Laker Vent Engineering Limited are proud to have been involved in such a high-profile project to bring the Vivergo Fuels plant back into production.
Our role as Principal Contractor and Mechanical & Piping Contractor aided the Vivergo management & project team achieve its tight timescales.
Vivergo takes low-grade wheat as a feedstock which wouldn’t be suitable for human consumption. A by-product of the process is animal feed, which further supports regional agriculture.
Campaigners see it as a vital element of the transition from fossil fuels to electric, with combustion engines likely to stay on the roads well beyond the end of new sales in 2030.
The Challenge to be completed in 6 months :
Total metres: 2090 metres
Stainless steel Pipe diameter: 40 metres DN1200 , 65 metres DN900, 95 metres DN750 60 metres DN400, 350 metres DN350
Total weld inches: 18,015 – Number of welds 3,024
Average Weld diameter: 6 inches
Total tonnage of steelwork: Approx. 95 tonnes
No of mechanical plant items to be installed: 8 vessels @ 7 tonne 2 vessels @ 27 tonne 2 vessels @ 35 tonne 2 vessels @ 51 tonne 24 pumps 462 valve and instruments
- Management team
- Supervisors
- x12 Pipe fitters
- x5 Welders
- x6 Rigger/erectors
- x2 Assistants