Team Building: 20th September 2007

In order to ensure the continuing quality of the Knostrop Odours project, a team building event was held at the Jurys Inn hotel in Leeds involving anyone with a vested interest in the project:

• BV Site Team


• BV Design


• Arup


• Yorkshire Water

A variety of activities were carried out allowing the team to identify existing and potential problems to overcome them with ease in the future, and to allow the teams to be more cohesive. The event was agreed to have been a success though its effects in the long term have yet to be proven, optimism is however high!

"The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist"

- Harold Williams

Skelton Grange Environmental Volunteering: 17th September 2007

As part of the 'Leeds Cares Challenge', volunteers from Black and Veatch, Yorkshire Water and Arups carried out a variety of activities on September 17th to improve the experience at Skelton Grange Environmental Centre for children across Yorkshire.

http://www.skeltongrange.org.uk

"The way to get started is to quit talking and get doing"

- Walt Disney

August Developments

In the 2 day area, August 20th remained the target for A Consult. Pipework progressed in the 21 day area meaning a move in focus to pressure testing. The pressure testing was finished along as well as thrust blocks and the concrete encasement of the existing overflow pipe. Backfill is needed around the tanks though the design team were consulted relating to a concern over the lack of manoevrablility space for a roller. The problem was dealt with swiftly.

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit" - Aristotle

July Developments Part II

The concrete pours in the 2 day area were completed on July 20th involving Scarlet, one of the B&V subcontrators for this project.

In the 21 day area, design of the connections was reconsidered with a manhole incorporated. Complex existing services below the ground were also found, presenting a temporary logistical nightmare which was later dealt with.

The handover certificate for the manholes in order to begin work on the thickener building were handed to B&V from Yorkshire Water and it may be noted that to ensure quality, all man holes were dug by hand so as to prevent any potential risk that may have ensued from the use of an excavator.

Particular focus was given to meeting programme timescales

"Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution, it represents the wise choice of many alternatives"

- William A Foster