The assortment of machines includes twenty excavators, ranging from the EC250E to the EC750E (25–75 tonnes), twenty four-wheeled loaders from the L70H up to the 24 tonne, 5.6m³ capacity L260H and fifty-eight articulated haulers, of which nearly half is comprised of the ever- popular A30G. In addition, Chepstow Plant International is the first to take delivery of Volvo’s flagship wheeled loader, the 51-tonne L350H for a major contract in the north-east of England.
“Opting for premium brand equipment helps our customers and us in many ways,” explains John Corcoran, Managing Director of Chepstow Plant International. “Primarily it benefits with safety, uptime, fuel efficiency, residual value and image, and I’m pleased to say that Volvo equipment now accounts for the majority of our fleet.”
“With significant continued growth and new business opportunities presenting themselves, it is vital that we can rely on performance and service back-up, along with advances in machine telemetry and operating data,” continues John. “To this end, we are at the vanguard, working proactively with SMT GB and Volvo Construction Equipment in helping to shape and influence enhanced safety in our equipment.” For example, with the Volvo articulated haulers purchased last year and the fifty-eight being delivered in 2019, Chepstow Plant International has collaborated with SMT GB and Volvo CE in developing ‘Haul Assist’. Phase 1 of this development has concentrated on providing an efficient ‘onboard’ weighing system whilst Phase 2, which is in the final stages of development, is the ‘Haul Assist Maps’ option which will allow machine operators and site managers to monitor on-site hauler traffic in real-time.
Following a comprehensive development partnership between
SMT, Volvo and Chepstow Plant, Haul Assist now becomes an integral component within the quarrying contractor’s updated standard ADT specification. The new functionality from Haul Assist will be integrated into Chepstow Plant’s unique custom- built analytical platform, Titan. This complex AI system takes information from Volvo’s Caretrack system and delivers extensive data analysis, whilst simultaneously providing rationale to each situation to enhance operational performance. Ross Hayward explains, “Titan allows us, as a specialist contracting company, to fully realise and utilise the data that our fleet provides. With constant asset data uploads across our fleet, we can quickly identify health and safety or maintenance concerns, whilst also tracking operational performance close to real-time. Haul Assist, in particular, will provide data to a granular level unseen so far in the quarrying industry, allowing Chepstow Plant to explore in depth each load, the material type moved and where on the site it’s been deposited with the map and geofencing possibilities. In this sense, Haul Assist goes way beyond the traditional industry weigh-loader options from just providing us with the tonnes carried per truck. In turn, this allows us to support and manage customer expectations to further provide added value to our services.”
In collaboration with Tarmac, Chepstow Plant International is in the final stages of trialling the Haul Assist Maps option in a sand and gravel quarry just off the M25. “We are really excited about the amount of meaningful information this is going to provide,s both Tarmac and us as we trial the system in real-time,” adds CPI’s Asset Manager, Ross Hayward.
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