New Members of the Rail Alliance since end November 2013
Jansen Betonwaren: provider of Legioblock flexible concrete walls and storage bays. The optimal solution for rapid and flexible concrete constructions, Legioblocks are easily stacked and placed thanks to the interlocking principle without the need for cement.
www.legioblock.com Translate Rail: rail documentation translation specialist.
www.translaterail.eu GGR Rail: provides safe lifting solutions and mini cranes for all areas of railway infrastructure across Europe.
www.ggrrail.com Translate Rail: rail documentation translation specialist.
www.translaterail.eu Hayley Rail: specialist in the supply of safety critical engineering components and MRO products to UK rail. Experts in vendor managed inventory and works with customers, in partnership, to reduce inventory and overheads associated with stock control. A division of Hayley Group, the largest independent distributor of MRO products in the UK giving it access to a network of more than 30 branches nationwide and more than £20 million worth of stock held centrally at its HQ in the Midlands.
www.hayley-group.co.uk Railcare Sweden: offers new solutions to old railway maintenance problems by combining long-time railway experience with technology from other industries. Its major UK activities are based on RailVac air/vacuum excavation technology for removal of gravel, deteriorated ballast, clay etc. with the track in place. The method is also very lenient towards cables and other buried installations.
www.railcareexport.se iSeeU Global: mobile data capture using digital forms in real time and intelligent workflows which share that information with people, groups or companies also in real time
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of the UK economy. Research has shown that it is exclusively these companies that have generated new, net job creation since the financial crisis. Many of these companies have the potential to be the blue chips of the future and need to be given the necessary support and encouragement, states the London Stock Exchange Group. Visit
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Be wise with Groundwise T Morris Site Machinery on track with NR
he Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 require that a health and safety plan be used for engineering works. This plan must include details on restrictions on engineering work such as the location of below ground utility apparatus. For a rail engineer, researching the locations of underground pipes, cables, and other services is exceedingly time consuming and more than thirty utility companies are listed as potentially having apparatus in any one area.
Due diligence research of a site can require many hours of letter compilation, emails and telephone calls. Typically firms involved with below ground works try to get the principal engineer on the project to gather data. They in turn may use a specialist research company to help them in this onerous task.
One such company is Groundwise Searches, which works closely with utility companies throughout the UK to obtain up-to-date information for rail clients. Managing director, David Gunn, said: ‘So many utilities run their pipes and cables across rail assets, such as bridges, that a thorough utility or buried services search is a must for any rail engineer.’
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he supplier of site machinery has been awarded a contract with Network Rail which will see it supply 220 machines, plus ten parallel boxes, of its ArcGen Weldmaker 165SP2 for uses including maintenance and upkeep of tracks. The petrol ArcGen Weldmaker 165SP2 was NR approved in 2009 for its reliability and raft of safety features, and is one of the most trusted super silent welder generators available on the market. With up to ten hours of operation, it offers improved fuel economy, versatility and superior performance. The product provides smooth welding characteristics with Arc Force control for all types of manual metal arc electrodes including cellulosic type, while welding and auxiliary outputs can be used simultaneously, allowing other products to be plugged in as well as allowing two machines to link in parallel to double the welding output. Safety features include auto shutdown that will operate in the event of low oil pressure or thermal overload, ensuring the product is safe for use on the rail network.
Visit
www.morrismachinery.co.uk
Balfour Beatty, TFL and Network Rail have all benefited from using a one call type service on projects. In this way, accurate information is provided efficiently, enabling the engineers, surveyors and other specialists to proceed with their individual tasks, rather than spending unreasonable amounts of time operating as admin clerks, says the company. Visit
www.groundwise.com
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