Sira Test & Certification is part of The Sira Group of Companies. Sira offers a support service to manufacturers and users of instrumentation for engineering and manufacturing together with those process and technology based industries.

Sira work with four criteria :- Compliance, Certification, Conformity and Competence.These areas are designed to test and provide certification for equipment and personnel working in hazardous and potentially explosive atmospheres. This includes safety related systems, training courses, momitoring of instrumentation, test labs and evaluation of products and product conformity.
Adrian Waine has undertaken a number of interesting assignments with Sira.

Sira had been presented with the task of testing two designs of telephone kiosk for use on the continent. A testing system to replicate persistent rain was devised to ensure that water would not penetrate this street furniture and become dangerous with power sources. Adrian Waine was commissioned to photograph this test.

As a large volume of water was to be used, the test needed to take place outdoors in an area with free drainage. The car park was an ideal location. However, in order to highlight the water spray a dark background was required. A shooting time of late evening was decided upon.

With four people lifting the kiosks into place on a pallet, an internal lighting system was installed and flash lighting placed at a safe distance from the spray. Due to the weight of water inside the hose, an external support system was erected to hold the hose above the operator’s head. With some super glue, SIRA labels were attached to a helmet and overalls to maintain the company’s identity. Finally, shots were taken around 10pm in time for dusk. The dusk thereby created a blue backdrop, disguising trees and distant roof tops.

To date, Sira have used the photographs to illustrate the complexity of safety testing and on this occasion, the manufacturer was able to improve sealing arangements on the kiosks.

Secondly, Sira announced through a press release, the appointment of Technical Account Managers to work directly with major clients. To highlight this association, a particularly vibrant photograph was created within Sira’s gas testing facility. Our photographer lit the equipment with orange and pink light to remove the pallid colour of the equipment. A time exposure was also introduced to allow the LED s to record on film. The overall atmosphere of the photograph is one of science fiction- maybe a view inside Dr. Who’s Tardis?

The Hazardous Area Newsletter ‘Flashpoint’ featured the photograph to announce the dedication of service to clients.

Testimonial from Bob Cooper :

"Shots like this last forever and do not have a limited life. We can continue to use them in any press article or brochure which we may need. The shots have a great visual impact making them appealing to us to accompany press articles and such like."