Eaton Socon 16th October 2013 – SCCS has again supported a key client with on-site support and consultation. BAM engineers called on Tom McCarthy, Project Support Engineer at SCCS to investigate inconsistent results while monitoring of the existing track with a Leica TS15 total station. After observation of workflow and discussion with BAM staff advice was offered regarding the way that the Leica Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) acquires and calculates the centre of target prisms. Small changes in survey process resolved the issues experienced.
BAM is undertaking the £20m civils contract to construct a new dive-under (a rail underpass structure) and associated track work at Acton Freight Yard in Ealing. Currently freight trains entering and leaving the yard need to cross mainline passenger tracks – the new dive-under will allow freight trains to access the yard without affecting passenger trains, improving reliability on passenger services and increasing capacity for freight traffic.