WATER SELECTS CAPULA AS STRATEGIC ICA FRAMEWORK PARTNER

Following an extensive OJEU procurement process, Capula was

appointed by Severn Trent Water as their exclusive Strategic ICA

Framework Partner until the end of AMP6 (March 2020).

The Framework includes provision of major programmes of work

increases in SQEP staff with proven nuclear skills. 2012 also saw us achieve

including large motor control centre (MCC) replacements, a major

Utilities also enjoyed a busy year in which we continued to support

solutions and specialist advice in developing an integrated ICA strategy.

the milestone of 30 years of working at Sellafield.

one of the UK’s first smart grid initiatives in conjunction with the Low Carbon Network Fund and were also selected as the Strategic ICA Framework Partner for Severn Trent Water until the end of AMP6 in 2020.

telemetry upgrade programme, on-going support for complex “This is an exciting opportunity to work with one of the largest

water companies in the UK and their overall supply chain” said Simon Coombs, Business Development Director for Capula.

Winning and delivering these projects is underpinning our position as the

leading specialist in delivering integrated automation and real-time IT solutions in the UK. As part of the Imtech group, we are also now able to

draw on the electrical, mechanical and ICT capabilities of this global

technical services provider and look forward to continued success in 2013.

SMART GRID TRIALS IN LONDON

Capula has been working with UK Power Networks to implement OSIsoft PI System solutions on two separate projects supported by the

Low Carbon Network Fund.

The first is a £3m Distribution Network Visibility Project covering

Central, South & East London Network areas. The second, Low Carbon

London, is a Tier 2 programme carrying out a range of smart grid trials

in London in conjunction with a number of other organisations including EDF Energy, Logica, Siemens and Imperial College.

IRONBRIDGE BIOMASS CONVERSION

We secured a number of contracts in 2012 for the implementation of

control solutions on different elements of the project to convert E.ON’s

Ironbridge power station’s two 500MW units to operate through the co-firing of coal and biomass.

Systems implemented by Capula will control several key areas of

plant facilitating the combustion process.


Grease was the word!

Breast Cancer Campaign is a unique community of scientists, supporters and people touched by breast cancer. Wear It Pink is part of their focus on Pink Science – a pioneering approach to breast cancer research that funds projects with the greatest potential to save and improve lives, and ultimately find a cure. Capula has supported the Wear It Pink campaign for many years, and this year stepped up our fundraising efforts in a bid to smash our previous best total.

In addition to encouraging staff to get involved by

wearing pink items of clothing and making a donation, a

number of staff took things further by coming to work in fancy dress. Adopting the theme of Grease, several guys &

Orion House headquarters in Stone, much to the amusement of onlookers.

To supplement our fundraising efforts, there was a

successful cake sale, a quick-fire quiz with ‘mystery’ prizes (prize bags of pink-themed items including marshmallows,

candy shrimps, strawberry bon bons and pink wafers).

"Capula is proud to support the excellent work done

girls dressed either as T-Birds or Pink Ladies from the hit

by Breast Cancer Campaign every year through their

But that wasn’t all - Dave Kirby (Programme

"With nearly £700 raised, it's an excellent achievement

musical.

Director) and Jade Hughes (Project Administrator) also recorded their own version of the famous John Travolta

& Olivia Newton-John single ‘Summer Nights’, with

backing vocals provided by a section of the group.

Colleagues were promised that the song would be e-mailed to everybody upon a certain fundraising target being met. In the end, the target was more

Wear It Pink day," said Chief Executive Roger Turner,

by our staff who always come up with new and innovative ways to raise money for good causes."

Pictured left: Russell Peake, Caroline Roche, Petros Tsekouras, Rebecca Heron. Pictured right: Paul Myatt, Leena Patel, James Bennett, Barbara Marsh. Pictured below (L-R): Ben White, Jan Ellis, Steve Braund, Rebecca Milgate, Dave Kirby, Jade Hughes.

than doubled - leading to the group performing the song live at our

A group of Capula staff enjoyed a fine evening’s

entertainment at Cockermouth Beer Festival’s quiz night

in November. The festival, of which Capula is a main

sponsor, is organised by Cockermouth Round Table

Cockermouth Beer Festival fun!

over their answers to the extent that they were

wagering beer tokens on the answer!” said Jane Goode, a Senior Engineer at Capula’s Westlakes office.

Steve Braund, Marketing Manager for Capula added

which runs fundraising initiatives throughout the year

“This is the third year of Capula sponsoring the Festival

pensioners’ annual trips, charities and more.

2012 compared with last year. With all proceeds from

Whitehaven and Stone offices pitted their wits against

forms an important part of our socio-economic policy in

for a range of worthy local causes including schools, A group of nine colleagues from both our

other teams of real ale enthusiasts while sampling a

wide selection of beers from brewers both local and further afield.

“The atmosphere was great and the quiz threw up

some funny exchanges – a couple of the guys disagreed

and it was great to see a noticeably bigger turnout in the event going to local causes, our support of the event contributing to our local communities.”

Pictured left to right: Isaac Smith, Andy Thwaites, Rachael Francis, Jason Taylor, Rob Tackley, Graham Goode, Jane Goode, Wing Yung.

More information can be found at www.cockermouthroundtable.co.uk

Silent Auction raises funds for Oak Tree Farm Rural Project We kicked off our charity fundraising endeavours in

others, and Capula staff were encouraged to volunteer

Project in Staffordshire.

all proceeds going to Oak Tree Farm.

2013 with a Silent Auction in aid of Oak Tree Farm Rural Oak Tree Farm is situated on a 15 acre smallholding

just a few miles from our Stone headquarters, and

In the end, £202 was raised for the charity venture.

“We all receive gifts at Christmas that we’re not

provides a rural working environment where people

altogether keen on,” said organiser Rebecca Heron, “but

and confidence to take them towards an active role in

somebody else. The Silent Auction was designed to

with learning disabilities gain the skills, independence society. Just some of the items available in the Silent Auction

items which were then made available for auction, with

The aim of the Silent Auction was to make use of any

unwanted Christmas gifts which may be attractive to

there’s nothing to say they might not be perfect for facilitate this while raising money for a worthy cause.” More information can be found at www.oaktreefarm.uk.net


CAPULA CONTROL SOLUTION FOR IRONBRIDGE

increase renewable generation and how alternative

Hargreaves Industrial Services Engineering Solutions

methods of network reinforcement can boost capacity.

implement a new control system at the Liverpool Port

visibility tool which Capula had designed in line with

Liverpool Port is to receive deliveries of wood pellet

behalf of UK Power Networks to aid planning,

(formerly AJS Contracts) has engaged Capula to

for E.ON’s Ironbridge power station.

Capula and PPA Energy were promoting a data

technical specifications provided by PPA Energy on

biomass for co-firing at Ironbridge. The fuel will be

diagnosis and asset management. It provides a detailed

a series of conveyors into the Biomass Bulk Fuel Terminal.

option to drill down as far as specific transformer

taken from the ships by a new off-loader and relayed via

Biomass will then be loaded from this storage facility

onto rail transport for Ironbridge as required.

Capula’s scope of work covers design, cubicle

manufacture, software configuration, works testing,

partial site installation and commissioning of the

Biomass Bulk Terminal control system.

overview across an entire power network, with the performance. Using a Microsoft Silverlight front-end and drawing data from an OSIsoft PI historian with PI AF

to improve the effectiveness of Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA) across their organisation.

Capula has been engaged to carry out a Review to

set the strategic direction for ICA and develop a

consolidated view of ICA requirements across Water,

Waste and Information Services as input into the PR14,

OFWAT funding approval process.

Simon Coombs, Business Development Director for

ALSTOM SELECTS CAPULA FOR CUBICLE BUILD

Capula has been engaged by Alstom for the Alstom has supplied a HVDC system for the State

East of the country (for which Capula has previously The four Valve Test Equipment (VTE) cubicles

Alstom’s client to test the value technology used on its HVDC installation in China and ensure continued high

levels of operational performance.

been awarded separate contracts for Lots 1, 2 and 3

Having recently been appointed as Strategic ICA

availability of their mission critical control systems.”

currently being manufactured are designed to enable

Ironbridge power station to a co-firing facility, having

partner, Capula is now assisting Severn Trent Water’s aim

play an important part in ensuring the continued

provided a number of cubicles).

“Capula is heavily involved in the project to convert

STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR SEVERN TRENT WATER

Chief Executive Roger Turner, "Our Staffordshire

headquarters are close to Rugeley and this allows us to

Grid of China’s Ningdong – Shandong site in the North

Simocode pro and G120 variable speed drives (VSDs).

role in engineering a greener future for the UK.”

“Capula has been providing high quality support for

the control systems at Rugeley for 20 years,” said Capula

analytical data, along with report generating options.

Intelligent Motor Control Centres (MCCs) including

involvement through this contract and play a significant

for consultancy and enhancement works.

manufacture of several test cubicles destined for China.

including geographical location, time series and

solution using Siemens S7 PLCs & WinCC SCADA,

Coombs, “We are delighted to have increased this

Rugeley power station with access to skilled engineers

hierarchy, the tool provides customisable visualisations

We will be delivering a totally integrated control

previously,” said Business Development Director Simon

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What else is happening at Capula?

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RUGELEY RENEWS SUPPORT UNTIL 2015

International Power has extended Capula's support

The work involves reverse engineering and as part of

the contract Alstom have provided a specimen cubicle to

facilitate this activity. Part of the process involves the

sourcing of equivalent parts and equipment to replace

arrangements for Rugeley power station's APMS SCADA

any obsolete items originally used.

for two units and the flue gas desulphurisation control

Alstom,” said Transmission & Distribution Manager Chris

until 2015. The support covers control desk equipment

“Capula enjoys a good working relationship with

desk plant previously implemented by Capula.

Conn, “We were selected for this work primarily for our

four-hour site response if required. It will also provide

but also for our locality to Alstom’s base in Stafford.”

Capula will provide 24/7/365 telephone support with

technical expertise in delivering highly complex systems,

Successful commissioning at Italian biomass plant

Capula has successfully completed commissioning of

systems which we felt were often dis-jointed, hard to

Capula describes the project: “After an initial assessment

the control systems for a brand new biomass plant with

upgrade and challenging to maintain over a period of

bringing ideas and experience from across a wide range

The 4.5MW gasification unit is being built by

“Capula’s solution allows us to, in many ways, future-

of their current ICA estate and processes, we are

a ground-breaking design.

of industries to help agree a high-level direction for

Staffordshire-based Biomass Power Ltd (BPL) in

with their staff to rationalise and prioritise the

because of its unique horizontal and modular turnkey

achieves the right pace of change and investment in ICA

vertical biomass gasification process, BPL is able to

Severn Trent Water. We are now working in joint teams identified initiatives into a coherent programme that

over the remainder of AMP5 and for AMP6”.

“Capula is already behaving as a strong partner to

Severn Trent Water”, said David Essex, Water Strategy Manager for Severn Trent Water. “They understand our business aims and bring good ideas and experience

which will help us to achieve our business objectives”.

Bagnolo, near Venice, Italy, and is ground-breaking format. In stark contrast to the traditional large-scale

confine their entire process technology solution within

time,” said Martin Riley, Engineering Director for BPL, proof our plants with a standardised approach to the automated control system, ensuring consistency of

software development and access to subsequent

upgrades and service support for the foreseeable future.”

sub-10 metre high buildings, and can circumnavigate planning objections about scale as a result.

The technology also allows the handling of a wide

range of wastes for fuel like waste wood RDF and SRF. In Bagnolo’s instance, the plant will be run on local

farming residue waste, but could also be fired with

LOW CARBON NETWORK FUND CONFERENCE

forestry, straw and miscanthus among other fuels.

visualisation solution at the recent Low Carbon Network

from the early stages of this project, winning the

was a key reason for us being selected to deliver the

control system in late 2010.

The use of PCS7

geographically,” said Capula Chief Executive Roger

bringing valued enhanced features to the plant as a

Capula and it is especially pleasing to have played an

Capula and PPA Energy combined to showcase a

Capula has worked closely with Biomass Power

Fund Conference (LCNF) 2012 organised by the Energy

contract for the implementation of a Siemens PCS7

The Conference included the latest progress from the

significantly reduced our engineering design & code,

Networks Association.

Ofgem funded LCNF Tier 1 & 2 projects and introduced the recent successful Tier 2 bids to the industry,

explaining how to use existing infrastructure flexibly to

result.

“We wanted to move away from previous control

“Capula’s knowledge and experience in this area

control solution for this plant, as was our closeness

Turner, “Renewable energy is a growing market for

integral role in such a forward-thinking company like BPL.”


NEW APPOINTMENTS Our drive to

recruit SQEP staff for the nuclear

CAPTION

! n o i t i t e p com

industry continues and we are

pleased to welcome a number of new

additions to Capula who will be working on Nuclear projects:

We recently had a cake sale to raise

Ben Blundell is a Quantity Surveyor

money for Children in Need. Can

who joins us in Beacon House at our Stone

headquarters,

from

Loughborough

while

you come up with a caption for the

Paul

adjacent photo?

Hammond joins us as a graduate

E-mail your suggestions to

University,

having recently completed a Masters

positivenergy@capula.co.uk

Ludovic Daclinat also joins as a

caption printed in the next issue. Closing date for entries:

graduate engineer after completing a

Masters

degree

in

and

the winning entrant will have their

degree in Process Engineering.

Electrical

Friday 15 March 2013

Engineering at ESIGELEC in France.

All'images'&'content'©'Capula'Limited'2013'unless'otherwise'stated.''Not'to'be'reproduced'without'written'consent.

IN BRIEF

VAC ANCY: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

Capula currently has a

vacancy for a Business Development Engineer

to

work

on

Nuclear

projects. For more information, visit www.capulanuclear.co.uk/careers.

We are always pleased to hear from

talented individuals who feel they

Tracey Francis Jade Hughes &

have something to offer Capula - if

you’re one of those individuals,

e-mail recruitment@capula.co.uk and include your CV and covering letter.

CONGRATULATIONS To the following

individuals who recently completed

their CCNSG Safety Passport courses successfully: Roger Lee, Martin Payne,

Mark Bradley, Steve Cooper, Malcolm

Jones, Grahame James, Phil Wicinski,

Graham Hill, Chris Hartley, Andy Cammack,

Liam

McKenna,

Tim

Abbott and Ben Blundell. The aim of the CCNSG Safety Passport Scheme is

to ensure a basic knowledge of health

and

safety

for

all

site

personnel to enable them, after

appropriate site induction, to work

on site more safely with lower risk to

themselves and others.

The winning suggestion for last issue’s competition, featuring a number of our delivery staff, came from Charlotte Smith, a

Getting to know you...

Principal Engineer at our head office in Stone: “Right lads, this is how you model - see the faraway gaze? Now you all try it!”

This issue: Rob Tackley, Senior Engineer based in our Westlakes office What was the last film you saw?

comedy show… naked! What can I say? I

there is always the knife and fork to

it… honest!

What has been the scariest thing to

What are you like at the dentists?

The kids have a cat called Tilly –

On the first day of my first real job I was

pack of chihuahuas!

What was the last band you saw live?

train the customers. Frightening but I got

Frankenweenie – my kids talked me into What are your pets called?

personally, I hate the thing.

I’ve not been to see a live band. Wouldn’t mind seeing Radiohead though.

Steve Brau nd (01785) 827106 steve.braun d@capula.co.uk

given a manual and was told to go and

What do you miss most about being a

A song of Ice and Water – Game of Thrones… great TV too!

on the dance floor… shaking the booty! kid?

Climbing trees!

What was your favourite TV show as a child?

What’s the first thing you would do if

The Banana Splits TV show was ace! I love

Introduce a tax free bracket for people

Who was your celebrity crush when you

you were Prime Minister?

with surnames beginning with ‘T’ and

ending with ‘Y’ and have a first name of ‘Rob’.

What’s your biggest claim to fame?

I once appeared on the Hale & Pace

I hate going, I’d rather be torn apart by a

Are you a good dancer?

killing people (virtual ones obviously). when you get a few minutes?

consider!

through it... once I stopped shaking!

I wouldn’t say good but I’m usually first

What reading material do you go for

If yo u have any sto ries or information you feel should be inclu ded in a futu re issu e of po sitiv en ergy, or h av e any comments to make ab out the newsletter, th en co ntact:

happen to you in your life?

Where do you go to relax?

My living room - playing Call of Duty and

po sitiv en ergy is p ublis hed by Capula Nuclear.

enjoyed the freedom!

big fat monkeys with big cheesy smiles. were younger?

Debbie Harry (Blondie) was most

Next issue

Steve Braund

delightful.

Best advice you’ve ever been given?

Even if it’s offered on a plate,

Rob Tackley

Capula Nuclear • Beacon House • Stone Business Park • Stone • Staffordshire • ST15 0NN • T: 01785 827000 • W: www.capulanuclear.co.uk


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