News Urgent safety advice issued on rail tracks with longitudinal timber systems RAIB has issued urgent safety advice following a derailment appearing to have been caused by a loss of lateral track support in longitudinal timber systems.
Video Video | VolkerFitzpatrick repairs Grade II-listed Thames railway bridge A VolkerFitzpatrick team has replaced 48 wooden wheel timbers with fibre-reinforced foamed urethane alternatives on Barnes Bridge, southwest London.
Digital Construction The start-up lowdown: Anker Want to automate the validation of BIM data with real-time feedback? Perhaps software from Anker is what you need. Here, the start-up’s CEO Adrian Søbyskogen gives the lowdown on what it does.
Technology ICYMI: watch a predictive rail maintenance robot in action Robots continue their march: there’s now a robot that can carry out predictive rail maintenance robot.
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