Geophysics for Railway Track Safety Assessment & Monitoring

The safety of railway operations not only depends on the well-established laws and regulations as we have here in Canada (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/R-4.2/page-1.html), but also on the conditions and instability of the soil supporting the rail track system. These conditions may change naturally due to severe weather conditions, soil erosion and also due to engineering and construction work in the vicinity of the rail tracks.

We all have seen the magnitude of what can happen when rail accidents occur. Not a Joke, Folks!!. (as J. Biden used to say).

Geophysics HM Ltd?uses a combination of Ground Penetrating Radar and Multichannel Analysis of Seismic Waves for rapid assessment of the ballast and soil conditions and safety monitoring of the railroad track and crossing condition over time.

-??????Rail track ballast condition monitoring

-??????Settlement?assessment

-??????Void and Sinkhole Mapping

-??????Soil Condition Monitoring and Assessment

-??????Soil erosion assessment

-??????Utility Mapping

-??????Bedrock profiling

-??????Seismic Site Classification (NBC)

-??????Allowable Bearing Capacity

-??????Soil Physical and Elastic Properties

-??????Poisson and Shear Modulus