Omnicom Balfour Beatty share their thoughts on how innovation and technology can be deployed to maximise the capacity and performance of the rail infrastructure. The presentation will focus on real life examples of how Remote Condition Monitoring (AssetVIEW) and Vehicle based Vision Systems (OmniCapture3D) can be used to maximise infrastructure reliability whilst minimising onsite maintenance activities.
Ian Bridges Professional Head of Signalling & Engineering Director(Balfour Beatty) and President of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE) will introduce the talk.
Dr Jonathan Owen is the Product Owner (Survey & Vision) for Omnicom Balfour Beatty. Omnicom Balfour Beatty was created when Balfour Beatty acquired Omnicom Engineering Limited in October 2016. He began working for Omnicom Engineering Limited in 2001 after completing his PHD in Applied Mathematics. He has been instrumental in developing Omnicom’s world class surveying and positioning systems both from a hardware and software setting. Jonathan has worked on products and services delivered to the major UK Railways as well as applications in Australia, Japan and the United States of America.
Mark Robinson is the Product Owner (AssetView) for Omnicom Balfour Beatty. He began working for Omnicom Balfour Beatty in 2013 and during this time has been involved in the development of all fixed asset condition monitoring software currently offered by OBB. Having first been employed as a senior software developer working primarily on the Points Condition Monitoring solution, he progressed to software team lead overseeing the software development of all condition monitoring software, eventually becoming the product owner for AssetView. As the Product Owner, Mark is responsible for the development and the continued support of the AssetView product and its infrastructure. Mark has worked on products and services delivered to Network Rail as well as applications in Hong Kong and Singapore. In previous careers Mark has developed systems to support Reliability Centred Maintenance in the Royal Navy and has designed and developed environmental control systems for the petroleum industry.