SITA UK rolls out CMMS for best practice maintenance

Spidex's Mainsaver has been used successfully by the engineering team at SITA's Tees Valley site for more than a decade but, as UK demand for energy-from-waste power plants increases, the company says it wants to roll out standardised maintenance procedures across all facilities. "Energy-from-waste is the future," says SITA's EfW regional manager Cliff Matthews, "and we need to ensure that our ongoing investment in new facilities is fully supported by robust maintenance procedures." Matthews reckons it's all about improving knowledge-sharing around for operations and maintenance excellence. "Our aim is to define, refine and standardise maintenance best practice, and thereby compare performance between sites to improve output," he explains. "In order to do this we need consistent, easy-to-analyse management information, which is what Mainsaver provides. We will be making good use of all the technology advantages that Mainsaver offers, including touchscreen operation, mobile working and barcode scanning." The existing facilities included in the initial Mainsaver rollout will be the EfW plants on the Isle of Man and at Kirklees, Yorkshire. SITA UK's new-build programme is already under way, and Mainsaver is now included in the original build and commission specification at sites in Cornwall and Suffolk.