Railway Geospatial
City Surveys’ staff are qualified with Railtrack PTS (Personal Track Safety) and COSS (Controller of Site Safety) certificates. Working with link-up approved companies, these highly skilled engineers can lower expenditure and eliminate inconvenience for the client.
By using the latest Direct Reflex and Laser Scanning instruments it is often possible to obtain vital information remotely without the need to physically gain access to railway land. This could avoid the need for track closures and can dramatically reduce costs for our customers.
What can we do?
- Topographic surveys of embankments and track
- Track monitoring - checking for track movement during activities such as auger boring or structural bridge works
- Structural monitoring of trackside building and bridges
- Datum plating
Railway Gauging Surveys
Using the latest 2D laser sweep and 3D laser scanning equipment, City Surveys are able to produce incredibly accurate profiles of tunnels, platforms or any other structure where proximity to the track needs to be measured.
Laser Rails ‘Clearoute’ software is used to show kinematic information for different classes of rolling stock while the Mensi 2000 Scanner enables our Engineers to provide 3D point clouds of areas of the infrastructure from positions of safety. By using such methods our clients avoid the need for costly safety systems and personnel.
Please note, whilst offering conventional Datum Plating services, City Surveys can also complete this task with the use of the Mephisto track mounted laser. Plates are installed according to created alignment designs for future track tamping.
