Abfad’s Rope Rescue Safety Team In Action

Our rope rescue and safety teams are regularly in action across the UK providing emergency rescue and safety cover for personnel working in confined spaces or working at height in a wide range of industries. Our rescue teams regularly train and provide demonstrations,...

London Paddington Train Station

Paddington is a busy train station in central London located on Praed street in the Paddington area of the city and was opened on 4th June 1838 as a temporary terminus for the Great Western Railway, then in 1854 the main station was opened. The main station was...

Rescue demonstrations at Castleford Power Station

Before most rescue and safety cover work our rope rescue teams perform demonstrations of the rescue procedures so that the personnel working can carry out any work confident that they are in safe hands and everyone involved is aware of the safety...

Confined Space Emergency Rescue and Safety Cover

Abfad provide emergency rescue and safety cover services for working at height and working within confined spaces across many industries, including the power generation sector. A confined space is any space of an enclosed nature where any danger of death exists from...

NEPIC Meet The Members 2016

That time of year again, when the sun is shining (occasionally) and NEPIC hold their annual members conference. Once more the venue was the magnificent Wynyard Hall Grand Marquee, which really is a great venue, with around 400 delegates attending and 84 exhibitors...

Correct Preparation Is Critical

Blasting a process water tank to SA2.5 standard, ready to be spray coated with specialist solvent free coatings by tank lining professionals Abfad Limited. It is critical for proper adhesion of the coating that all preparation of the steel is performed to an exacting...

Double Skinning A Double Skin

At the end of last year, we completed a bit of a unique project for one of our clients, fixing a problem in one of there large storage tanks which contained over 2 million litres of hazardous liquid. To do this we used an interesting method which had never been tried...

APEA North West Branch Presentation

Recently we were across the country at Haydock racecourse in Merseyside to give a great presentation to the APEA North West branch on the importance of tank lining. This can be either a single skin coating to fully encapsulate the steel, or a double skin lining system...