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Covanta Holding Corporation
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Covanta Holding Corporation
In March 2021 we were contacted by James Buckingham, Shift Team Leader for Covanta Holdings, in regard to the Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) they were developing at Rookery South in Bedfordshire.
The site provides sustainable disposal of over 545,000 tonnes of residual waste per year and will generate over 60 megawatts of low carbon energy, enough electricity to meet the needs of over 112,500 homes.
As the Rookery South site was a newly developed ERF James was needing to source the full permit office solution required by an Energy from Waste plant. This included Lockout boxes, key exchange units, card safes, tags, MCB lockout, permit wallets and brass safety padlocks.
In March 2021, Reece Safety attended a site meeting with James to discuss his requirements in detail. One of the things that James found of particular benefit was Reece Safety being able to suggest new, or alternative products, which were better suited to the specific isolation required on site.
In addition to the Permit Office equipment James has requested a white board, featuring a high-quality drawing of the plant. James felt that it is a particular benefit of working with Reece that he can request such a bespoke product, which will be designed and manufactured by the Reece in-house Design and Print teams.
James chose Reece Safety Products because he had used us on other sites and was confident in the quality of our products and our service. James tells us that, for a project of this size, knowing that he could trust that the quotes would be drawn up speedily and with correct content and amendments was very important. James confirmed that the subsequent ordering was a smooth and easy process.
James has taken receipt of his order and confirmed that he would highly recommend Reece Safety and that, as a result of the successful fulfilment of this order, Covanta are setting Reece Safety up as an Approved Supplier. The lockout kit that was supplied to Rookery South has now become the Covanta core Permit Office kit and will be replicated on future sites.
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For me he presented well and there was plenty of interaction and questions during the session with a practical display and informative videos. A hard copy of the policy was shared, which was a nice touch.
The LOTOTO training at West Drayton was good and informative. It clearly highlighted the potential consequences of not following the correct procedures, which was very impactful. I appreciated that the session was straight to the point without being overloaded with unnecessary detail — it made the key messages easy to understand and retain. The trainer was knowledgeable, and the course duration felt appropriate. I left the session feeling confident in the LOTOTO procedures. Thanks again for organising.
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I personally found the course to be very informative the trainer I found explained everything well and ultimately Hopefully everyone gained the knowledge to be able to start thinking about doing it yourself What impressed me the most was his commitment to put across the Importance of the safety issues that come with doing these kind of things For me personally I would not hesitate to use this particular trainer in the future as I thought he delevired it well Thank you for asking for feedback from us Suzanne
I personally thought that it came across very well. Got you thinking engaged everyone don’t think it could be done any better.
Very good session, which was very well explained for those who had never experience LOTOTO before. Also useful for myself, who has plenty of experience. To understand the subtle differences between Heidelberg's systems and those of Tarmac where I was before.
I found the course Very very hepful, felt like I learnt a lot about lototo and feel safer in the knowledge of locking off a machine now than what i did before the course
I felt the course worked well. The trainer very clearly knew his stuff and was able to engage the room and get us all involved, and the focus was on getting the attendees to not work on something that was unisolated. I feel confident but then I was confident before isolating equipment, so perhaps not the best judge of that.
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The course was very enjoyable, very well delivered by the trainer, with plenty of practical aspects, it is a very useful refresher for more experienced persons along with others who are just starting out. The venue was great with a good facility. So overall, very good.