M4 Smart Motorway

Sub-Surface Utilities

Client:

Fulton Hogan

Scope:

Utec Solutions have been engaged to provide Utility Locating, Vacuum Excavation, Location Reporting and Spotters for working around both Telstra and Optus assets.

Value:

Ongoing

Time Period

Utec Solutions were engaged in 2018 and expect to complete the project in 2020

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Complexity

Fulton Hogan were engaged in 2017 to deliver a complex roadworks scope which includes;

Traffic sensors located at about 500 meter intervals on the motorway, and on entry and exit ramps, to detect changes in traffic flow in real time;
Coordinated, quick-changing entry ramp signals to keep traffic flowing on the motorway and make merging easier and safer;
New lane use management gantries to open and close lanes in response to incidents;
New traffic signals and electronic signs on approach roads to warn of traffic conditions and travel times.

Works require the relocation, protection and working around live utilities. Being a built-up area the addition of new sub-surface utilities into already congested areas made excavation extremely difficult and required EM locating, Cloud based Trench Reporting, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and detailed Vacuum Excavation.