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Archived News - 2014

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Engineer Position at Wareham

Such Salinger Peters are pleased to advise that they have recruited Carla Martins, an experienced Graduate Engineer from Portugal, who is joining SSP as an Engineer at their Wareham Office on 10th November 2014.

Carla has wide variety of civil engineering experience having worked for the equivalent of a Local Authority in Portugal where she was responsible for site surveying operations, design of works and supervision of the execution of capital works schemes.

5 November 2014


Directors Health and Safety Training Day

Such Salinger Peters keen to ensure all staff are adequately trained in relevant aspects of Health and Safety had already arranged a full day briefing session with Ellis Whittam on 14th October 2014. However in order to ensure the Senior Management Team fully recognised and delivered their responsibilities Arek, Kirsty, James and Jim all attended an IOSH approved course in early November.

Directing Safely is a one-day course for staff from any sector with director or senior management responsibility. The Directing safely course aims to give directors and owners of companies an improved understanding of the moral, legal and business case for proactive health and safety management, and to give guidance on effective risk management.

The training was provided by Ellis Whittam under their consultancy agreement with SSP.

3 November 2014


Bookkeeper Post Filled at SSP

Such Salinger Peters are pleased to announce that Debbie Rose will be joining SSP as Bookkeeper and Payroll Administrator on 20th October 2014 following a lengthy recruitment process. Debbie will be based at our Wareham Office where she will be working closely with Jim Peters to ensure the financial controls necessary for an expanding Consultancy are in place.

17 October 2014


Health and Safety Training Day at SSP

Such Salinger Peters keen to ensure all staff are adequately trained in relevant aspects of Health and Safety arranged a full day briefing session with Ellis Whittam on 14th October 2014.

The briefing day available to all staff covered a wide variety of subjects including Fire, First Aid, H&S Legislation, Driving, DSE and many other topics.

The training was provided by Ben Ayres of Ellis Whittam under their consultancy agreement with SSP.

15 October 2014


Ron Salinger Retires from SSP

Such Salinger Peters congratulate Ron Salinger on the commencement of his retirement today after over 30 years of service at our Highcliffe Office.
Ron will be greatly missed as he provided a wealth of knowledge and support to young engineers throughout the last 30 years.

We understand Ron is looking forward to his retirement doing all those things he never had time to do, however we suspect he may well miss the engineering and would welcome him assisting in a part-time capacity if his good lady (Shelly) and sailing commitments allow.

3 October 2014


Graduate Engineers – Highcliffe & Wareham

Such Salinger Peters are pleased to announce that Petar Petrov and Daniel Bott be joining the SSP design team in late July and early August 2014.

Petar (aka Pepe) joins the design team at Highcliffe on 28th July as a Graduate Engineer and will be assisting both Arek and Kirsty with delivering engineering designs and drawings.

Daniel (aka Danny) starts with SSP at the Wareham Office on 4th August also as a Graduate Engineer where he will be working with Jim and James to deliver the wide variety of projects undertaken at our Wareham Office.

20 July 2014


Graham Fairbrass Retires from SSP

Such Salinger Peters congratulate Graham Fairbrass on the commencement of his retirement today after many years of service at our Highcliffe Office.

Graham will be greatly missed as he provided a wealth of knowledge and actively supported Arek and Kirsty during Ron’s extended convalescence following his accident in January.

We understand Graham is looking forward to his retirement doing all those things he never had time to do, however we suspect he may well miss the engineering and would welcome him assisting in a part-time capacity if his good lady (Dorinda) and yachting commitments allow.

11 July 2014


Technician Engineer – Highcliffe

Such Salinger Peters are pleased to reveal that Kirsty Mason will be re-joining the SSP design team on 21st April 2014 at their Highcliffe Office as Technician Engineer following a period of years during which she was working for AKS Ward in Poole and Southampton.

Kirsty joins us to augment the engineering resources at Highcliffe undertaking the expanding drainage design workload from McCarthy and Stone.

18 April 2014


Technician / Trainee Engineer – Wareham

Such Salinger Peters are pleased to announce that Heather Wateridge will be joining the SSP design team on 29th January 2014. Heather will be assisting with general CAD draughting and drainage design.

23 January 2014


Ron Salinger in Boating Accident

Such Salinger Peters are saddened to have to advise that Ron Salinger fell from his boat in early January and has broken his ankle.

Ron was working on his boat on dry land in preparation for the new season when he fell from a ladder and broke his ankle. The boat yard was deserted at the time and Ron had to crawl some distance to raise the alarm late one afternoon.

We wish him a speedy recovery but anticipate he will be laid up for at least 6 to eight weeks.

During this period Graham Fairbrass and Arek Kadlec will assume his responsibilities with support from Jim Peters.

18 January 2014


Major Recruitment Drive at SSP

Such Salinger Peters are actively recruiting all grades of Engineering staff at both Dorset Offices. Following planned growth and anticipated departure of various existing staff we are seeking to recruit Graduate Engineers and Technicians. Salaries commensurate with both experience and size of company where project ownership and autonomy comes at a early stage of professional development.

Read Full Graduate Engineer Job Description - Up to £25K + Benefits

Read Full Technician Job Description - Up to £20K + Benefits

17 January 2014

CASE STUDY 1

The project involved the design of a replacement structural steel deck jetty with runway beams allowing the boat crane hoist to lift boats in and out of the water.

The existing concrete runway structure was starting to fail in areas with visible signs of cracking.

Such Salinger Peters were commissioned to produce a structural design for a replacement steel framed jetty sat on steel circular piles.

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CASE STUDY 2

During the winter of 2012 heavy rainfall destabilised a section of flood defence embankment along the River Brit in Bridport. Due to restricted access through privately owned land the Environment Agency opted to install a long term flood defence solution to avoid the need to return to the site every few years.

Such Salinger Peters were commissioned to produce a detailed design for a replacement flood wall. In order to replace the existing flood bank with a flood wall the topography of the bank was altered creating a much less steep bank. This would allow the Environment Agency easier access to the site to carry out maintenance.

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CASE STUDY 3

This scheme was a community project for affordable housing on a brownfield site on the outskirts of Buckland Newton. http://www.lyddenmeadow.co.uk

Such Salinger Peters (SSP) worked with the contractor C.G. Fry and Son to gain consent for this farmstead style development and provided a biodiversity survey to support the planning application. SSP also detailed wildlife mitigation measures during works and recommended ecological enhancements to gain Code 4 Sustainable Homes certification for the scheme.

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CASE STUDY 4

Such Salinger Peters were commissioned to undertake an ecological assessment to provide advice for a site in Poole.

The project required a site survey and provided a report with advice in line with guidance. A summary of details for the work follows;

- Small site with an existing dwelling
- Planning consent for two new houses
- Survey prior to site clearance
- Code for Sustainable Homes assessment
- Background for context of site
- Biodiversity recommendations
- Advice on implementation

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