Heathrow

Sky-high pipework standards maintained at Heathrow Airport

For more than 160 years, Sykes Pumps has been the go-to name in pumping solutions. Our reputation for unparalleled quality and service remains unmatched, underpinned by our pledge to reach customers within four hours, regardless of location.

Recently, our team executed a comprehensive flushing operation at a major London airport, cleansing the intricate pipework system that supplies hot water throughout the entire airport.

The key goals for this critical flushing operation were:

· Sustaining a flow rate of 72 litres per second to thoroughly flush the system.
· Maintaining consistent pressure to ensure efficiency.
· Thoroughly cleaning the pipework to guarantee optimal performance.

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Longest-serving team member, John, celebrates 50 years of service

Fifty years. Half a century. Five decades. Whichever way you want to put it, it’s a very long time to pledge your allegiance to a single organisation.

Tenures of this length don’t happen very often, but then employees like John Wheatley don’t come along very often, either!

When John joined us in 1972, Roberta Flack was topping the music charts, NASA’s Space Shuttle Programme was a recently launched phenomenon, and the Dow Jones had closed above 1,000 for the first time in history.

Fast forward to 2022 and the Dow Jones is almost at 32,000, Roberta Flack has been replaced by Harry Styles, and John Wheatley has been replaced by… nobody!

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