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News Release from: Andrews Sykes Group
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 November 2005
Sykes - 150 years serving pumping
solutions
Best-known today for its pumping, de-watering and specialist fluid moving expertise, the business started life as Henry Sykes, pump manufacturers, of Bankside.
"There was last night the greatest tide that was ever was remembered in England to have been in this River all Whitehall having been drowned" Samuel Pepys, London, 1663 Sykes has been leading the field in pumps for almost 150 years and the story started, by the Thames, in the mid-nineteenth century Best-known today for its pumping, de-watering and specialist fluid moving expertise, the business started life as Henry Sykes, pump manufacturers, of Bankside
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 24 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The Thames Gateway Region is about to undergo a massive transformation and to achieve this undertaking it is likely that millions of gallons of water will need to be managed".
"Sykes doesn't just offer pumps we offer solutions, and if necessary, we offer them very quickly indeed." Said Paul Wood, director, Sykes.
Many developments in the Thames Gateway region understand more than most the need to shift water in order for contractors to undertake building projects.
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The Thames Gateway was built on a bed of clay which is now tilting downwards.
As a low lying area, with a high water table, excavators will not have dig deep before encountering water based problems, which can hinder projects and cause unnecessary costs.
Managing the vast body of water that is the Thames, and also, any other unwanted water, can be an every day occurrence.
Behind many of these Thames Gateway based businesses is a Sykes pump helping to move or manage unwanted water.
Andrews Sykes projects have included supporting the creation of some London's leading modern landmarks such as; Docklands Light Railway, The Millennium Dome, Jubilee Line, Channel Tunnel Rail link and the Canary Wharf Tower.
Today, Sykes is a market leader in the hire of general-purpose units, silenced pumps, custom built, electric and hydraulic submersible pumps.
The company prides itself on its ability to handle anything from clean water to the heaviest sludge and slurry.
Still a major employer in the Thames Gateway region, Sykes - in its latest incarnation as part of Andrews Sykes, the UK's biggest specialist hire company - continues to employ and train staff from the local area.
And as many clients have discovered, working with Sykes can mean they reduce their pumping costs by up to 30 percent.
Services available include:.
* Dedicated solutions for the dewatering of contaminated land.
* Groundwater control during construction projects.
* Specialist equipment for underground tunnelling applications.
* Moving clean water, sewage, sludge and heavy slurry.
* Semi-permanent, temporary installations and emergency response.
* Free advice at planning stage or onsite.
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Onsite attendance, routine maintenance and project management.
* River, drainage and sewage diversion.
In terms of pumping power, the widest choice of equipment is available, with a hire fleet of thousands of pumps and accessories that includes: * Electric Submersible drainage and solids handling pumps up to 300mm.
* The most environmentally advanced pumps available.
* Fully silenced units with noise levels down to 58 decibels.
* Hydraulic and air driven units.
* Specialist high flow and high head units.
* Hoses, steel pipe, bends, couplings, automatic controls systems, fuel tanks, generators.
Sykes' expertise starts at the design office, providing specialist advice to clients based on its many years' pumping experience in and around the Thames region, leading all the way through to delivery, installation, onsite attendance, routine maintenance and 24-hour service back up from a depot network which includes locations in London, Kent and Essex.
And some things never change.
In the 19th century, Sykes company literature stated: "These Engines are of the best material and first-class workmanship throughout.
They are unsurpassed for efficiency, strength and durability in working, [providing] Great Economy in Fuel.".
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