Balfour Beatty demonstrates expert capabilities in examining redundant rail structures
Balfour Beatty Examining Engineer Richard Storey recently spoke to both Rail Engineer and New Civil Engineer magazines about Balfour Beatty’s expertise in examining redundant rail structures. The first interview for Rail Engineer explored the work Balfour Beatty carries out for Highways England across the whole of its redundant rail structure estate and how Balfour Beatty […]
Sep 6, 2018
Balfour Beatty Examining Engineer Richard Storey recently spoke to both Rail Engineer and New Civil Engineer magazines about Balfour Beatty’s expertise in examining redundant rail structures.
The first interview for Rail Engineer explored the work Balfour Beatty carries out for Highways England across the whole of its redundant rail structure estate and how Balfour Beatty is developing and rolling out the use innovative and digitised tools for its examinations. These include the use of drones to fly alongside large structures and take photographs at defined 3D coordinates that can be exactly replicated on subsequent inspections, making it feasible to track changes in the structure’s condition.
The interview with New Civil Engineer, looks at Balfour Beatty’s work on the 128-year-old abandoned Rhondda Tunnel in Wales for the Rhondda Tunnel Society, which has been sealed shut since 1980. The piece highlights that initial examination carried by Balfour Beatty’s expert engineers has played a pivotal role in setting in motion the transformation of the tunnel into Europe’s longest cycleway at 3.1km long.
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