Sika has supplied a carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) plate system to enhance the load carrying capacity of a bridge to ensure its suitability to transport exceptionally heavy materials being...
Fixings/Adhesives
The government regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) reports in an interim review that Hitachi’s Class 800 and 385 series trains were affected by stress corrosion and fatigue cracks. These...
Rail Engineering
To ensure operable walls are regularly maintained, serviced and repaired, the Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has published a best practice guide, Servicing Operable Walls.
Building Maintenance
The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) reports that EAL, part of the Enginuity group, has been selected as the end point assessor organisation (EPAO) for the new compressed air and vacuum...
Apprenticeships
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has launched a major upgrade to its Exaquantum Safety Function Monitoring (SFM) software, an OpreX asset operations and optimisation solution that helps identify whether...
Safety Related Control Systems
In January 2021, the Dutch Radio Communications Agency informed European electricity transmission system operator TenneT that interference coming from one of the substations it managed and maintained...
Sensors
Surge events in liquid pipelines can cause severe infrastructure damage, loss of product and environmental harm, as well as a significant threat to personnel safety. Through its M&J Valve brand,...
Flow Measurement
Maverick Aviation’s prototype promises to transform the way challenging maintenance, inspections and rescues are carried out worldwide.
Building Maintenance
The Office for Nuclear Regulation has agreed to extend an improvement notice served on Devonport Royal Dockyard in September 2020, recognising the progress made so far.
Waste Management
HyDeploy, the first project in the UK to blend hydrogen into a natural gas network, was hailed a success in a report that has been published.
Gas Analyses
Work is now complete to protect the West Coast main line from landslips to provide more reliable journeys for rail passengers between Wolverhampton and Stafford; a £5m investment by Network Rail has...
Mobile Plant
KEB Automation has appointed Mark Checkley as managing director of KEB (UK) Ltd. He takes over the reins from Tom Skelton, who has retired after serving more than 27 years with KEB, with 15 years as...
Closed Loop Control