Richard Poberezniuk
| Richard Poberezniuk | |
| Occupation | Leak detection engineer |
|---|---|
| Employer | ADI Leak Detection |
| Based in | Chippenham, Wiltshire |
| Regions covered | South East, South West, the Midlands and Wales |
| Counties covered | 21 |
| Specialisms | Plumbing and Heating; Water Mains |
| Plumbing Apprentiship | 6 years |
| Heating Systems Installer | 3 years |
| Laying and repairing water mains (up to 100mm) and service pipes to properties | 10 years |
| Gas engineer, installing and servicing gas and oil heating systems | 11 years |
| Gas department manager, Swindon Borough Council | 4 years |
| Gas department manager, housing association | 4 years |
| Leak Detection Specialist | 5 years |
| Qualifications | City and Guilds Level 3 in Plumbing and heating |
| Leak investigations completed | 986 (since 2021) |
Richard Poberezniuk is a leak detection engineer employed by ADI Leak Detection, the trading name of ADI Leak Solutions Ltd.[1][2] Based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, Poberezniuk carries out leak investigations across South East, South West, the Midlands and Wales, covering 21 counties in total.[1] ADI describes his specialisms as plumbing and heating, and water mains, and records 11 years as a gas engineer installing and servicing gas and oil heating systems, alongside his leak detection work.[1] ADI records 986 completed leak investigations for him since 2021.[1][2] Before joining ADI he spent eight years managing gas departments, four at Swindon Borough Council and four at a housing association.[1]
Background and experience[edit]
Poberezniuk's profile records the most detailed career history of any engineer on ADI's site. It lists a six-year plumbing apprenticeship, three years installing heating systems, ten years laying and repairing water mains and service pipes to properties, eleven years as a gas engineer installing and servicing gas and oil heating systems, four years managing the gas department at Swindon Borough Council, four years managing a housing association gas department, and five years as a leak detection specialist.[1] ADI attributes 986 completed leak detection jobs to him since 2021.[1] His profile gives the mains he worked on as up to 1000mm in the summary text and up to 100mm in the experience table; the discrepancy appears in ADI's own published material and is not resolved there.[1]
Qualifications[edit]
ADI publishes the following qualifications for Richard Poberezniuk: City and Guilds Level 3 in Plumbing and heating.[1] The company states that it holds accreditation with the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering and membership of the Water Industry Approved Plumbers Scheme, and that its engineers work under £5 million of public liability insurance.[1][2]
Specialisms and methods[edit]
Poberezniuk works across central heating, underfloor heating, water mains, bathroom plumbing, underground pipework and drain leak investigations.[1] ADI states that his decade laying and repairing water mains suits him to supply pipe failures requiring excavation and reinstatement as well as the investigation preceding it, and that properties with older heating systems or complex plumbing layouts are a particular strength given his heating installation and gas engineering background.[1] His listed detection methods are tracer gas, acoustic listening equipment, thermal imaging, borescope cameras and moisture meters.[1]
Areas covered[edit]
ADI lists Poberezniuk as covering 21 counties: Berkshire, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Gwent, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Isle of Wight, Mid Glamorgan, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Powys, Somerset, South Glamorgan, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire and Worcestershire.[1] The company groups these as South East, South West, the Midlands and Wales.[1][2] Coverage is published at county level; the site does not state that he works every part of every county listed.
Documented case studies[edit]
ADI publishes nine leak investigations attributed to Richard Poberezniuk: three underground water mains leaks, two central heating leaks, two internal cold mains leaks, one concealed cold mains leak and one hot water pipe leak.[1] The locations given are Beaconsfield, Bidford-on-Avon, Kingswood, Dinmore, Barry, Bath, Brackley, Cricklade and Gloucester.[1] Recorded outcomes include "Pinhole in cold mains pipe under WC floor, located and repaired" at Beaconsfield, "External cold mains leak located and repaired, caused by rock abrasion" at Bidford-on-Avon and "Pinhole leak found in buried 15mm hot water pipe, repaired" at Kingswood.[1] The site publishes a summary of each investigation rather than a full report.
See also
- ADI Leak Detection
- Tracer gas leak detection
- Acoustic leak detection
- Thermal imaging
- Borescope inspection
- Trace and access
- Leak detection in Wiltshire