Overview

To accommodate development along the North Terrace precinct in Adelaide, the rail yard was relocated to Dry Creek. SAGE was appointed by The Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI) to design, construct and commission a safety system for the new site. The site incorporates 5 buildings and is controlled by 5 individual systems.

Solution

The system protects people working at the facilities, keeping them safe from moving trains, maintenance equipment and high voltage electricity. The system also protects assets including cranes, doors, gedi jacks, de-railers, overhead traction and train lifters from damage, disallowing trains from travelling and equipment from operating in predetermined unsafe conditions.

SAGE used the latest safety technology on the project; a number of Allen Bradley Programmable GuardLogix Controllers which are a product of Rockwell Automation.

An interesting observation made during the development of User Requirement Specifications (URS) was the number of risk control strategies that were applicable to this project, which are common place in other industries. The cross pollination of ideas from industries enabled SAGE to provide some cost effective solutions to some of the challenges being faced.

Result

Utilising the SAGE team of TUV certified Safety Engineers, the project was delivered within the required tight time frame.

During the project SAGE’s scope of work was extended to include additions to the safety system as well as provide a rail car management system RFID providing tracking and reporting.