NSG Scaffolding UK have completed two projects in Liverpool and Morecambe Bay.
NSG UK have completed a complex contract which involved replacing a helideck surface for an offshore oil rig and scaffolding work at Liverpool’s Pier Head which is part of a project to build a new landing stage.
A team of specialist spent 14 days working on the installation in Morecambe Bay. The unmanned offshore oil rig work was the first project of its type undertaken by NSG since wining the maintenance and intervention contract with the energy giant Centrica.
The work involved replacing and repainting the helideck to meet up with new specifications.
NSG’s Barrow based area commercial manager Bill Morton said: “Helidecks have certain markings which help the helicopter crew determine the optimum place to land – therefore the surface and paint work has to be spot on.
“The anti slip deck coating is essential for personnel who will be walking to and from the helicopters.”
The work at Liverpool’s Pier Head was to erect support scaffolding to take a 22-tonne drilling kit and to give access for contractors to repair cracks in the waterfront wall.
The project was another first of its kind for NSG as the engineers had to make sure that the scaffold could withstand the high tides of the River Mersey.
NSG have won further contracts for a large tower block in Leeds with Downing, and repair works to the outside of Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
General manager Tim Walker said the value of the four contracts was worth more than £450,000.
“We have had a very strong first half of the year and the variety of these projects demonstrates our flexibility and ability to work across a range of sectors,” he said.
“The Pier Head and off-shore projects were particularly complex but our design engineers provided robust solutions which our scaffolding and painting teams were able carry out effectively and on time.”