NUB are proud to have been asked to contribute their thoughts to the 2016 Parliamentary Review which is published as an insight from businesses of varying sizes to politicians and decision makers in the UK.
The relevant edition of “The Parliamentary Review“ with the extremely interesting best case starting on page 28 can be downloaded HERE as a PDF.
During this time Mike covered hundreds of miles establishing new recycling customers and servicing our long standing customers. Mike says “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time working at N.U.B. Engineering and wish everyone health and success for the future”.
Peter Jantz, Managing Director of N.U.B. Engineering and STDS-Jantz, and Patrick Deighan, Director of N.U.B. Engineering, along with staff members honoured Mike during a celebratory meal and presented him with an engraved crystal decanter and glasses. “We thank Mike for his commitment to the company and wish him a long and happy retirement”. Patrick Deighan says.
With our advanced technology in civil engineering we are international best partner and preferred supplier for many of our customers.
During the last years we have increased our international activities opening a wider global market. In order to provide our customers with our specialised knowledge and support them onsite with their particular challenges for the best drilling results we have opened up a sales office in Belgium and Marnik Janssens will join us as sales representative for the full range of products for STDS-Jantz and NUB Engineering in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and France.
Marnik Janssens has long experience in the civil engineering industry and is a well known specialist for all kind of drilling technology. Working for the future we endeavour to make sure that our customers are fully satisfied with both the products we offer and the service.
The new expert on board will help to guarantee the high performance of our products for efficient use.
Marnik Janssens contact details:
Mobile 0032 (0) 478 74 82 60
E-Mail: Marnik@stds.be
With approximately 3 million inhabitants, the Sultanate of Oman which is located close to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen is embarking in the coming years on a massive expansion of its infrastructure.
In order to be able to get the best possible partner they have set up Infra Oman – a fair for infrastructure and industrial projects attended by the designers, contractors and suppliers. This year it was the third time that Infra Oman has been arranged and N.U.B. Engineering was pleased to be present at this prestigious show in Muscat.
Companies from all around the world working in the construction industry exhibited inovation, modern technology and what potential can bring new developments for the future. N.U.B. Engineering presented how it is keeping up and at the forefront on all counts and was well received at the show.
Customers showed interest in the wide range of piling & drilling products at the exhibition from the small 100mm diameters up to large diameter piling equipment and the adaptability of tools for all conditions and rig types was well received.
Special technology is needed for civil engineering projects due to both the soils and climate conditions and N.U.B. were able to demonstrate by past experience that their tools and equipment have been proven to be more than suitable.
Our drilling tools, drill bits, auger drives and the accessories were of interest to all areas of the civil engineering sector as well as for special sectors of the oil industries.
Patrick Deighan, Director of N.U.B. Engineering says.
“The dialog with the visitors was very interesting and the great interest has pleased us very much of course. The openness with which the interviews were conducted, have shown their confidence in our technology and the willingness to move forward with inovation and modern design”
Some new projects have been discussed since the show and N.U.B. Engineering are confident and proud to be able to say that it was a very successful exhibition for N.U.B. Engineering and that Oman will undoubtedly be a future market.
Before the new structures could go up work had to go down and the contractor Balfour Beatty chose to use the expertise of N.U.B. Engineering Ltd. to manufacture the specialist drilling tools needed to drill for the piled foundations.
The new transportation system for passengers between terminals one and four are mainly used by international travellers and the Directors and staff of N.U.B. are pleased to be part of the company to help said the Managing Director Peter Jantz.
The foundations are being constructed under bentonite using conventional rotary drilling techniques with drilling bucket ranging in diameters from 1500mm to 2100mm which were all manufactured at the N.U.B. works in Motherwell Scotland before being shipped to the job site.
Brimac Environmental have four retorts at their site in Greenock and import crushed bovine bones mainly from India for their process. The crushed bones are fed into the top of the retort where they are fired to 1000 degrees centigrade for between 12 to 24 hours. At the end of the firing process the product exits the bottom of the retort as a white powder, which is known as “Hydroxyapatite.” This product is then sold for fluid purification in the likes of sugar and water industries.
N.U.B. Engineering were employed for the demolition and complete rebuilding of the Brimac No. 4 retort. Work started with the controlled demolition of the old retort being undertaken in November 2011 when N.U.B. employees removed 97 tonnes of refractory material from site.
Once demolition and removal of all the material was completed the skilled tradesmen and experienced labour cast a 6″ concrete base in December which was then left to fully cure until 9th January 2012 when rebuilding of the retort itself commenced.
The new retort which is approximately 3m by 2.6m and 6m high and consists of a complex arrangement of bricks of multiple shapes and sizes for the first 72 of 84 courses. Because of the complexity the skilled N.U.B. bricklayers worked to individual drawings for each course with the 12 top courses of brickwork being cast blocks.
The entire works were successfully completed on time and within budget by Mid February.
The members of the Danish Water Well Drillers’ Association were all in agreement regarding the destination for their technical fact-finding mission this year and headed to STDS-Jantz in Attendorn, Germany.
The 25 strong delegation, from companies which specialise in geotechnical investigations, well drilling and searching for explosive ordinance, were impressed by the product range and the state-of-the-art production facility in March this year.
Peter Jantz, Managing Director at STDS-Jantz, explains: “We were, of course, very pleased with the great deal of interest shown and the appreciation they expressed for our drilling technology in Denmark.”
The guests were particularly fascinated by the extensive range of hollow stem and CFA augers manufactured in all sizes and to cater for all torques as well as the excavator-mounted rotary heads and augers specially developed by STDS-Jantz for the Danish market and used for taking disturbed soil samples.
“Above all, the development of individual solutions and the high level of quality were a major reason for us to take a look at production at STDS-Jantz ourselves” commented one of the Danish guests. “You can see and sense the depth of experience that lies behind the use of cutting-edge technologies for production here,”
The Northern European visitors were also impressed by the high level of in house manufacture and the production technologies used, which include friction welding machines, CNC-controlled coupling production and the welding of augers using robots.
For the Danish Water Well Drillers’ Association, the visit provided a valuable insight into the company and was a fascinating visit to see and understand the impressive production processes for cutting-edge drilling tools and for STDS-Jantz, it was an additional incentive to continue developing advanced technologies for their international markets.
The latest 86-page STDS-Jantz catalogue presents their current, expanded product range of equipment for soil drilling, ranging from drive systems and drill heads to continuous flight augers, core drilling tubes and rotary drilling tools.
11 chapters of the most modern drilling equipment for specialist piling and borehole work of all types show the full range of high quality, efficient tools for horizontal and vertical drilling. Continuous flight -auger drilling, well drilling, exploration drilling, geothermal drilling and soil mixing products are all included. In addition, it shows the most up to date range of STDS-Jantz rotary drilling tools, drilling rods and drilling tubes as well as grout/concrete swivels and shock absorbers.
A new and special innovation is the AD260 auger drive once again expanding the successful range of the dredging attachment auger drives. Further information about auger drive units may be found here.
An order for three complete sets of drilling tools including casing, rock augers, rock drilling buckets and core barrels for diameters of 880mm 1180mm & 1500mm were supplied to a gruelling schedule to ensure that the rigs were able to go to work as soon as they arrived.
The time restraint of just over three months from first placement of the order to delivery at the customers door was met by tight scheduling of material supply and production through the workshop resulting in a total of 6 full lorries travelling across Europe to deliver the full order on time.
A full inspection of the 48 tools by the customer in the snow in Germany prior to dispatch to Iraq resulted in N.U.B. being told that they were delighted with the quality and the schedule they met and another new and satisfied customer.