Infrastructure & Assets, Marine Bollards
During a recent marine bollard assessment at a working port, our team was carrying out testing to understand the condition and capability of a series of critical mooring assets. The objective was straightforward: assess the bollards themselves and provide confidence...
Infrastructure & Assets, Wood Poles
Every utility engineer responsible for a wood pole network faces the challenge of managing ageing infrastructure while maintaining safety, reliability and cost effectiveness. For DNOs and telecoms providers, effective wood pole asset management depends on...
Infrastructure & Assets, Marine Bollards
Concrete cancer in harbour infrastructure is one of the most common hidden issues we encounter at EP Marine & Rail. Time and time again, we step onto structures that appear perfectly serviceable from the surface, only to discover a very different story once we...
Infrastructure & Assets, Marine Bollards
We’ve just come off a recent inspection where a clear case of marine bollard failure developed in a way that, externally, looked relatively unremarkable. However, once we started working back through the structure, it became clear this wasn’t a sudden event. Instead,...
Infrastructure & Assets, Marine Bollards
The global cruise industry has undergone a dramatic shift in recent years, and nowhere is that more evident than in the increasing pressure placed on ports to demonstrate they can meet modern cruise ship berth requirements. What was once a relatively stable operating...