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Case StudyCombined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant, North Lincolnshire

Bilfinger Industrial Services, a member of the global engineering and services business, Bilfinger SE, recently utilised the newest product from the Nationwide Platforms’ fleet, the Titan 60S boom lift, to improve safety and productivity on-site for a combined cycle gas turbine power plant in North Lincolnshire.

Bilfinger utilised the Titan 60S boom lift with the additional pipe rack attachment. This machine in particular was selected due to the elevation capabilities of up to 20 meters, as well as the horizontal outreach of 14.6 meters and up-and-over movement to get scaffolding over obstacles and present the materials to the 15 meters load level (enabling the scaffolding to be erected from this point up to the towers peak at 40 meters).

Key facts

• Client: Bilfinger• Powered access equipment: Titan 60S boom lift with additional pipe rack attachment• Application: Elevation and movement of scaffold materials to the loading area for scaffold installation

Benefits

• Large platform area (6.7 meters x 2.22 meters)• Safe working load (SWL) of 1350kg, meaning more materials can be stored as well as the option of utilising a large platform for multiple users to work from • Fully retractable gate for loading and offloading materials• 180° platform pivot allows for more versatility• One machine does the job of multiple machines which increases health and safety • Fixed and tensioned harness wire at kick plate level which runs along the length of the platform, therefore doesn’t require people on the platform to clip on and un-clip to move along the working area• Improved productivity – reduced the job completion time by a third• This approach is a safer and more productive alternative to traditional hoisting methods • Cost efficiencies – generally believed to have saved 30% on the cost of the job compared to traditional methods• Better utilisation of workers as traditional methods would have required at least five people to execute, instead via the Titan 60S, it only required two.