Congratulations Phil Vincent
Every year, our Brisbane Motorway Services team measure the light illumination levels of the CLEM7 tunnel road surface in Queensland, Australia to determine cleaning requirements for preventative asset maintenance. The panels must reflect a minimum of 60 percent light.
Seeking to create greater efficiencies in the data gathering process across the tunnel’s 20 locations, as well as promote worker safety, Asset Engineer Phil Vincent designed and constructed an innovative light meter, aptly called ‘the speed of light’ which can be vehicle mounted and driven through the tunnel during normal operations.
Using Phil’s device, the team can now capture in just 4.2 minutes what used to take hours to achieve – and all without closing the tunnel or putting workers at risk. The two-metre long device has 14 sensors which capture a detailed plot of illumination levels which can then be stored, compared year-on-year and contribute to the tunnel’s overall performance for our client.
The cost to produce the device was minimal but it provides significant savings and can be used in a tunnel environment for bus, rail and motor vehicles as well as open road environments.
Pictured: Phil Vincent monitors the ‘speed of light’ device from his stationary vehicle in the Clem7 Tunnel in Brisbane, Australia.
