Merritts Month in Focus – August

A major aspect of the service we provide is our commitment to health and safety. For each project, our H&S Department, headed by an ex HSE inspector, provides customers with a suite of documents to evidence our credentials. These include method statements, risk assessments, lift plans, personnel training records and plant and equipment inspection certificates. This helps to ensure all projects will be carried out safely and in accordance with the required legislation.

The examples below highlight just a few of the heavy machinery moving projects that we completed last month.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR A VALUED CUSTOMER IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

A high profile customer who provide advanced technological services to the aerospace industry had an urgent requirement to move one of their machines to another location within in their facility. Having contacted us in the morning, we were able to respond within the hour and send the required crew and lifting equipment to their facility. We utilised our Versa-Lift 40/60 to move the 15Te machine to the new location.

SUBSTATION DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION

Throughout this month, Merritts carried out numerous substation installation works for a major electricity distribution company. Projects involve the collection, delivery and installation of the substations. Careful planning is paramount as these works often occur in busy city central locations.

A NUMBER OF DELIVERIES AND INSTALLATIONS FOR A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF CNC MACHINERY

A regular customer of Merritts; we provide them with delivery and installation services for their new CNC machine tools throughout the whole of the UK. A typical project would include:

• Collection of new machinery from the dealer’s premises
• Delivery to customer on Merritts covered transport
• Offloading of machinery using Merritts Versa-Lift trucks
• De-crating of machinery and delivery into facility on machinery moving skates
• Positioning of machinery
• Assist manufacturer’s engineers with the commissioning of the machinery
• Disposal of packaging and redundant machinery where required

As an added benefit, Merritts often provide out of hours or weekend working to ensure ongoing production schedules are not affected.

COLLECTION AND DELIVERY OF A DMG MORI CNC MACHINE FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN EUROPE

Merritts carried out the collection, temporary storage and onward delivery and install of a DMG Mori CNC machine. A brief scope of works included:

• Collection of 14Te DMG Mori CNC machine and ancillary parts from Germany
• Offload into Merritts secure warehouse for temporary storage
• Onward delivery to a customer facility in Cambridge
• Offloading and unpacking of machinery
• Assembly and positioning of the machinery within the facility

BONDED STORAGE, TRANSPORT, AND INSTALLATION OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT MACHINERY

We have been working with this global supplier of lithographic print machinery for over 15 years and provide them with a turnkey solution for delivering their product to their customers. We provide them with the following services:

• Collection of crated machinery from the docks and deliver back to our secure warehouse in the Midlands
• Offload machinery into dedicated bonded storage area. Our bonded storage service enables our customers to defer VAT and customs payments
• Transport to the customer’s facility, offload, unpack and position in the facility
• Assemble machinery and level
• Assist the manufacturers engineers in the commissioning of the machinery

And another satisfied customer……

I am writing to acknowledge what a great job your team have done installing our new lithographic press over the last 7 days.

In addition to working very safely on site, the guys were courteous, very well organised, demonstrated good communication skills and followed our H&S procedures and paperwork to the letter.

In relation to moving the machine using heavy plant and equipment through the building, they showed total respect for the environment they were working in – which effectively was a fully operational factory and yard. I can also report there was absolute minimum disruption to our business during this install which again the guys contributed to.

 The guys are a credit to Merritts and also a credit to themselves, and as a project manager it was a pleasure to work with them.

Business Development Manager