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Crane Building Services & Utilities provides extensive technical training to students, engineers and professionals in the HVAC industry. The Applied Technology undergraduates at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) are the most recent to benefit from the Company’s expertise on commissioning heating and chilled water systems.

In November 2011, Viking Johnson together with it’s Belarusian distributor, Setcom, won the acclaimed ‘Best Building Product of the Year’ in Belarus for it’s Next Generation UltraGrip range. The range was entered into the ‘Pipeline Element’ category which included tough competition for other established industry suppliers. See our video of the ceremony below.

Viking Johnson had a great response from its exhibition at Aquatech 2011 at the RAI, Amsterdam. From 1st to 4th November, the exhibition stand was manned by the European sales force, who successfully developed relationships with potential and existing customers.

From 1st to 4th of November, Rilsan® fine powders are exhibiting jointly with Viking Johnson (stand 317, Hall 1) at Aquatech, the world's leading trade exhibition on process, drinking and waste water technology.

Viking Johnson has supplied it’s bolted joints, accredited to AWWA C-219, to Degremont India Ltd. for use on the new drinking water treatment plant at Bhandup, on the outskirts of Mumbai City. The plant is part of the largest water distribution project in India which aims to provide a constant supply of water throughout Mumbai.

Thanks to everyone for attending the Viking Johnson conference - 59 countries were represented! Please find below a slide show of images which we hope you will enjoy.

Viking Johnson will supply two large diameter couplings to repair the catastrophic mains burst on Liverpool Road in Huyton, Merseyside. The 40” inch diameter water main burst on the 18th July, sending huge plumes of water into the air up to 8 metres high, causing significant flooding. Many homes were evacuated and a primary school closed as the fire service pumped water and the water utility sought to get the mains under control. The water main has now been isolated and water supplies rerouted through other pipework in the area until the repair has been made.

WASK water equipment is achieving “preferred product” status with the Water Utilities including Severn Trent and South East Water. The WASK Hydrant Wizard, in particular, is proving invaluable to the water distribution network as it allows leaking or damaged hydrants to be replaced or fixed without interrupting water supply to customers or disturbing sediment within the pipes.