Pipeline Industries Guild

Company Description

Simon Thomas is an international business consultant, with 25 years’ experience in the manufacture of thermoplastic structured wall pipes and products for the water and construction sectors. He was managing director at Weholite in UK until 2018 and helped to introduce the first large diameter HDPE structured wall products into the UK. He developed Weholite HDPE Structured Wall Pipes into one of the most recognisable brands in the industry by changing business focus from pipes to solutions that pioneered the brave new world of offsite build (DfMA).

He was responsible for driving the Weholite UK business in the towards Industry 4.0 by introducing automation into the prefabrication plant; making it a safer and more efficient working environment, during this process developing and investing in the World’s first robotic milling cutter for large diameter thermoplastic pipes.

He now travels the World developing Weholite thermoplastic structured wall pipe businesses for Uponor Infra Oy and their Licensees.

He also works alongside Uponor Project Services, specifically developing business worldwide for marine intakes, outfalls and other subsea applications.

Company Description

Company Description

Fingleton White provide a full range of engineering design services to large energy users and energy utility owners throughout Ireland and the UK. Since its establishment in 1981, Fingleton White has grown to be a leading provider of engineering services to the energy sector.
We have specialist knowledge in pipeline, storage and piping design from preliminary design / FEED studies through to detailed design and project management services. In recent years, we have enhanced our service through the use of BIM, hydraulic modelling and stress analysis software.
To date, Fingleton White has completed projects with a capital value exceeding half a billion euro, including successfully completing a 16,000MW gas station, 450 km of gas pipelines, 70MW of CHP facilities, 15 hydroelectric stations, 30 km of fibre network, and numerous waste-to-energy projects, industrial refrigeration systems and boiler house upgrades.
With the growing need to reduce carbon emissions, we are working with many clients to develop and define low carbon pathways. This includes identifying the costs and benefits of various technologies and process changes.

With offices in Portlaoise, Dublin, Cork, Galway and Manchester and over 100 staff, we have the scale and resources to deliver large and complex projects.

Company Description

Our team is a key player in creating and maintaining essential elements of the UK’s infrastructure. By doing so efficiently, we offer a first-class service to all of our clients. As a leading supplier and installer of street lighting, traffic signs, signals, communication systems and associated civil engineering, we regularly play a key role in the development of project design and buildability whilst working comfortably within a wide range of contractual arrangements. Our Nottingham head office and strategic UK-wide locations make us best placed to deliver a quality, comprehensive service across the country. With a large, highly skilled, directly employed workforce, supported by an extensive specialised plant fleet, we can take on and deliver the most demanding projects.
With accreditations for NERS, WIRS and GIRS, we’re perfectly placed to install utilities within a single multi-utility package - delivering multiple benefits including savings on cost and time. We’re one of only a few selected contractors accredited to work and operate on the distribution network operators (DNO) network. With our lighting, civil engineering and utilities capabilities, we offer our customers the efficiencies and savings of combining works across a variety of contract backgrounds.