Bioworks

LINING DAMS FOR COMBINED 70 YEARS

IS DAM LINING VALUES ITS capability to undertake projects large and small with a high degree of accuracy.

Three of its staff have a combined lining experience more than 70 years, with much of this work done in Europe and further afield. Their work has taken them from Uzbekistan to Papua New Guinea and Operations Manager Andrew Taylor says this enables the dam lining crew to operate with efficiency and accuracy on all Farm Dairy Effluent applications.

IS Dam Lining is the only accredited FDE lining company in New Zealand, and as a result understands the complete effluent treatment process. IS Dam Lining Technical sales manager Brook Newson says fusion-welded high-density polyethylene plastic (HDPE) is the most cost-effective, reliable, and technologically advanced way to contain liquids.

To maintain a quality job across all its dam lining crew, investment has been made in training to the only real internationally certified training organisation, TWI based in the United Kingdom. Every four years a trainer from the UK is flown out to NZ to train new employees and re-certify existing employees. Test welds from each dam liner are sent to an external laboratory in the UK to test the integrity of the world.

Then each year every lining technician submits a portfolio of their recent work to keep their TWI Certification active.

Brook says the high level of skill gained ensures precision work undertaken in the civil sector can also be called on in the dairy sector.

“Farmers can future proof their investment because they know their pond has been installed by qualified technicians,” he says.

Although the commitment to training comes at considerable expense to the company, it is well worth it to know they can be assured of a quality job, Brook says.

Project manager Iain Neish, formerly from Aberdeen, Scotland, is the companies’ specialist in floating covers and has done many installations in Europe.

Operations manager Andrew Taylor (standing) supervises dual track wedge weld on a pond.