April 2018 - Andrews Sykes

Andrews provide short-term chiller to assist with the preservation of stored bodies

Posted Date 27/04/2018

Andrews Chiller Hire was recently contacted by a well-known hospital in desperate need of an effective chiller hire to assist with the creation of a temporary body storage facility, after their own storage facility had reached full capacity.

The client in question took the step of converting an existing secure area into a temporary ‘cold room’ to accommodate the additional bodies that they were required to store. Due to the time-sensitive nature of this request, an immediate solution was required.

Andrews assists Sussex WWII air raid shelter

Posted Date 23/04/2018

Andrews Dehumidification Hire was recently contacted with an unusual request to assist the drying of a WWII air raid shelter in Brighton, Sussex, which had previously been concealed beneath the tarmac of a school playground!

Incredibly, workers at Downs Junior School rediscovered a once forgotten air raid bunker situated three metres underground. Since then, volunteers have come together to restore the shelter which experts believe would have originally been used to protect as many as 300 children from Luftwaffe planes. The area has since been converted into a local museum which offers an authentic insight into life during the Blitz.

Andrews Sykes invest in senior management team

Posted Date 19/04/2018

Understanding the importance of a driven and committed workforce is fundamental to the long-term success of any company.

This is an outlook firmly held at Andrews Sykes, and one of the many reasons we are so keen to invest in our staff whenever possible.

As a result, we have extended our senior management team to ensure the business continues to flourish – promoting internally in some cases and appointing external candidates in others.

New HR manager Andrew Timmins joined us in March and cited his previous experience of dealing with Andrews as a key factor in him coming on board.

Andrews Sykes rescue Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens

Posted Date 18/04/2018

When a century-old plant collection in the Scottish capital became under threat following a boiler breakdown, Andrews Heat for Hire stepped in to ensure glasshouse temperatures were kept at the required level.

We were contacted by the client who sought an emergency heating hire solution after the boiler pipework burst, rendering their entire system useless!

Unsurprisingly, our customer was extremely concerned about the implications for the facility which contained unique species that only existed in Edinburgh.

UPS room kept functional thanks to bespoke cooling solution

Posted Date 17/04/2018

When one of London’s most high-profile banks required a temporary climate control solution, Andrews Air Conditioning Hire was on hand to provide the necessary equipment to help safeguard one of the most important rooms in the building.

The facilities management company in charge of the project contacted our specialists in search of an emergency cooling arrangement that could successfully maintain temperatures of 23°C and below, following plans to take their existing cooling system offline inside their UPS room.

World-famous research facility seek short-term drying solution

Posted Date 09/04/2018

Andrews Dehumidification Hire was recently contacted by a leading research facility in London, who sought an urgent drying solution to assist them with the severe condensation in their plant room.

The client had become concerned about condensation building up in their plant room as it was putting their technical equipment at risk of damage. As a result, our specialist team were drafted in to conduct a survey of the site before suggesting an effective dehumidification hire solution to combat the undesirable conditions.

Sykes provide pumping solution for large scale renovation project

Posted Date 04/04/2018

The renovation of one of the South Coast’s most historical theatres was dependent upon the intervention of specialist hire company, Sykes Pumps. Before the project commenced, we sent an engineer to our client’s site – in Eastbourne – to assess the job’s unique requirements.

As part of the overhaul, the entire toilet block was to be relocated elsewhere, along with the sewer that ran underneath it. We were therefore asked to create a diversion to ensure outflows from the original toilet block were redirected to a nearby manhole.

Andrews Sykes’ West Sussex hire depot now open for business

Posted Date 03/04/2018

Our new West Sussex hire depot is now officially open for business and ready to serve customers across the county.

For many years, Andrews Sykes have been developing relationships with partners based in West Sussex to such an extent that we feel now is the right time to open a dedicated branch to serve the area. This strategically chosen depot will give us a much greater localised presence and allow us to quickly reach customers across Gatwick, Burgess Hill, Crawley, Lewes, Brighton, Eastbourne, Worthing, the South Downs and many other towns.