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Case Studies



The pages in this section of the site are intended to give an insight into the wide variety of projects which C&A is involved with. Use the links below or to the left to navigate to the individual case studies.

IOSH Managing Safely Training

As a licensed provider of IOSH training on behalf of the ECITB and IOSH, C&A decided that we would encourage our operational work force to take the IOSH Managing Safely qualification, which has already been a great success with our team leaders and design apprentices.

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C&A Innovation

When one of our service engineers suffered a puncture injury to his hand from a used syringe while unblocking a sewage pump on a housing estate, C&A's engineering team looked at how we could stop this happening again.

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Lustrum Beck CSO Scheme

During 2009 C&A performed the first of fifteen pump refurbishments called for as part of Northumbrian Water Ltd's Lustrum Beck CSO scheme on Teesside. The Lustrum Beck CSO scheme was initiated by NWL's Operations Department, who were seeing regular issues with the long-shaft pumps used to remove excess floodwater from the sewer system into a nearby watercourse.

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Bridge Upgrade

C&A Fabrication undertook work to modify an ex-Ministry of Defence bridge for use on a Yorkshire landfill site. The work involved reinforcing the bridge to allow it to carry much higher loads than it was originally capable of.

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Regents Park - Pumping Station Refurbishment

C&A Pumps were asked by Walter Lilly to provide a design solution for an existing sewerage and surface-water pumping station located within a prestigious Regents Park property.

C&A carried out a full station refurbishment - replacing four pumps and all associated pipe-work and installing a new control panel.

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Tyne Dock – Dust Suppression

The coal operator at Tyne Dock was facing increasing issues with the coal dust produced by their twenty-two metre high, four hundred metre long coal conveyor, and decided that a water dust-suppression system was required.

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Heugh Gun Battery

C&A Pumps Ltd is proud to have recently carried out a complete electrical installation - comprising internal building services and field cabling - for the Heugh Gun Battery, Hartlepool. This North-East visitor attraction boasts a unique history, having been the only coastal battery to have seen ship-to-shore combat during World War I

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Fabrication & Timber

When C&A's Fabrication department was called on by housing developers to provide security fencing and gates without them having an ‘industrial' look, we gave solutions that suited residents, the developers and the local authorities' requirements.

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Northumbrian Water – Dromonby Lane SPS

NWL has identified a number of sewage pumping stations in need of refurbishment, with Dromonby Lane Sewage Pumping Station being identified as one such station. This case study details the improvements C&A Pumps have carried out at the Dromonby Lane station.

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Northumbrian Water – Sintra SPS

C&A Pumps, as a framework contractor for implementing Northumbrian Water’s AMP4 Capital Delivery Programme, was asked to investigate the reasons behind reliability issues and breakdowns at Sintra Sewage Pumping Station.

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Tyne Electrical Tunnel

When civil engineering contractors, Lumsden & Carroll needed to replace the aged tunnel lighting they called upon one of the north-east’s few electrical contractors with the expertise to work in this environment.

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RAF Wittering

RAF Wittering is one of the Royal Air Force’s oldest flying stations and has played a prominent part in the development of air power since 1916. The base has been the home of the Harrier since 1969.

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Durham Wildlife Trust

Joe’s Pond is a four hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest, making up part of Durham Wildlife Trust’s Rainton Meadows nature reserve. A haven for bird watching, the hawthorn and willow scrub surrounding the pond provides shelter for over 140 species of birds.

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C&A Pumps Ltd

C&A Pump’s site engineers had reported to their managers that the lifting equipment they were using to perform installations and carry out reactive maintenance on pumps was, itself creating risks because of its weight and bulk. This made the equipment difficult to erect on site and increased the potential for accidents associated with its use...

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Middlehaven Dock

C&A successfully tendered to carry out work on the Middlehaven lock gates — which are located in the shadow of Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium — to upgrade the existing sluice gates...

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Solar Borehole Pumps

C&A, working with a partner, have recently helped prove the viability of solar powered borehole pumps in UK conditions.

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Mainetti UK Ltd

Read about C&A's installation of a new level detection system at Mainetti's Jedburgh site.

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The Environment Agency

Find out how C&A's installation of a new access cover solved a potential health & safety issue for the Environment Agency.

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Rewatec SBR Installation

Read about C&A's recent installation of a Rewatec SBR sewage treatment plant at a Yorkshire inn.

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Vega Control Ltd

Discover how C&A's fabrication department produced high precision pharmaceutical instruments.

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Cleveland Fire Brigade

Read about the refurbishments C&A have carried out to Seal Sands Fire Station's effluent pumping station.

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Hartlepool Historic Quay

Find out how pumps supplied and installed by C&A are keeping the historic HMS Trincomalee on an even keel.

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