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IN ACTION hewDen assists exercise watermark Hewden, the national multiproduct hire specialist, has supplied equipment to the Environment Agency to assist with its involvement in Exercise Watermark - the national multi-agency flooding exercise. A new JCB tracked excavator and wheel loader were supplied by Hewden to assist with the repair of a shingle bank that acts as a flood defence at Selsey beach, West Sussex, an area that was badly affected by flooding in 2008. Exercise Watermark is a week-long exercise involving 10,000 people from the police to prison officers and equipment from helicopters to hospitals. During the week, mock flooding scenarios are carried out by the Environment Agency 32 April 2011 on behalf of Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government to test the systems and processes that are used when responding to floods. Mike O’Neill, Area Incidents Manager for the Environment Agency, said: “Exercise Watermark is the largest national flooding exercise that has ever taken place. Across the country, emergency responders will be testing their response to flooding on a widespread scale. “With the support of Hewden, one of our framework suppliers, we have been able to bring in the required machines and expertise to enable us to respond to this massive flood event.” Remote controlled Bobcat loaders have been sent to help in the disaster recovery work following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Bobcat is working with QinetiQ North America, a technology, responsive services and innovative solutions company, to provide unmanned Bobcat loaders and associated training to aid in Japan’s recovery efforts. Two Bobcat T300 compact tracked loaders equipped with 2m wide industrial grapple attachments have been shipped to Japan to aid in disaster relief work. The Bobcat loaders have been supplied with Robotic Appliqué Kits from QinetiQ, which turn the loaders into unmanned machines in just 15 minutes, increasing safety in recovery tasks as the machines can access less stable environments without an operator in the cab. Remote Controlled Bobcat Loaders to aid Japan To be stationed in Japan for rapid, on-call deployment, the unmanned Bobcat loaders include seven cameras, night vision, thermal imagers, microphones, two-way radio systems and radiation sensors and can be operated from more than a mile away to safely remove rubble and debris, dig up buried objects and carry around smaller equipment. They will help Japan’s response teams to accomplish critical and complex recovery tasks at a safer distance from hazardous debris and other dangerous conditions. As well as converting Bobcat loaders into unmanned machines in just 15 minutes, the Robotic Appliqué Kits from QinetiQ kits permit remote operation of all 70 Bobcat loader attachments, such as buckets, tree cutters and hydraulic hammers and other tools that can be used to break through walls and doors.
Big role for small fleet of JcB machines in earthquake-hit haiti A small fleet of powerful JCB machines is playing a big role in paving the way for rebuilding in part of earthquakedevastated Haiti. Two JCB excavators and a JCB wheeled loading shovel have been bought by the international charity Oxfam and donated to the not-for-profit organisation Disaster Waste Recovery (DWR) which is clearing damaged houses and recycling the resulting debris in one of the poorest areas of the Caribbean island’s capital Port Au Prince. The JCB JS220XD and JS145W excavators and JCB 426ZX wheeled loading shovel machines are working in partnership demolishing damaged properties and loading a crusher and screening plant. The resulting debris is then recycled and used in the reconstruction of buildings, roads and pavements. The order - which was won in the face of competition from other major global manufacturers – also included a JCB HM1560Q Hammermaster breaker and a JCB MP200U multi-processor attachment for use on the JS220XD and a JCB HM860Q Hammermaster breaker for the JS145W. JCB also provided seven days’ on-site operator training in Haiti. Oxfam’s Logistic Co-ordinator in Haiti Hubert Ballaman said: “The location where the JCB machines are working is in the town and often in-between houses and the decision on which houses are demolished is often down to local residents who request their plot to be cleared. IN ACTION “This particular part of the project should see 162,000 tonnes of rubble cleared, allowing 16,200 people to be re-housed in 4,500 properties. “The team is working in very difficult conditions; it’s busy, hot and dusty and controlling lots of curious passers-by can be an issue for the operators and residents. “All the operators are very pleased with the JCB machines and they particularly appreciate their ease and precision of operation and working in an airconditioned cab with a comfortable seat.” The demolition and clear-up operation follows the earthquake on January 12, 2010 which measured 7.0 on the Richter Scale and killed around 230,000 people. More than a year on, 800,000 people are still living in camps. Immediately after the earthquake, JCB Chairman Sir Anthony Bamford donated two JCB 3CX backhoe loaders worth $150,000 to help with the relief effort. They are currently working for notprofit organisation Food for the Poor and have so far been deployed to clear rubble, excavate sewage pits, dig out foundations and reconstruct walls and build schools and sanitation facilities. April 2011 33
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