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Autumn 2011 The opening of the £371m Hindhead Tunnel under the Devil's Punch Bowl in Surrey was successfully achieved on 27th July, after a four-and-a-half year construction project. The Southbound bore of the £371m 1.25 mile (1.8km) structure on the London to Portsmouth A3 opened on 27 July, with the northbound bore a few days later. Transport Secretary Philip Hammond officially opened the tunnel. PDS scope was to design and supply a tunnel control system including subsystems, a fully integrated SCADA, communications network, Signs, CCTV, Radio, Telephones, PA, Lighting, Fire Detection systems including an innovative Radar Incident Detection system to monitor and alarm on vehicle incidents within the tunnel. PDS is pleased to have been involved in this flagship project. |
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July 27th 2011 Message from our client: This morning, as you well know, we successfully opened the southbound carriageway to traffic. The opening ceremony went extremely well and the A3 team were highly praised for bringing the scheme on time and on budget. The media attention was extensive and very positive. We have also managed to deliver the opening working a million man-hours without a reportable accident which is a tremendous achievement....... .........Thank you once again for all your contributions in making the A3 Hindhead scheme a success. Good luck for the next phase. Press coverage can be found on the following links http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-14298318 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-14278289 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14293147 |
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May 2011 Our client announces: “The Hatfield Tunnel successfully re-opened on time at 04.15am this morning at 70mph with all road works removed; a significant achievement by all concerned not only by completing the project on time through very difficult circumstances of retaining a safe open road for the public over the past 2 years but also achieving this with over 900,000 project hours without a lost time incident. The Hatfield Tunnel Refurbishment project has been a significant challenge in that we have had to manage the general Public, live traffic, Customer deliveries, the Environment, interaction with the Civil works, Working at Height, Live Electricity etc. With all this in mind we also must take account of the efforts of our Sub Contractors in achieving this milestone, some of which are listed below:- “List included PDS” Also not forgetting the Project has also achieved a RoSPA Gold, a Considerate Contractors Silver awards, and a project AFR of 0.00, to name some” PDS is proud to have been involved with this successful project. |
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October 2010 • PDS exhibits at the Infrastructure 2010 show at the NEC, the benefits of our integrated systems approach was well received by clients in the Road, Rail, Airports and Utility sectors. |
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October 2010 • Client commendation: I wanted to send you a note thanking you for your professionalism throughout the process and your willingness to work with us on the other side of the world. Before PDS come on board we were struggling to understand how to deal with the controls on the project, and once the relationship had been developed between us our confidence grew daily when we really understood the capabilities of your team; so thank you once again and we hope in the future we come across a project where we can work together and be successful. |
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July 2010 • PDS work continues on the Highways Agencies strategic Road Tunnel Project the A3 Hindhead Tunnel, with work on the Tunnel Systems now moving into the Pre-FAT stages. |
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April 2010 • PDS’ partner Navtech Radar is awarded the Queens Award for Innovation 2010. Well done guys, you deserve the success! PDS is currently integrating a Navtech Radar based Incident Detection system into the prestigious new Hindhead tunnel on the A3 in Surrey. |
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March 2010 • Hindhead Road tunnel 'open in 18 months' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8585796.stm |
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March 2010 • Opening of the Bell Common Tunnel The British Transport Secretary Chris Mole inaugurated the Bell Common tunnel located on the M25 highway in the beginning of March. The works to upgrade the tunnel started in October 2008 and included upgrading of ventilation and lighting equipment as well as replacement of fire safety systems. Upgrading in the Holmesdale tunnel, west of Bell Common was completed last year. PDS is pleased to have been involved with both projects. Especially Bell Common where PDS world leading SCANLIGHT dimmable lighting system was chosen ahead of a competing system. |
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February 2010 • "“The Blackwall Tunnel is to get a 21st century upgrade” Transport for London announced last week. The three year £49m refurbishment programme of the northbound tunnel will be undertaken by BAM Nuttall and begins on 7th February” as reported by Tunnels and Tunneling International - February 2010. PDS is pleased to be providing the tunnel systems for this project. |
| October 2009 • The Lower Lea Valley project is awarded the Association of Project Management “Project of the Year 2009” award for the Power Lines Undergrounding Project PDS is pleased to have been involved. |
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August 2009 • All PDS project managers and board members responsible for project delivery have now passed a PRINCE2 foundation course, to benchmark current practices against what is regarded as the industry best practice in project management. PDS will now be reviewing how the PDS processes for successful project delivery can be enhanced. |
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May 2009 Traffex 2009 is a success. • Taking a larger and more central stand, to reflect PDS continued success, the concept for a SCADA based operational facility was very well received, with many clients showing interest. PDS were pleased to meet both old friends and new contacts at the show. |
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May 2009 • THE real thing may be years away from completion but motorists can already get their first virtual experience of driving through the Hindhead Tunnel. A computer simulation of the £371m tunnel, which will slash journey times on the A3 between Portsmouth and London, has been produced by the Highways Agency to give people a taste of what it will feel like to travel along the road without the usual daily diet of tailbacks and traffic jams. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Tunnel-vision-comes-to-video.2921229.jp PDS is delighted to be providing all the tunnel systems for the project which is due to complete in 2011. |
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April 2009 • PDS have successfully passed the BS EN ISO 9001 Quality Management System reaccreditation audit to the new 2008 standard, with no non-conformances raised. We are one of the first companies in the UK to achieve accreditation to this new standard. • PDS will be at Traffex - Stand G50. |
| January 2009 • Following continued success and ongoing staff recruitment program, PDS breaks the 40 employee's threshold. |
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December 2008 • After an extensive highly detailed review and comparison PDS market leading SCANLIGHT dimmable addressable lighting control solution is selected for the HA Bell Common Project. • Following further contract renewals and success in system support, PDS has won the contract to support the Limehouse Link tunnel in London. PDS now supports 22 tunnels in the UK road tunnel industry. |
| November 2008 • PDS selected to provide the Plant Monitoring and Control Systems into the HA's M25 Bell Common road tunnel refurbishment project. |
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September 2008 • PDS expands the fleet of vehicles for system support. |
| June 2008 • PDS celebrates 20 years in existence! • PDS selected to provide the turnkey integrated systems into the A3 Hindhead Tunnel, including PDS own market leading SCANLIGHT dimmable addressable lighting control system. |
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February 2007 PDS are to exhibit at Traffex 2007, being held at the NEC between 17th and 19th April 2007. PDS will be demonstrating the MATRICs IP integrated systems demonstration and test facility on stand Z54 during the show. |
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September 2006 PDS have been awarded a contract by J. Murphy & Sons Ltd for the SCADA system for the two Lower Lea Valley Cable Tunnels. In a project for the London Development Agency, the tunnels are being constructed for use by National Grid and EDFe, and due for commissioning in 2008. |
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August 2006 Our move into Olympus House has gone well, and those that have visited us will have seen the new demonstration facilities for MATRICs IP (Integrated IP Systems) and SCANLIGHT (dimmable addressable lighting system) ready for inspection. Following a number of recent project awards and some announcements pending we are again recruiting for engineers - see the recruitment page. Further news follows. |