TPI November 2020

Business & market news

Framework agreement announced for major Baltic Pipe Project contract

Nova People, with its subcontractors Fulkrum Technical Resources (UK) and PUI EKO-INWEST SA (Poland), has announced it has secured a major contract for a significant role in the ongoing Baltic Pipe Project operated by Gaz-System SA. The companies will provide specialised personnel to support survey, construction and inspection activities across both offshore pipelay and landfall operations. Commenting on the project, Boye Riis, CEO, Nova People, said: “We are delighted to be awarded this major contract. Nova People and Fulkrum are both known for excellent service and professionalism during project execution phases on a worldwide basis. Having PUI EKO-INWEST in our team secures a link to Polish culture and Polish candidates whenever required by Gaz-System, supporting our quality goals.” The Baltic Pipe Project is a strategic infrastructure project developed in collaboration between Gaz-System SA and Energinet.dk (Denmark) and is co-financed by the EU to create a new inter-European gas corridor that will supply gas directly from Norway

via Europipe to the markets in Poland, Denmark and adjacent countries.

Owen Gibbons, commercial director, Fulkrum Technical Resources, said: “We have an extensive track-record working on both subsea and pipeline workscopes globally, and we are delighted to combine with Nova People’s recruitment expertise, to work with Gaz-Systems and support the Baltic Pipe Project.” Gaz-System SA is responsible for the 36" pipeline from landfall at Pogorzelica in Poland to Faxe in Denmark, where Energinet will take it across Denmark and finalise the Pipeline route with a tie-in to Europipe. The project has an expected completion date by Q4 in 2022. Nova People www.nova-people.com Fulkrum Technical Resources

The contract is part of the ongoing Baltic Pipe Project

www.fulkrum.com Gaz-System SA www.en.gaz-system.pl

Increasing awareness of gas pipe safety Polyethylene pipe manufacturers – Peak Pipe Systems Ltd, Fusion Group Ltd & ControlPoint Ltd – recently held an innovative product familiarisation day to help increase awareness of the manufacturing, testing and quality assurance processes that must be adhered to in order to create safer material supply into the gas industry.  Peak Pipe Systems has now joined the limited supply chain with a full, low pressure (LP), medium pressure (MP) and intermediate pressure (IP) pipe range. In addition to this news Peak now offer a full range of conforming fabricated fittings to GIS PL2-6, becoming one of the only manufacturers and suppliers of fully conforming, pressure rated, fabricated gas fittings in the UK.

full butt fusion capabilities along with a bespoke fabrications department. The tour helped to highlight the Peak Pipe Systems fully approved pressure conforming range including mains pipe, service coils and fabricated fittings. Guests were also invited to tour neighbouring facilities involved in the intensive testing that helps to ensure PE pipes are compliant and fully safe in pressurised applications. These facilities included Fusion Group Ltd and ControlPoint Ltd. Peak Pipe Systems Ltd

The company hosted a full technical event for the Yorkshire Gas Association (YGA) earlier this year and used the YGA gas forum as a platform to announce that, as of January 2020, it had obtained full Kitemark certification on it’s 7 bar intermediate pressure (IP) orange gas pipe range.

Operations director of Peak Pipe Systems, Russ Brown, conducted a factory tour of unit 1 (pipe manufacture) & unit 2 (fabrications) facilities, showing employees from Cadent Gas, AVK UK, Ameon Utilities, Energy Assets, Kimplas, PE Weldright, and National Grid the

Fusion Group Ltd ControlPoint Ltd www.peakpipesystems.com

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