Team Simoco drives tunnel development
Radio communications company Team Simoco has won a contract with Paul Ducker Systems (PDS), a sub-contractor to Balfour Beatty Engineering Services. Derby-based Team Simoco will provide communication systems for a new road tunnel in Surrey.
PDS, also based in Derby, specialises in supplying transportation infrastructure for tunnels and road networks.
Team Simoco will provide communications systems for the A3 Hindhead road tunnel and the refurbishment of the A1 Hatfield road tunnel.
The company has hired Team Simoco to design and implement an extensive communication system for the tunnels, with each requiring GSM mobile, Airwave, fireground, DAB, voice break in and a dedicated PMR radio system.
Chief executive of Team Simoco, Ian Carr, said: “Both the Hindhead and Hatfield road tunnels are designed to offer vehicles more convenient and quicker journeys, but due to the high volumes of traffic that travel along these routes, it is imperative that the communication systems in place offer reliable and uninterruptable access in case of accidents or fires."
Located in Surrey, between London and Portsmouth, the Hindhead twin bore road tunnel is designed to remove traffic congestion from the A3 and the local road network. Work began on the project in 2007 and the tunnel is scheduled to open to traffic in summer 2011. The Hatfield road tunnel in Hertfordshire is also due to be re-opened to traffic in the summer of 2011.
