Southdowns at Railtex 2019 – NEC, Birmingham 14-16 May 2019
Southdowns will be exhibiting at Railtex 2019 which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham between 14th– 16th May 2019. We invite all of our professional contacts, clients and other interested parties who are attending to drop by and visit us at stand R44 next to the exhibition track. Information on our comprehensive range of […]
Corrugation Analysis Trolley
We’ve added a Corrugation Analysis Trolley (or CAT) to our monitoring equipment fleet enabling us to offer in-house rail corrugation and roughness measurement and data processing to our rail sector clients. Rail roughness is a key parameter in the generation of noise and vibration from rail systems and quantifying it enables railway operators and maintainers […]
‘World Class’ Construction Noise and Vibration Management
Crossrail has published a Learning Legacy paper, ‘Managing construction Noise and Vibration in an Urban Environment’. As part of Crossrail’s framework for assessing its Tier 1 contractors a bespoke matrix for defining noise management was developed that reflected industry best practice and beyond. Contractors were assessed at regular six month intervals, appraised around three main […]
Taking a Cab Ride on a Crossrail Locomotive..
A fast frame video showing the view from an engineering train cab travelling from Custom House station to the new Canary Wharf station has been published by Crossrail (https://twitter.com/Crossrail/status/771671827441516545). The final permanent track system has now been installed in the tunnels over this section. Southdowns are the lead noise and vibration specialists for the design […]
Crossrail Tracklaying Progressing Towards Tunnels
Southdowns are the Noise and Vibration Specialists advising the track and fit contractor for the central tunnelled section of the Crossrail project. The contractor is now laying the selected booted sleeper track system design on the surface section of the route within the London Borough of Newham and towards the main tunnels under central London.
Crossrail Update – 35,000 Man Hours Completed during Construction
Southdowns has now completed over 35,000 man hours of support services to the main contractors constructing Crossrail in London. The company has been responsible for the noise, vibration and dust management on a number of key sites on the project including Paddington Station, Westbourne Park, Whitechapel and Liverpool Street Station Tunnel Platforms, Pudding Mill Lane, […]
Southdowns Appointed to Undertake Study at Ministry of Defence Test Facilities
Southdowns Environmental Consultants Ltd has been appointed to undertake a Noise and Vibration Monitoring Study in some of the communities around MOD Pendine and MOD Shoeburyness. QinetiQ Ltd, which operates the Ranges on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has, at the request of the MOD, commissioned this independent Study to determine the possible […]
Southdowns Appointed to Advise on Dubai International Airport
Southdowns has been commissioned by Dar Al Handasah (Shair and Partners) (UK) Ltd (DAHC) to install a permanent unattended noise monitoring system in communities surrounding Dubai International Airport (DXB) and undertake a baseline noise study of DXB’s noise emissions over a 6 month period. The baseline noise study will form part of an Environmental Social […]
Crossrail Update – Going Deeper Underground
Work is progressing on the project as a whole, but for the Contractors for which Southdowns is providing noise, vibration, air quality and heritage services, some significant phases of works are now taking place. Contract C510 (Liverpool Street and Whitechapel Station Tunnels) C510 has advanced into routine 24hr Sprayed Concrete Lining (SCL) tunnelling works at […]
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
As part of Southdowns recent noise monitoring on the Crossrail C350 Pudding Mill Lane worksite, an alternative source of energy was required to power an unattended remote noise monitor in the absence of any more conventional power supply. A Hydrogen Fuel Cell was proposed by the contractor Morgan Sindall and with the co-operation of the […]