WEM Overbridge

KGJ Price were contracted to provide all aspects of
Permanent Way services to Alun Griffiths to remove the
track, ballast and re-instate the track during a 101 hour
possession in Xmas 2021.

Details:

Core Elements & Scope:

•  542T of Spoil removed
  • 4 x 20m Panels of Sand Filled Geocells Installed
  • 230T of Ballast Installed Utilising Trimble 3D Dozer
  • 420T of Top Stone Installed using auto hopper train
  • 84m of Track Removed in Each Line
  • 18 x 30ft Track Panels removed
  • 10 x 30ft panels changed for new sleepers off the
  critical path
  • 126 G44’s & 17 W560 Steel Sleepers used to replace
  the existing life expired Pan 9 Sleepers (84m)
  • 108m of rerailing on each line
  • 12 Welds Installed, 4 of which were stress welds
  • 2 x Stressing Pulls totalling approx. 600yards carried
  out in short midweek night possessions (4 Hours
  working time)
  • Approx. 400m of tamping carried per line
  • All Track and spoil removed in less than less than 9
  hours and handed over to Civils on schedule
  • Full Installation scope completed and right time
  hand-back despite severe slippage to civils installation
  program
  • Quick mobilisation to provide additional resource and
  reprogramming following civils program slippage
  • Comprehensive dilapidation survey carried out to
  note down pre-existing issues with Pan9 Baseplates