Consulting Engineers
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Tender Documentation
We write clear, readable specifications.
Aitken & Partners have a reputation for documents that allow
innovation while tightly specifying performance and functionality.
Many of the major railway communications systems in Australia
were specified by Aitken & Partners: RailCorp, Pacific
National and Westrail, to name a few!
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Contract Reviews and Audits Extensive technical experience and a thorough
understanding of railway requirements are the basis of our contract
reviews and technical audits. Aitken & Partners have reviewed
and audited around $250 milliion worth of contract work. Our
reviews have saved our clients some millions of dollars.
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Emergency Telephones & CCTV Passengers
now expect emergency telephone systems to work and to work all the
time. Railways rely on Closed Circuit Television
for security and operations. Aitken & Partners are
leaders in innovation and cost efficiency for railway emergency and
surveillance systems.
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Performance Audits Communication
networks are always designed to tight and carefully researched
specifications. However, as the years go by, the original
assumptions and decisions may be forgotten and the integrity of the
system may inadvertently be corrupted.
Aitken & Partners have the experience and breadth of understanding necessary to audit the performance and applicability of your communication system.
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Low Traffic Lines It
is easy to create a comprehensive communications design for railways
that have high traffic level. The cost per train movement is
not high and can be offset against operational and security
improvements or requirements. This is certainly not the case for
low traffic lines. Seasonal lines often cannot justify any expenditure
on communications infrastructure. Twenty years of train radio
design in Australia has made Aitken & Partners expert
in systems for low traffic lines.
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Something to consider
We believe that the user interface of radio systems
deserves far more attention. Two books
by psychologists explain why:
Human Error by James Reason is widely cited but perhaps not so widely read. It is certainly not easy reading. This is one of the definitive works on the subject. The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman is very readable and will challenge many of your assumptions. Think about your system as you read this book. Is error encouraged or minimised? |
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