We would like to inform customers of a change in procedures relating to the fitting of tank data plates on LPCB approved tanks. Fitting of tank data plates can be carried out only when a tank has been filled with water and commissioned as part of the fire sprinkler system. Documentary proof has to be provided that commissioning of the tank has taken place. Once we have received documentary proof from a customer, the date of commissioning of the tank can be imprinted on the tank data plate and it can be supplied and fitted to the tank. Information relating to the fitting of data plates, will be provided in line with the project specific installation and commissioning procedures.
New procedure
Following the completion of construction of a fire tank, in order to date imprint and despatch the tank data plate, we will require the following information from our customers:
- A dated photograph of the tank contents gauge showing that the tank is full of water
- Written confirmation that the tank has held water for a minimum period of 12 hours
For ease of installation a straightforward method of fitting the data plate will be provided.
Completion of the replacement tank was time critical, as the irrigation and mist system had to be operational as soon as possible after the former tank had been decommissioned and removed. In the Lower Nursery are housed some of the rarest plant species in the world, that require a moist environment to survive.
Measures were taken to help speed up the re-establishment of the irrigation and mist system. For example, the Franklin Hodge team were able to re-use the existing tank base, and pipe connections were cut on site, to accommodate the re-connection of existing pipework. Some of the connections were fitted tangentially, to accommodate the re-routing of the existing pipework.
Not only was the project technically successful, it was also completed in a tight programme of five days. Disturbance to the busy Kew Gardens programme of daily operations and works was kept to an absolute minimum.
The Franklin Hodge Industrial tank and company as a whole are proud to have been of assistance to and to be associated with, the critically important ecological and scientific work carried out by Kew Gardens
