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OMG's Yotta DCL wins Carillion M40 contract
OMG's Yotta DCL wins Carillion M40 contract.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 1030L OMG PLC 07 August 2013 \n \n\n7 August 2013\nOMG plc\n(\"OMG\" or the \"Group\")\nOMG's Yotta DCL wins Carillion M40 contract\n \n- Five year contract to survey 350km of carriageway on the M40 -\n- Contract with Carillion is worth £375,000 to Yotta DCL - \n \nOMG plc, (AIM: OMG), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces that its highways technology arm, Yotta DCL has secured a contract to provide surveys for Carillion on the M40, worth £375,000. \n \nYotta DCL has been awarded the five year contract after being shortlisted based on experience and knowledge through an e-auction, which vetted survey providers bids. Carillion holds the Operation and Maintenance agreement with UK Highways, which is the M40 Design, Build, Finance and Operate company (\"DBFO\"). \n \nThe M40 DBFO is one of the most mature in the UK. It was established in 1997 and will run until 2027. UK Highways holds the concession for the M40 DBFO with Carillion being responsible for all operations and maintenance. \n \nYotta DCL will provide Carillion with Deflectograph a vehicle-based survey, CHART survey, High Speed Road Monitor (\"HRM\") as well as Skid Resistance surveys and resulting quality data. The Group will survey 350km of carriageway, including slip roads, running between Junction 1 and Junction 15 of the M40. \n \nDeflectograph is a vehicle-based survey that measures the deflection of the road surface under a known load. The survey assesses the structural condition and provides a wide range of data to help assess the residual life of the carriageway together with detailed information that guides strengthening or reconstruction schemes. CHART is a walked survey that is performed simultaneously with the deflectograph; it picks up fine detail that may otherwise be missed by the survey vehicle. \n \nYotta DCL will use one of its bespoke survey vehicles to perform the HRM machine survey. The survey collects a range of information such as longitudinal profile, texture, transverse profile, and cracking. Cracking data is processed from high-resolution images of the surface taken by a line-scanning camera. Skidding resistance surveys play an important part in helping Carillion tackle sa...