Railway surveying

[toxicity2182]

Anybody know what the going day rate is for railway tree surveying?

Thanks

[Undercut]

Is there still a demand for railway surveying ? I was sure it was going to be done in house ? , hopefully I’m wrong .
Certainly plenty of Ash along most railway lines that will need regular inspections .

[Winky]

Depends what tickets you have, have you got PTS, IWA or COSS, Professional Tree inspection and a minimum of level 3 Arb? 

Edited August 8, 2021 by Winky

[Undercut]

I take it it’s agency’s that employ railway tree inspectors?

[openspaceman]

5 hours ago, Undercut said:

I take it it’s agency’s that employ railway tree inspectors?

When I was involved Network Rail put out a contract for a survey  to highlight potentially problem trees over the southern and wessex areas. ADAS got the contract and subbed in a number of qualified contractors  who tended to work in a team with a safety person (COSS) and a lookout. At the same time various other bits of the infrastructure were under the control of franchisees like the train operating companies (TOCS) who sometimes made their own arrangements for maintaining a database of trees under their control, this work seemed to get taken up by the standing vegetation management companies for that area, in my time these contracts were awarded for 5 years at a time.