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Cost & Benefits
The cost
•Hire of the suction excavation machine and operating team from UMS
The benefits
• Increased welfare of your workforce. No days lost to injury caused by utility strikes. Avoids many potential problems associated with manual excavation.
• How much could a utility strike cost you? Delays, insurance, reputation, morale, productivity, HSE investigation, more delays….
• Quicker completion of your projects due to the speed and quality control of suction excavation.
• Neater, tidier, cleaner, smaller, faster, safer excavations – how much is your reputation worth to you?
• More accurate scheduling means more effective use of your own workforce.
• Minimal spoil leads to a reduction in your tipping and landfill costs.
• Tighter control of excavation size and the absence of excavated material building up on site means you reduce traffic disruption.
• Absence of physical contact, control of suction strength and minimal vibration offers you greater scope for works on sensitive sites such as petrochemical plants, contaminated land and alongside historic structures. |