UK: Mechan worked with main contractor Hochtief to design, supply and install a set of 12 lifting jacks and two turntables for a three-road maintenance facility which has been built to expand GWR’s Exeter Olds View depot near St David’s station.
The 15 tonne rail mounted jacks can lift more than one vehicle type, and the two 10 tonne powered turntables have been installed on tracks leading to the depot’s bogie workshop and stores.
‘We have been involved in this project from an early stage, as Hochtief was keen to source the right products for its client’, said Mechan Sales Manager Lindsey Mills. ‘As we hadn’t worked together before, we had to go through the supplier approval process, but once it was complete, we enjoyed an excellent relationship and it is now great to see our equipment in action.’
