With over 30 years’ experience in the structural rail inspection industry, we provide highly experienced teams to deliver end-to-end rail engineering and infrastructure services for clients.

Our expertise cover Project Management, Structure Examinations, Diving and Signalling and Telecommunications.

 

Project Management

 

Our Possession Planning team has over 20 years combined experience to provide us with a range of requirements for the planning of Possessions, Line Blockages and preparing Safe Work Packs.

 

Structure Examinations

 

Our chief priority is to provide a full and competent team of Examiners to carry out examinations and assessments of railway structures under the Civils Examinations Framework Agreement (CEFA).

We have accomplished staff to deliver structural rail inspections across a range of structures, whether this be a visual or full detailed examination, including:

• Overbridges
• Underbridges
• Culverts
• Tunnels
• Retaining Walls
• Estuary Walls
• Footbridges
• GSM-R Masts

 

Underwater Examinations

 

We work directly with highly experienced divers, GW Marine Systems, to offer underwater services including:

• Diving
• Underwater Surveys & Repairs
• Bridge Inspections
• Confined Space Examinations

The AK-RATES examination team have worked on a variety of Structures within the Railway and Highways environment, including a full range of underwater examinations and CCTV. A full List of the structures we can deliver is provided below: