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News Release from: Radius Systems | Subject: Pipeline Utility Services
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 October 2006
GIRS Accreditation for Uponor
Uponor's Pipeline Utility Services division has become the first company under the new Gas Industry Registration Scheme (GIRS) accredited to carry out under-pressure branch saddle connections.
Uponor's Pipeline Utility Services division (UPLUS) has become the first company under the new Gas Industry Registration Scheme (GIRS) accredited to carry out under-pressure branch saddle connections Under the scheme, operated by Lloyd's Register on behalf of UK gas transporters, technical assessments are made of utility infrastructure providers (UIPs), for work associated with the construction of new gas infrastructure operating at up to 7 barg pressure
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The scheme covers design, construction, commissioning, connections, project management and audits.
Dave Sykes, UPLUS contracts manager, said the Uponor installation team was delighted with the accreditation: "Uponor is striving to promote good practice and good quality training in the industry, so receiving GIRS accreditation is a significant achievement for us".
The UPLUS team has already successfully carried out a significant number of under-pressure branch saddle installations around the UK for National Grid, United Utilities, Scotia Gas Networks and Wales and West Utilities, as well as for connections companies like Fulcrum Connections, Connect Utilities and Core Utility Solutions.
Accreditation under the GIRS scheme provides UIPs with a standardised set of requirements, single point of contact, accreditation recognised by all UK gas transporters, and the Accreditation Mark, assigned only to registered UIPs.
It represents the achievement of a high technical, quality and safety standard.
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