Lee Gallagher

Inspection lane almost complete with wobble plates, brake rollers and headlight alignment just the final sign off to do.

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Would you believe the UK house building industry produces such poor standard products? The quality standard of 1950s Council houses were infinitely superior to the new build houses currently being constructed and flung onto the UK market. The new UK Government must get to grips with the “cowboy effect” in the housing industry, buyers deserve so much better than this…. #newhomes #qualitystandards #peopledeservebetter

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Simple yet effective 👍

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There are shelters, then there is Zappshelter. When I first started this company, no one was doing what we were about to do. As with any successful product, it isn't long before cheap imitations start to appear but, as they say, the devil is in the detail.... ✅ Designed, manufactured and assembled right here in Great Britain. ✅ Our Taurinox membrane is in a league of it's own when it comes to tear strength. Ask for a sample to try! ✅ All our membrane covers are fire retardant as standard, meeting stringent building regs requirements. ✅ There is 5 times more galvanised Ferroten steel in a Zappshelter than it's closest copy. ✅ Every Zappshelter is designed and tested by a properly qualified structural engineer - not some guy in the office who thinks he understands engineering. ✅ We work to building codes for steel buildings, not party tents. ✅ Our 5 year warranty does what it says on the tin - no hidden clauses, no crafty sliding scales AND it covers the installation. ✅ We're great people to work with - every one of the team here cares deeply about your project. ✅ Every Zappshelter purchased is making a significant contribution to charity and the lives of those less fortunate than us, via our Zapp Foundation Zappshelter. It just makes sense. #Zappshelter #Britishmade #madeinbritain #familybusiness #protectwhatmatters #shelter #engineering

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Bit of a boring photo of a pile... pile design can be tricky sometimes; balancing ground interpretation, choices of parameters, factors, complying with the codes & guidance and allowing some conservatism. Whilst at the same time designing a pile that isn't unnecessarily over-designed and one that can be installed in a practical way, with available equipment. Its a perfect example of engineering; juggling design theory, practicality and judgement. I find it very satisfying as an Engineer, to get a CAPWAP pile load test result just what you were looking for!

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Out and about in Oxford tomorrow DM me to catch up and discuss #tubeandfitting #systemscaffold #scaffoldingtraining Aspects Total Training Limited

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Nice selection of gap coverings here Just to explain the braces are pull backs to create opening on underside of the Layher scaffold #Layher #solutions

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An unusual find on a recent Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) Inspection. Whilst it looks messy (which isn't unusual), the issue in this picture is the Earthing of the metal box. The green cable connected to the box goes outside to an Earth Rod. This is method of Earthing is known as TT (Terra, Terra) and is common in remote locations and is increasing in use with the rise of renewables and the age of the distribution network. The green and yellow cable connected to the black fuse carrier is actually in the same terminal block as the blue cable. This method of Earthing is known as TN-C-S (Terra Neutral - Combined - Separate). This is where the Earthing conductor and the Neutral conductor are the same up to the point of connection for a building where they are then separated. Both of these methods of Earthing are acceptable and common, so why the issue? ⚡ These Earthing conductors have different reference points to Earth. ⚡ All of the electrical equipment with in touching distance of the metal box could be at a different potential to the metal box because of this. ⚡ A difference in potential means Voltage. ⚡ Voltage being present means that by touching the metal box and a bonded piece of electrical equipment could cause a shock. The installer at this property has attempted to provide an outbuilding with it's own TT system, which is a sensible thing to do when the main building has a TN-C-S system (I won't go into why or the nuances here). However, in splitting the systems by the intake and not putting the Earth Rod by the outbuilding, they have inadvertently introduced the risk they were probably trying to protect against! The remedy for this is to re-do the outbuilding supply connection and provide the cable with the TN-C-S reference to Earth. This will then be isolated at the outbuilding where a new Earth Rod will provide the TT reference to Earth. #EarthRod #Earthing #Outbuilding #EICR

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End of line Flushing valves on pumping systems before the ICV is good practice to remove excess debree out the mains prior to filling the Plots. This plot is a Cat 1 and part of a Cat 2 development up Anerdeen. ##thinksprinklersthinkdiscovery #teamDFS

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Can you pressurize 3 lobbies and control the air flow through motorised dampers? Using back the basic concept from BS and MS standard, I arrive at the conclusion that it may not be a viable solution as now the path for air leakage is from 3 pressurised lobbies to lift shaft and out to shaft vent and the remaining of the unpressurised lobbies. You may need to tweak your calculation and find out whether viable or not. In Singapore, all the fire lift lobbies are pressurized. So, selective pressurisation, think again on the air flow. Click to register and learn on pressurisation concept. https://lnkd.in/gBMy2SUU

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West Gate End Yesterday, I attended a site at the prestigious Berkeley: West Gate End site in Paddington, London, following a demo request from a valued customer. When I met the contractor on site, he showed me the issue they were up against. They needed to drill 12mm holes in 12mm thick galv structural steel for thousands of glazing brackets where magnet drills were just not an option because of the CP board covering the steelwork. What they had been using was cheap twist drill bits in a pistol drill. They had to use 3 different drill bits on each hole as well, starting with 8mm, then 10mm then finally 12mm. So every single hole, they were drilling 3 times!!! Also, if you know anything about metalwork, you will know that using a round-shank twist drillbit in a pistol drill to cut through 12mm steel is an absolute swine of a job, with the drill snatching at the material and wrenching your wrists... for hole after hole after hole..... you get the idea. So why is the VersaDrive TurboTipDrill Bits any better? Well to start with, the stepped tip point means that you don't need to pilot... just go straight in at the required size. Once the resistance builds up, the impact takes over, cutting more than twice as fast and removing the wrenching of the wrists! Added to all that, the bits last up to 10 x longer and the benefits keep on coming! Wherever you are, in the world, you can start taking advantage of the benefits of VersaDrive Cutting Tools by Holemaker Technology today! Be smart and #jointherevolution! #speedupmetalworking #cuttingtools #versadrive #holemakertechnology #metalcuttingtools #impactwrench #impactdriver #metalworkingnation #impacttools #steelworker #steelfabrication #steelerector #fabricator #metalfab #welding #fabrication #steelfab #ukwelding #weld #drilling #metalwork #metalworking #sitework #steel #steelerection #steelwork #tools #cuttingtoolinnovation

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Sh*t pit 💩, sh*t tank 💩, poo pit 💩, poo tank 💩, plop tank 💩, sceptic tank 💩 We hear them all! They're used to describe a septic tank, but there are other off mains drainage systems and sometimes they get mislabelled. Do you know what they are and what they do? Allow me to explain. Septic tank - an underground asset that has an inlet pipe to receive all the grey and wastewater from a property[s], and an outlet (exit) pipe that SHOULD direct the separated waste water (clarified liquor) to ground via a drainage field or soakaway arrangement on an older system. It MUST NOT discharge to a ditch, stream or any other watercourse. The septic tank allows separation to occur within it and the drainage field/soakaway provides the treatment. Both elements rely on the other working correctly! Cesspit - an underground asset, much larger than a septic tank, that has an inlet pipe to receive all the grey and wastewater from a property[s], but it has no outlet/exit pipe. It's just a collection/holding tank that fills and requires multiple emptying every year. If sized appropriately, it will need emptying between 6-8 times per year. Sewage treatment plant (STP) - an underground asset, of similar size to a septic tank, that has an inlet pipe to receive all the grey an wastewater from a property[s], and multiple chambers (or zones) within it, which treats the waste and produces treated effluent, which is clean enough to discharge to ground or to a watercourse. The vast majority of STPs require a permanent electricity supply to help the treatment process, either to introduce oxygen or to power the rotation of discs (rotating biological contactors - RBCs). Both create the dynamic which encourages the growth of the critical good bugs. It's important to identify which system is in place as there are different regulatory do's and don'ts for each one. One common denominator is that no rainwater should go into any of these systems!! These are called cross connections and 35% of all systems we've surveyed have them! They need to be diverted away ASAP. If this is of interest, there's a lot more similar information contained within our free guide that can be found on our website homepage https://lnkd.in/ekrTS7UA Over 1,000 people have downloaded it already. We are here to help! Think off mains drainage, think Off Mains Solutions As always, thanks for reading. #offmainsdrainage #septictank #knowyourploptank

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Why do things break?? 🤔 Well because of physics innit?? 👨‍💻 There are two main reasons why things (lifting equipment) break. Well there's actually three but the Hawk Lifting Ltd marketing department have told me I'm not allowed to call people idiots 🫣 1️⃣ The first is due to a force being applied to an object that exceeds the force that the object is capable of carrying. This is usually applied over a short period of time and is often referred to as a ‘shock load’ in the lifting industry. 2️⃣ The second is fatigue failure. This is when a force is applied to an object over and over causing micro cracks or material loss which results in a decrease in the object's structural integrity. Fatigue failure can see objects fail well below their stated ultimate strength. Interestingly this type of failure amounts to a vast amount of mechanical engineering failures worldwide. So what can we do about it? 🤷 In lifting operations we can do a number of things to avoid any of the above two (or three 🙈) happening: 1) #knowtheload. It is imperative that you know how much you are going to be lifting 2) Select the right equipment, source it from a reputable supplier (hint hint 😉) ask if the lifting equipment is fatigue tested? Does it meet the required standards? Does it meet the required ductility and toughness? 3) Make sure to account for any offsets in centres of gravity or adverse site conditions 4)Ensure all lifts are carried out in a controlled and safe manner to avoid any sudden ‘shock loads’ 5) Ensure lifting equipment is inspected regularly by an independent LEEA accredited company (wink wink 😉) 6) Ensure pre use checks are carried out (I'll do a post to cover pre use checks later) 7) Ensure all lifting equipment is stored correctly to avoid any corrosion/UV damage or other contamination occurring 8) Last but not least, don't be an idiot (I didn't call anyone an idiot, I just said don't be one, please don't report me to HR….again🤦) if in doubt, stop and ask for help. ✌️Peace out Lifters ✌️ 😎 www.hawklifting.co.uk 😎 😎 01226 718830 😎 😎 [email protected] 😎 David Nixon Jake Nixon Jordan Fairman Scott Robson Paul Waite #hawk #lifting #liftingequipment #liftingoperations #safelifting #idiot #fatigue #failure #break #heavylift #heavylifting #heavyliftingoperations #heavyload #physics

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Lovely transition, all intact coal and layered mudstone in the North West

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Some interesting stats on the state of the industry this week. The industry has lost over 400,000 workers in the last 5 years, dropping from 2.43 to 2.04m workers since 2019. Its probably the same old story of boom & bust, poor working conditions & better opportunities elsewhere. It will certainly be interesting to see how the new government think they will will be able to build 1.5m extra homes in just 5 years! I will be interested to hear others thoughts in the current state of, and immediate future of the industry #sls #laboursupply #sls #laboursupply

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