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| Feb 2009 High tech gets down and dirty |
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Transpacific is using a number of high technology solutions to revolutionise infrastructure maintenance.
Councils throughout Australia and New Zealand suffer from sewerage pipe deterioration, costing millions of dollars in unscheduled maintenance expenditure each year.
Transpacific’s Operations Supervisor, Troy Wrathall, said by combining a laser profiler, sonar system and Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) unit, the company is delivering strong results for its municipal clients.
“We support our clients’ maintenance programs by providing a technology based approach.”
“We run our CCTV unit through the pipe to assess the situation. By attaching a laser profiler to our camera, we use software to generate 180 points of reference along the pipe.”
“Our clients can then gauge the pipe’s shape or ‘ovality’ and the level of deterioration from hydrogen sulphide and other gases, which are responsible for most pipe collapses,” he said.
In cases of low visibility, where there is a lot of debris, the team sends in a float containing sonar equipment to supplement the solution.
Armed with this information, Councils can more closely monitor the performance of their pipes and design cost saving plans to maximise the life of this important and expensive asset.
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