[vc_row][vc_column][vcex_heading text=”Queensland Rail Maintenance Facility, Ipswich, QLD” tag=”h1″ css=”.vc_custom_1570590564862{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text]The Queensland Government’s New Generation Rollingstock (NGR) is in response to increasing the passenger train fleet in southeast Queensland and has constructed a purpose-built maintenance centre at Wulkuraka at a cost of $190 million. The new state-of-the-art facility will employ 150 people to maintain, service and repair 75 six-car electric trains over a 30-year period.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vcex_heading text=”Project Design Brief” tag=”h2″ font_weight=”semibold” font_size=”1.154em” css=”.vc_custom_1534997838718{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1570590575299{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]New stormwater civil works was required to improve the local drainage. Culverts and drainage pipes were installed across the rail corridor. The service road running beside the maintenance facility was a small corridor and had extensive underground electrical and communication cables connecting to the facility, creating challenges for designers. A shallow drainage system with minimal gully pits was required.[/vc_column_text][vcex_heading text=”ACO’s Solution” tag=”h2″ font_weight=”semibold” font_size=”1.154em” css=”.vc_custom_1534997885619{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text]
TraffikDrain TD300 with Iron Hi-Flo grates
ACO’s Technical Service Department was able to advise the designers on hydraulic flow rates, grate intake rates and pit spacing
