Data from the sensors feeds into a colour-coded, traffic light-style Trigger Action Response Plan (TARP) which has proven crucial for safety for contractors and geotechnical engineers repairing slips in the Maungataniwha Range.
The project highlights WSP and NZTA's commitment to using innovative sensor technology in a way that improves site safety in remote and inhospitable terrain.
The Site Safety awards, held on March 6th at Manukau's Due Drop Events Centre, attracted over 400 attendees from various sectors of the construction industry, including graduates, scholarship recipients, sponsors, and award winners.
NZTA Senior Project Manager Hendrik Postma says the implementation of the TARP system on the slip repair project was a game changer.
"The system gives us the assurance that crews working on the project are working in safe conditions in a high-risk environment.”
WSP Technical Principal of Instrumentation Mike Lusby played a leading role in development of the sensor system, with support from instrumentation engineers Drew Yan and Kate Chamberlin - alongside geotechnical engineers Shaun Grieve, Dwayne Classen and Matt Leggett, civil engineering technician Chris Fourie, project manager and site engineer Kathleen McMullan, and Kyle Gillingham and Daniel Moore, cadets in WSP's Whangārei office.
Mike accepted the award on behalf of the project team. He says he’s incredibly proud of WSP and NZTA for winning a Site Safety award.
“The journey hasn't always been easy, and the award win is recognition of how far we've come. Standing on that stage, we felt unified - WSP, NZTA, and our contractors - all working together to achieve something great. Thanks to the sensor system, people on the Far North Road Resilience Programme go home safer at the end of the day, and that's what truly matters."
More information about the sensor system can be found here. More information on the Far North Road Resilience Programme is on the NZTA website.
