Industrial maintenance, modernisation and cover.
Usually the same crew that installed the line.
Why the same crew matters
The people who built the panel know what is behind the door. On a breakdown that is the difference between a four-hour fault-find and a twenty-minute one. An hour of downtime is expensive in almost any plant, so we keep crews on their own lines wherever we can.
What we cover
Planned electrical maintenance, line extensions, control system modernisation, replacement of obsolete components, and breakdown cover. Modernisations are sized to fit the shutdown, because in practice there is no other window.
Cover
Round the clock. You call the project manager you already know. During a shutdown the phone is on in the evenings and at weekends, because that is when the work happens.
HOW A PROJECT RUNS
- 01
SURVEY
We walk the plant and look at what is there and what is missing. Old drawings rarely match reality, so we measure for ourselves. You hear the findings before anything is promised.
- 02
SCHEDULE
The date and the commissioning window are agreed before work starts. Usually they hang off the shutdown, when the hall is full of other contractors and every hoist is booked. Resourcing is best locked down well in advance.
- 03
INSTALL
Drawn before it is pulled, labelled before it is live. The site is cleared daily. In most plants that is a fire safety matter as much as a tidiness one.
- 04
COMMISSION
Loop checks, dry runs and running under load. The handover briefing is given by whoever wired it. Test records follow by the end of the project at the latest.
The questions that usually come first.
What is the response time on a breakdown?
Response time is set in the contract, because it depends on distance and on what the line is. During a shutdown the phone is answered in the evenings and at weekends.
Do you maintain lines installed by others?
Yes, after a survey. We document what is there first so the next visit is quicker.
Can a modernisation be done during the shutdown?
In practice there is no other window, so they are sized to fit it. The work is planned so the line loses as little time as possible.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes, scoped per site. How often planned maintenance falls depends on how many shifts are run and what kind of line it is.
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