NSS provides access where it counts.

(From Gulf Construction)

Having supplied access solutions for some of the leading airports in the world including the Heathrow (London) and Chek Lap Kok (Hong Kong) airports, Northern Site Services (NSS) is looking to offer its expertise and systems to the region and has recently set up operations in Dubai, UAE

"NSS has vast experience in airport construction projects," says a spokesman for the Dubai-based operation NSS (Middle East). "At Heathrow Airport, NSS provided a suspended tracked system that provided access for the external cladding work. A single rig tracked down the length of the concourse, reducing erection time. He continues: "At Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong, a similar tracked access system on the inside of the building was used to install the soffit lining. An innovative feature of the system, which spanned 37 m, was its systematic rise and fall along with the geometric shape of the building. The use of suspended solutions allows the ground works below to proceed without any hindrance." Set up at the end of last year, NSS (Middle East) specialises in innovative one-off solutions for access requirements in many industries, from process industries to power generation, marine, aviation, construction and maintenance sector

In the Middle East, NSS has undertaken two prestigious projects in Doha, Qatar - one at the Khalifa Sports Stadium and the other at Al Sadd Stadium - and has already built up an impressive list of projects in the UAE including Dubai International Financial Centre, New Emirates Engineering Center hangars and the Jet Aviation projects

Elaborating on the Doha projects, the spokesman says: "An inclined tracked access tower (7.5 m long by 1.4 m wide by 22 m high) was used to install the glazing on the Khalifa Stadium. By increasing or reducing the height of the tower using a telescopic beam, the system followed the geometric form of the substantially arched tubular structure. "At the Al Sadd Stadium, NSS was provided with the ideal opportunity to prove its superior flexibility over conventional scaffolding. Using a tracked system at the rear of the grandstand and a running track on the field side, a 350 sq m platform area was erected, ...