Pole testing helps Council prioritise spend
June saw
Rocla’s Rei-Lux business contracted by the Parramatta City Council to test and
measure the structural integrity of forty lighting poles around the city.
The lighting
poles are on sports fields maintained by Parramatta City Council and are of
different ages and made of different materials. As such, they have aged
differently and the council needed to find out which should be replaced
soonest.
Rei-Lux’s
patented three dimensional testing and measuring technique, which uniquely
exposes potential defects from below ground to the top of a column, was used to
test each of the lighting poles in situ.
The Rei-Lux
team was able to identify a number of poles that were not up to standard, allowing
the council to prioritise spending on replacements and avoid unnecessary work.
About Rei-Lux Pole Testing
Rei-Lux’s
testing process employs a 24 volt electric motor, with an out of balance weight
attached to it, to make the poles oscillate. As the motor slowly increases in
speed, the pole begins to vibrate. Lasers
and a special camera are then used to record the movement of the pole and, by
analysing this movement, the team can learn about the structural integrity of
the pole.
“We often find
light fittings that are not securely attached and foundation problems where the
pole is either not bolted down properly or the ground is not capable of
adequately supporting it. This is of huge value to our clients,” says Justin
Marriner, Rei-Lux Field Technician.
