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

January 2013Issue 04

CCaappuullaa iinnvveessttss iinn ppeeoopplleetthhrroouugghh SSkkiillllss AAccaaddeemmyyCapula has joined the National Skills Academy for

Nuclear. The Skills Academy is an employer-led,

membership organisation which exists to ensure the UK

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

development undertaken so that opportunities are

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

• To define and enable a coherent approach to skills

across the UK

• To work with employers, government and skills

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

The decision to join the Academy follows a number

of key developments for Capula over the past twelve

months related to our nuclear industry operations, not

least our sustained recruitment drive (see page two) and

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.”

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ddeevveellooppmmeenntt ooff oouurr eennggiinneeeerrss......””

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.

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):

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Livens, Research Director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute.

The Centre, Birchwood Park, Warrington.

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CCaappeennhhuurrsstt.. David Riley, URENCO ChemPlants Ltd. The

Centre, Birchwood Park, Warrington.

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NNuucclleeaarr PPoowweerr PPllaannttss.. 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.

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AAWWEE ggiivveess CCaappuullaa ssaaffeettyy aawwaarrddCapula 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.

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.”

RReeccrruuiittmmeenntt ffaaiirr aatttteennddaannccee ddrriivveessiinnccrreeaassee iinn ggrraadduuaattee aapppplliiccaannttssIt has been a busy, yet successful year for Capula’s

popular Graduate Recruitment programme. Having a

presence at a number of university recruitment fairs

(including Staffordshire, Manchester Metropolitan,

The University of Manchester, Loughborough,

Sheffield Hallam, Birmingham and Lancaster) has seen

a large increase in the number of graduates and

placement students applying for positions at Capula.

In addition, Capula’s presence on the successful

graduate recruitment website GGrraaddccrraacckkeerr has helped

to swell applicant numbers.

In total, 22 graduates have joined Capula in 2012,

with a further six students joining on year-long

placements.

Sandie Doran, an Assistant Project Manager

working on Nuclear projects, joined us in August after

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

a company that affects the daily lives of people is very

appealing to me. Since I’ve been here I’ve worked on

a number of projects with my own responsibilities. The

people are friendly and helpful, and I’ve learnt more

here in half a year than I did during the whole of my

second year at university!”

Capula’s presence at recruitment fairs is part of an

overall strategy to strengthen links with both

universities and colleges. “Having the opportunity to

speak face-to-face with graduates is valuable in itself,”

said Miles Kitchener, HR Manager for Capula, “but it’s

also raising our profile and it is an important part of

Capula’s growth strategy through graduate

recruitment to forge closer links with these

establishments.”

L-R: Sean Ryan (Head of Construction for AWE), Richard Berwick (Site Manager for Capula)

L-R: Jaime Clinton, Sandie Doran & Miles Kitchener

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The UK energy minister has asked nuclear regulators to

begin discussions over Generic Design Assessment

(GDA) for Hitachi-GE's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor

(ABWR). The design has been proposed for new units at

the Wylfa and Oldbury sites.

Hitachi-GE approached the Department for Energy

and Climate Change earlier in this month seeking GDA

for the ABWR design. The move followed Hitachi's

purchase of Horizon Nuclear Power in late October

from E.ON and RWE, the German utilities that had

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.

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Responsibility for Britain's stake in Urenco has been

moved between government departments in a

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

Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). In

making the change, DECC said, "This parallels other

recent moves to consolidate government

shareholdings," which increasingly reside within a

specialist office of BIS.

The move "will strengthen the ability of the

government to utilise commercial expertise in the

future management of its Urenco shareholding," said

DECC, "including in the ongoing work on a possible

sale." This has been under consideration for several

years in line with an overall policy to end national

ownership of nuclear businesses.

In October 2009, the government stated that it

would continue to "explore options for realizing value

from its stake in Urenco" as part of a £16 billion sale of

major public assets in order to reduce the national debt.

At that time, then-prime minister Gordon Brown said

the sale of Urenco would be "subject to security issues

being addressed."

Fulfilling about 30% of global uranium enrichment

needs, Urenco has an order book of €19 billion. It had

pre-tax profits of €462 million in the six months to end-

June 2012 and the company's centrifuge uranium

enrichment capacity stands at 15.9 million separative

work units per year.

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A two-year construction project to build a dry storage

facility for used fuel from EDF Energy's Sizewell B

power station is now underway. The facility will be used

from 2015, when the plant's storage pond is due to

reach capacity.

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

Reactor (AGR) fleets, all of Sizewell B's used fuel has

remained stored under water in an on-site fuel storage

pond. The new dry fuel store will provide capacity for

the unit’s used fuel from 2015 for the lifetime of the

power station or until a deep geological disposal

facility is available.

Conditional planning permission for the facility was

granted in July 2011. The store received the final

go-ahead in September 2012 after plant owner and

operator EDF Energy satisfied the local planning

authority, the Suffolk Coastal District Council Planning

Committee, about the steps it had taken to meet those

conditions.

Although dry stores for spent fuel are in use in many

locations around the world, the Sizewell B store will be

the first such facility in the UK. Used fuel from the

country's Magnox plants, all but one of which have now

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.

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Capula is delighted to announce an addition to our

senior management team. Mason Hatton, 48, joins us

as Operations Director after a successful six years with

Imtech both in the UK and The Netherlands.

“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

few months he was promoted to Managing Director

where he successfully grew the company to revenues of

circa £60m over a period of three years.

So what of his Capula appointment? “I see this as a

lovely challenge – being involved in a successful

company and developing and driving the growth to the

next level of its evolution. It’s a big task, and I think it’s

important to make sure that expectations are managed,

but it’s also important to make sure that everyone is on

the same page so that we all understand what the

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

semi-professional football for Fairford Town in

Gloucestershire,” Mason explains, ”We had

some great matches against Forest Green

Rovers who, at the time, had a young

Paul Rideout (who went on to score an

FA Cup winning goal for Everton -

Ed.) playing for them - I marked him

out of the game!”

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MMaassoonn HHaattttoonn

““IItt’’ss aa lloovveellyy cchhaalllleennggee -- bbrriinnggiinngg aaccoommppaannyy ffrroomm aa lleevveell iitt hhaass ggrroowwnnttoo vveerryy ssuucccceessssffuullllyy ttoo tthhee nneexxttlleevveell ooff iittss eevvoolluuttiioonn......””

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

markets. Collaboration with Imtech’s existing divisions will mean

substantial additional growth within Capula as well as growth for

Imtech’s existing portfolio.

“Capula is a perfect match for the existing Imtech organisation in

the UK,” said René van der Bruggen, CEO Imtech.

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Capula delivered a protection system at both Heysham and Hartlepool

power stations as part of their PLEX (plant life extension) programme,

on behalf of owners EDF Energy Nuclear Generation.

The Hybrid Electronic Analogue Temperature Sensing (HEATS)

system was designed to meet a safety integrity target of SIL 1.

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We launched ppoossiittiivveenneerrggyy 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.

The 30MW (electrical output) renewable energy plant will produce

enough power for around 40,000 homes by converting recycled waste

wood into electricity. The plant will also displace the emissions of

around 80,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year, the equivalent of

taking more than 20,000 cars off the UK's roads.

Capula won contracts with ANDRITZ Energy & Environment

GmbH and Geo Robson & Co for the control solutions for the boiler

island and the fuel handling plant respectively.

BBLLAACCKKBBUURRNN MMEEAADDOOWWSSCapula secured a contract for the provision of both application

support and development expertise at Sellafield, which saw our work

on the Sellafield site continue into its 30th year.

It was the latest in a string of key contracts stretching back to the

early 1980s when our Instematic system was identified by then-

operators BNFL as the preferred plant controller for the Site Ion

Exchange Effluent Plant (SIXEP). Our office at Westlakes Science &

Technology Park provides high quality support to Sellafield.

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positivenergyT 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

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.

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

increases in SQEP staff with proven nuclear skills. 2012 also saw us achieve

the milestone of 30 years of working at Sellafield.

Utilities also enjoyed a busy year in which we continued to support

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.

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.

Staff numbers at Capula rose by 24% in 2012,with a total of 322

people now employed across our offices nationwide in the UK.

Of this, more than 20% are working on Nuclear projects as we

increase our involvement in this key market.

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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

including large motor control centre (MCC) replacements, a major

telemetry upgrade programme, on-going support for complex

solutions and specialist advice in developing an integrated ICA strategy.

“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.

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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.

IIRROONNBBRRIIDDGGEE BBIIOOMMAASSSS CCOONNVVEERRSSIIOONNCapula 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.

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We successfully delivered a control system upgrade at Hinkley Point B

in Somerset for their Condensate Polishing Plant (CPP) which cleans

and maintains feed water quality for the boilers by removing

contaminates built up over time. The new system provides plant

control and monitoring, and is modern, efficient and robust.

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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.

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

increases in SQEP staff with proven nuclear skills. 2012 also saw us achieve

the milestone of 30 years of working at Sellafield.

Utilities also enjoyed a busy year in which we continued to support

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.

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.

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.

GGrreeaassee wwaass tthhee wwoorrdd!!

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 &

girls dressed either as T-Birds or Pink Ladies from the hit

musical.

But that wasn’t all - Dave Kirby (Programme

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

than doubled - leading to the group performing the

song live at our

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

by Breast Cancer Campaign every year through their

Wear It Pink day," said Chief Executive Roger Turner,

"With nearly £700 raised, it's an excellent achievement

by our staff who always come up with new and

innovative ways to raise money for good causes."

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CCoocckkeerrmmoouutthh BBeeeerr FFeessttiivvaall ffuunn!!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

which runs fundraising initiatives throughout the year

for a range of worthy local causes including schools,

pensioners’ annual trips, charities and more.

A group of nine colleagues from both our

Whitehaven and Stone offices pitted their wits against

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

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

“This is the third year of Capula sponsoring the Festival

and it was great to see a noticeably bigger turnout in

2012 compared with last year. With all proceeds from

the event going to local causes, our support of the event

forms an important part of our socio-economic policy in

contributing to our local communities.”

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More information can be found at wwwwww..ccoocckkeerrmmoouutthhrroouunnddttaabbllee..ccoo..uukk

SSiilleenntt AAuuccttiioonn rraaiisseess ffuunnddss ffoorr OOaakk TTrreeee FFaarrmm RRuurraall PPrroojjeecctt We kicked off our charity fundraising endeavours in

2013 with a Silent Auction in aid of Oak Tree Farm Rural

Project in Staffordshire.

Oak Tree Farm is situated on a 15 acre smallholding

just a few miles from our Stone headquarters, and

provides a rural working environment where people

with learning disabilities gain the skills, independence

and confidence to take them towards an active role in

society.

The aim of the Silent Auction was to make use of any

unwanted Christmas gifts which may be attractive to

others, and Capula staff were encouraged to volunteer

items which were then made available for auction, with

all proceeds going to Oak Tree Farm.

In the end, £202 was raised for the charity venture.

“We all receive gifts at Christmas that we’re not

altogether keen on,” said organiser Rebecca Heron, “but

there’s nothing to say they might not be perfect for

somebody else. The Silent Auction was designed to

facilitate this while raising money for a worthy cause.”

More information can be found at wwwwww..ooaakkttrreeeeffaarrmm..uukk..nneettJust some of the items available in the Silent Auction

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Hargreaves Industrial Services Engineering Solutions

(formerly AJS Contracts) has engaged Capula to

implement a new control system at the Liverpool Port

for E.ON’s Ironbridge power station.

Liverpool Port is to receive deliveries of wood pellet

biomass for co-firing at Ironbridge. The fuel will be

taken from the ships by a new off-loader and relayed via

a series of conveyors into the Biomass Bulk Fuel Terminal.

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.

We will be delivering a totally integrated control

solution using Siemens S7 PLCs & WinCC SCADA,

Intelligent Motor Control Centres (MCCs) including

Simocode pro and G120 variable speed drives (VSDs).

“Capula is heavily involved in the project to convert

Ironbridge power station to a co-firing facility, having

been awarded separate contracts for Lots 1, 2 and 3

previously,” said Business Development Director Simon

Coombs, “We are delighted to have increased this

involvement through this contract and play a significant

role in engineering a greener future for the UK.”

SSTTRRAATTEEGGIICC RROOAADDMMAAPP FFOORR SSEEVVEERRNN TTRREENNTT WWAATTEERR

Having recently been appointed as Strategic ICA

partner, Capula is now assisting Severn Trent Water’s aim

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

Capula describes the project: “After an initial assessment

of their current ICA estate and processes, we are

bringing ideas and experience from across a wide range

of industries to help agree a high-level direction for

Severn Trent Water. We are now working in joint teams

with their staff to rationalise and prioritise the

identified initiatives into a coherent programme that

achieves the right pace of change and investment in ICA

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”.

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Capula and PPA Energy combined to showcase a

visualisation solution at the recent Low Carbon Network

Fund Conference (LCNF) 2012 organised by the Energy

Networks Association.

The Conference included the latest progress from the

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

increase renewable generation and how alternative

methods of network reinforcement can boost capacity.

Capula and PPA Energy were promoting a data

visibility tool which Capula had designed in line with

technical specifications provided by PPA Energy on

behalf of UK Power Networks to aid planning,

diagnosis and asset management. It provides a detailed

overview across an entire power network, with the

option to drill down as far as specific transformer

performance. Using a Microsoft Silverlight front-end and

drawing data from an OSIsoft PI historian with PI AF

hierarchy, the tool provides customisable visualisations

including geographical location, time series and

analytical data, along with report generating options.

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International Power has extended Capula's support

arrangements for Rugeley power station's APMS SCADA

until 2015. The support covers control desk equipment

for two units and the flue gas desulphurisation control

desk plant previously implemented by Capula.

Capula will provide 24/7/365 telephone support with

four-hour site response if required. It will also provide

Rugeley power station with access to skilled engineers

for consultancy and enhancement works.

“Capula has been providing high quality support for

the control systems at Rugeley for 20 years,” said Capula

Chief Executive Roger Turner, "Our Staffordshire

headquarters are close to Rugeley and this allows us to

play an important part in ensuring the continued

availability of their mission critical control systems.”

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Capula has been engaged by Alstom for the

manufacture of several test cubicles destined for China.

Alstom has supplied a HVDC system for the State

Grid of China’s Ningdong – Shandong site in the North

East of the country (for which Capula has previously

provided a number of cubicles).

The four Valve Test Equipment (VTE) cubicles

currently being manufactured are designed to enable

Alstom’s client to test the value technology used on its

HVDC installation in China and ensure continued high

levels of operational performance.

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

any obsolete items originally used.

“Capula enjoys a good working relationship with

Alstom,” said Transmission & Distribution Manager Chris

Conn, “We were selected for this work primarily for our

technical expertise in delivering highly complex systems,

but also for our locality to Alstom’s base in Stafford.”

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SSuucccceessssffuull ccoommmmiissssiioonniinngg aatt IIttaalliiaannbbiioommaassss ppllaannttCapula has successfully completed commissioning of

the control systems for a brand new biomass plant with

a ground-breaking design.

The 4.5MW gasification unit is being built by

Staffordshire-based Biomass Power Ltd (BPL) in

Bagnolo, near Venice, Italy, and is ground-breaking

because of its unique horizontal and modular turnkey

format. In stark contrast to the traditional large-scale

vertical biomass gasification process, BPL is able to

confine their entire process technology solution within

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

forestry, straw and miscanthus among other fuels.

Capula has worked closely with Biomass Power

from the early stages of this project, winning the

contract for the implementation of a Siemens PCS7

control system in late 2010. The use of PCS7

significantly reduced our engineering design & code,

bringing valued enhanced features to the plant as a

result.

“We wanted to move away from previous control

systems which we felt were often dis-jointed, hard to

upgrade and challenging to maintain over a period of

time,” said Martin Riley, Engineering Director for BPL,

“Capula’s solution allows us to, in many ways, future-

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.”

“Capula’s knowledge and experience in this area

was a key reason for us being selected to deliver the

control solution for this plant, as was our closeness

geographically,” said Capula Chief Executive Roger

Turner, “Renewable energy is a growing market for

Capula and it is especially pleasing to have played an

integral role in such a forward-thinking company like

BPL.”

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WWhhaatt wwaass tthhee llaasstt ffiillmm yyoouu ssaaww??

Frankenweenie – my kids talked me into

it… honest!

WWhhaatt aarree yyoouurr ppeettss ccaalllleedd??

The kids have a cat called Tilly –

personally, I hate the thing.

WWhhaatt wwaass tthhee llaasstt bbaanndd yyoouu ssaaww lliivvee??

I’ve not been to see a live band. Wouldn’t

mind seeing Radiohead though.

WWhheerree ddoo yyoouu ggoo ttoo rreellaaxx??

My living room - playing Call of Duty and

killing people (virtual ones obviously).

WWhhaatt rreeaaddiinngg mmaatteerriiaall ddoo yyoouu ggoo ffoorr

wwhheenn yyoouu ggeett aa ffeeww mmiinnuutteess??

A song of Ice and Water – Game of

Thrones… great TV too!

WWhhaatt’’ss tthhee ffiirrsstt tthhiinngg yyoouu wwoouulldd ddoo iiff

yyoouu wweerree PPrriimmee MMiinniisstteerr??

Introduce a tax free bracket for people

with surnames beginning with ‘T’ and

ending with ‘Y’ and have a first name of

‘Rob’.

WWhhaatt’’ss yyoouurr bbiiggggeesstt ccllaaiimm ttoo ffaammee??

I once appeared on the Hale & Pace

comedy show… naked! What can I say? I

enjoyed the freedom!

WWhhaatt hhaass bbeeeenn tthhee ssccaarriieesstt tthhiinngg ttoo

hhaappppeenn ttoo yyoouu iinn yyoouurr lliiffee??

On the first day of my first real job I was

given a manual and was told to go and

train the customers. Frightening but I got

through it... once I stopped shaking!

AArree yyoouu aa ggoooodd ddaanncceerr??

I wouldn’t say good but I’m usually first

on the dance floor… shaking the booty!

WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu mmiissss mmoosstt aabboouutt bbeeiinngg aa

kkiidd??

Climbing trees!

WWhhaatt wwaass yyoouurr ffaavvoouurriittee TTVV sshhooww aass aa

cchhiilldd??

The Banana Splits TV show was ace! I love

big fat monkeys with big cheesy smiles.

WWhhoo wwaass yyoouurr cceelleebbrriittyy ccrruusshh wwhheenn yyoouu

wweerree yyoouunnggeerr??

Debbie Harry (Blondie) was most

delightful.

BBeesstt aaddvviiccee yyoouu’’vvee eevveerr bbeeeenn ggiivveenn??

Even if it’s offered on a plate,

there is always the knife and fork to

consider!

WWhhaatt aarree yyoouu lliikkee aatt tthhee ddeennttiissttss??

I hate going, I’d rather be torn apart by a

pack of chihuahuas!

NNeexxtt iissssuuee

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GGeettttiinngg ttoo kknnooww yyoouu......This issue: RRoobb TTaacckklleeyy, Senior Engineer based in our Westlakes office

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NNEEWW AAPPPPOOIINNTTMMEENNTTSS Our drive to

recruit SQEP staff for the nuclear

industry continues and we are

pleased to welcome a number of new

additions to Capula who will be

working on Nuclear projects:

Ben Blundell is a Quantity Surveyor

who joins us in Beacon House at our

Stone headquarters, while Paul

Hammond joins us as a graduate

from Loughborough University,

having recently completed a Masters

degree in Process Engineering.

Ludovic Daclinat also joins as a

graduate engineer after completing

a Masters degree in Electrical

Engineering at ESIGELEC in France.

VVAACCAANNCCYY:: BBUUSSIINNEESSSS DDEEVVEELLOOPPMMEENNTT

EENNGGIINNEEEERR Capula currently has a

vacancy for a Business Development

Engineer to work on Nuclear

projects. For more information, visit

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We are always pleased to hear from

talented individuals who feel they

have something to offer Capula - if

you’re one of those individuals,

e-mail rreeccrruuiittmmeenntt@@ccaappuullaa..ccoo..uukk and

include your CV and covering letter.

CCOONNGGRRAATTUULLAATTIIOONNSS 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.

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The winning suggestion for last issue’s competition, featuring a number of our delivery staff, came from Charlotte Smith, a

Principal Engineer at our head office in Stone: ““RRiigghhtt llaaddss,, tthhiiss iiss hhooww yyoouu mmooddeell -- sseeee tthhee ffaarraawwaayy ggaazzee?? NNooww yyoouu aallll ttrryy iitt!!””

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We recently had a cake sale to raise

money for Children in Need. Can

you come up with a caption for the

adjacent photo?

E-mail your suggestions to

ppoossiittiivveenneerrggyy@@ccaappuullaa..ccoo..uukk and

the winning entrant will have their

caption printed in the next issue.

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Jade Hughes & Tracey Francis