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Costain has developed an innovative new way of installing offsite-manufactured pieces of steel needed for rail overhead line electrification (OLE), using what it calls a “steel manipulator”.
The solution for landing steel structures has been developed alongside rail track maintenance products firm Thomson Engineering.
The steel manipulator has been used on the Stirling, Dunblane & Alloa (SDA) electrification project – a major extension to the wider Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme, electrifying the major commuter routes to the north.
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