Implementing the latest rail monitoring systems from Senceive New Zealand’s Main Trunk Line railway in the country’s North Island is a vital piece of infrastructure connecting capital city Wellington in the island’s south with the nation’s largest city, Auckland to the north. In operation since 1908, the 680 kilometre arterial line carries passengers, freight and livestock. It is single track in large sections, with frequent passing loops. In Waimiha, located approximately halfway along the Main Trunk Line, a section of the railway that runs along the crest of a hill was starting to move as the soil gradually slid down into the valley. Engineers at Kiwi Rail, the company that operates the line, would carry out regular inspection,
It’s a common misconception that simply installing the latest tech in your plant machinery will ensure a successful project. In reality, installing a construction technology system is only ever the first step. When it comes to construction work of any kind, a huge amount of time, energy, effort, and money can be lost with improper planning, poor implementation, and a lack of technical support. There’s always a lot to keep in mind with project management – from the cost of ownership, to maintaining backup hardware, as well as the knowledge bases required to make sure your equipment is running smoothly and keeping your project timelines on track. At Aptella, our industrial technology services are backed by a comprehensive
Getting you back up and running with our support services So you’ve visited Aptella, you’ve rented or bought a piece of equipment, and now you’re itching to finally get it out in the field to use on your project. But a lot of factors are beyond your control when it comes to working in the field. Things happen, mistakes are made, tools and machines wear out, site issues can cause issues with access – none of which can be deal breakers but are all issues that need to be corrected quickly to avoid wasting your work time. Without access to the proper technical support and repair services, getting yourself back up and running could become a seriously expensive
Waste management facilities are under increasing pressure to maximise efficiency with our finite landfill resources. Adopting Carlson LandfillGrade machine guidance, available from Aptella, is an effective method to increase productivity. Customers have reported numerous benefits since adopting the Carlson system. The top 9 include: Optimising the available airspace Time savings from pre-set design levels. Increased time, cost, and safety benefits by reducing the need for surveyors to manually measure on site Eliminating rework by entering in the design plans of landfill cells to the on-board system for operators to work to Continuous monitoring and control of density and gradient of landfill compaction and final form of landscaping Records and assists the operator’s work, preventing overfill and recording material
At Aptella we know that great products are only half the story – the rest is making those products work and getting the most out of them. If you haven’t already upgraded to using machine control technology in your construction work – or don’t know what it is – you don’t need to worry. But you should at least be aware you’re missing out on one of the most important innovations in the construction industry today. And you should know, too, why choosing Aptella for your machine control needs will be one of the most important decisions you make in cutting down needless expense in your projects. Remind me: what is machine control? In case you don’t know,
The time it takes to complete major road infrastructure projects will be considerably reduced as a result of significant satellite GPS upgrades under a joint Commonwealth Government, South Australian Government and private sector partnership. Federal Minister for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt, said the Commonwealth is making a $64 million investment nationally in upgrading GPS positioning capability, improving accuracy from metres to centimetres. In South Australia, this will significantly fast track certain works on the Port Wakefield Overpass and Highway Duplication process, with a robot called the ‘Tiny Surveyor’ able to complete line marking work in days, instead of weeks. “This collaborative public-private approach to establishing high-quality satellite positioning infrastructure through partnerships with the South Australian Government and
Jason Ward, Site Engineer, Hazell Bros Group, was working on a highway project doing some road-lining and over-taking lines when one of Aptella’ staff members told him about MiRTK internet enabled corrections for GNSS base stations. “Hazell Bros Group is a Civil Construction Company specialising in delivering civil projects of various types on roads, bridges, dams, pipelines, demolition in Tasmania and Queensland,” said Mr Ward. “We’re currently working on a highway road project and were facing challenges with the UHF network because we had a combination of a site that was quite spread out, so quite a bit of distance from one end to the other and then terrain problems, terrain where we couldn’t get a UHF signal
Multiple industries to benefit from increased availability to network positioning infrastructure, including construction, mining, agriculture, and geospatial sectors. Aptella is pleased to announce that users of AllDayRTK, the company’s Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network, now have increased availability thanks to the addition of 134 more sites, the majority throughout Queensland. To enable wider access to reliable positioning services throughout metro and regional areas, Aptella is working with Geoscience Australia, along with privately owned infrastructure, to expand network coverage throughout the country. “Our work with businesses and the government to expand network infrastructure is about helping to deliver the backbone of future positioning information systems in this country across industry, government and the wider community,” said Martin Nix,
