diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemInsertExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemInsertExt.cs
index d6f60572..5fc5bd8a 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemInsertExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemInsertExt.cs
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 		public ItemInfo InsertSiblingBefore(string text, string number,int? type)
 		{
 			ItemInfo tmp = null;
-			if (!IsSection && (FormatStepData.UseSmartTemplate || (MyHLS!=null && MyHLS.FormatStepData.UseSmartTemplate) || FormatStepData.UseOldTemplate))
-				tmp = InsertSmartTemplateSteps(text, number, tmp, EAddpingPart.Before, (int)MyContent.Type);
+			if (!IsSection && (FormatStepData.UseSmartTemplate || (MyHLS != null && MyHLS.FormatStepData.UseSmartTemplate) || FormatStepData.UseOldTemplate))
+				tmp = InsertSmartTemplateSteps(text, number, tmp, EAddpingPart.Before, (int)((type == null) ? MyContent.Type : type));  // B2018-051 use the type passed in instead of current step type
 			if (tmp == null)
 				tmp = NewItemInfoFetch(ItemID, EAddpingPart.Before, number, text, type, null, null, null, DateTime.Now, Volian.Base.Library.VlnSettings.UserID);
 			
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 		{
 			ItemInfo tmp = null;
 			if (!IsSection && (FormatStepData.UseSmartTemplate || (MyHLS != null && MyHLS.FormatStepData.UseSmartTemplate) || FormatStepData.UseOldTemplate))
-				tmp = InsertSmartTemplateSteps(text, number, tmp, EAddpingPart.After, (int)MyContent.Type);
+				tmp = InsertSmartTemplateSteps(text, number, tmp, EAddpingPart.After, (int)((type == null)? MyContent.Type : type));  // B2018-051 use the type passed in instead of current step type
 			if (tmp == null)
 				tmp = NewItemInfoFetch(ItemID, EAddpingPart.After, number, text, type, null, null, null, DateTime.Now, Volian.Base.Library.VlnSettings.UserID);
 			// if next exists, it is updated in SQL so we have to manually force the iteminfo updates
diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/PlantFormat.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/PlantFormat.cs
index d0cac8f9..5cfb1be1 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/PlantFormat.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/PlantFormat.cs
@@ -360,7 +360,10 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 						}
 						// some plants (Wolf Creek, Turkey Point) have two line titles in their templates with "[(0014])" representing the hard return in the title
 						if (stmp != null)
+						{
 							stmp = stmp.Replace("[(0014])", "\\line "); // Hard Return
+							stmp = stmp.Replace("\xFFFD", @"\u160?"); // Hard Space  B2018-052 replace old(from 16-bit) hardspace character with the unicode hardspace character
+						}
 						TPlate tp = new TPlate(level, type, start, width, row, nocol, stmp);
 						_Templates.Add(tp);
 						cnt++;