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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.
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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
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Steve Braund
delightful.
Best advice you’ve ever been given?
Even if it’s offered on a plate,
Rob Tackley
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