Sedamyl UK
Explore how strategic safety management enabled Sedamyl UK to deliver an £80 million expansion with zero major incidents, protecting its operational reputation and ensuring business continuity whilst delivering ambitious growth in a high hazard manufacturing environment.
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
Client: Sedamyl UK
Contract Value: £80,000,000
Duration: Three years. Ongoing
Scope: Major capital project safety management, CDM 2015 Consultants, contractor assurance and specialist construction safety support for the inhouse safety management team.
Project Description
Sedamyl commits to an £80 million expansion and is a cornerstone of the Yorkshire agricultural economy, transforming locally grown wheat into starches, sweeteners, proteins and neutral ethyl alcohol for distilleries and major producers in the food, beverage, and green chemistry sectors.
Their recent expansion includes the installation intricate new process systems, erecting critical infrastructure, and scaling the workforce all while keeping existing production lines running without a single day of downtime.
Projects: Bore Hole 12, Project Ouse and Project Haggs
The Challenge
The production of neutral alcohol generates potentially explosive dust and vapour atmospheres, meaning any hot work, heavy lifting, or contractor activity carried inherent, severe fire and explosion risks. Sedamyl had to safeguard a 90-strong permanent workforce alongside over 100 external contractors, manage the hazards of major civil engineering and intricate mechanical installation whilst ensuring the supply chain to Britain's most famous distilleries and producers never suffered.
To help achieve that, Sedamyl wanted a safety partner who specialised in delivering construction projects in high hazard/ high risk environments and one that can apply and implement practical solutions tailored to industrial process hazards and maintaining operational resilience.
The Solution
Yorkshire Health and Safety Ltd is working with Sedamyl's project delivery team, providing a strategic safety management overlay for ongoing construction projects.
Our Support Included:
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Strategic CDM 2015 advisory support ensuring process safety is baked into the design from day one, not bolted on as an afterthought during commissioning.
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Rigorous process safety management throughout every phase of construction project.
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Robust contractor management & assurance by implementing surveillance regimes.
The Results:
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Investment being delivered successfully, doubling the plant's production capacity, introducing new liquid sweetener product lines, and creating 75 permanent jobs in the local area.
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No major process safety or construction incidents, despite the high stakes combination of hot works, heavy engineering, and explosive atmospheric conditions.
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The local agricultural economy thrived, with the expansion providing an increased market for over 1,000 Yorkshire farmers supplying wheat from within a 60-mile radius of the facility.
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Client and investor confidence remained solid, with the smooth, incident-free delivery of the project reinforcing Sedamyl's reputation as a reliable, responsible manufacturing partner.