Competence > Refurbishment, Replacement & Upgrading

VAOS provides clients with a 'one stop shop' service for maintenance, repair and new construction. We meet predetermined delivery dates. This saves our clients' time and money and ensures continuity of their supply capability. VAOS has the technical expertise to complete comprehensive plant rehabilitation and modernization. We provide civil engineering solutions backed by professionalism in steelwork construction, equipment installation, electrical supply, instrumentation, pipework, and insulation and corrosion protection. Our project managers are the best in the business, having many years of 'hands-on' practical experience in the field. VAOS carried out the Amal CP Upgrade Project between March 2004 and June 2005. In the project 9 new transformer-rectifiers. 18 deep well anode beds, 111 test posts. 45 sacrificial anode systems for high line tower leg protection. 12 bond stations and several hundred station test points (test pits) were installed. The upgraded system has been in operation since December 2004. No major problem has been observed in this period. We constantly improve performance and productivity. VAOS has developed a strong reputation for its works in: Insulation: - Insulation of oil and gas tanks - Re-insulation of oil and gas tanks - Pipe insulation with mineral wood, formglass and polyurethane which is applied on-site by highly trained and skilled staff Protection against corrosion: - Complete corrosion protection of pipelines, gas, oil and water tanks and jetty piles - irrespective of type, size, complexity and location - Cathodic protection - Non destructive testing (NDT) - Wrapping - Drilling CP holes