Date: 11/05/2004 17:06:00
Written By: Sharan Firth

The following letter was received on 6th September 2004 from Rob Tabard, Project Execution Leader. We are writing to you to thank you for the excellent work just completed on our redundant Cat Reactor at the Esso Refinery, Fawley.

Your task was to strip the insulation off this very large vessel. The insulation consisted partly of mineral wool but was predominantly asbestos. Over the 50 years that the reactor was in operation, many modifications had been made to the insulation and cladding. Unexpected additional layers of heavy gauge cladding and unanticipated asbestos areas were found during the work. This made the work more difficult than expected, but was all managed professionally by your team.

Most importantly for us the work was completed with no injuries or incidents. For a company new to site and with all operatives new to site as well this was a significant achievement.

In particular we would like to single out Peter Hopkinson who supervised the work throughout. Peter showed great professionalism and with assistance from Mark Pederson took the responsibility for all the safety systems, which we employ at Fawley to deliver World Class Safety. At the same time Peter ensured good progress was maintained. We are pleased to present the team with the July project Safety Award.

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