- Markets
- Oil and gas
- Marine
- Nuclear
- Defence
- Transport and infrastructure
- Renewable energy
- Ports and terminals
- Construction
- Services
- Inspection and monitoring
- Lifting and handling
- Marine services
- Mooring and fendering
- Nuclear equipment and services
- Offshore support
- Design and engineering
- Submarine rescue
- Subsea
- Investors
- COVID-19
- Share price summary and chart
- Major shareholders
- Financial information
- Board of Directors
- Advisors and registrars
- AGM information
- Investor news (RNS)
- Governance
- Investor relations contact information
- Be ScamSmart
- Condition monitoring
- Construction plant productivity and safety
- Onshore geotechnical monitoring
- Load cells
- Marine safety systems
- Nuclear plant characterisations
- Offshore safety systems
- PyroSentry™
- Radiation detection equipment
- Strain rings
- Structural monitoring
- X-ray inspection systems
- Container Weight System™
- Crane overload monitoring
- Hose and umbilical reelers
- Lifting equipment
- Load links
- Load shackles
- Marine cranes
- Winches and hoists
- Fuels infrastructure
- Mermaid®
- Offshore personnel
- Offshore Wind Management System®
- Ship management services
- Ship-to-ship transfers
- Ship-to-Turbine™
- Shoreside support
- Surface preparation
- Vessel chartering
- Wind turbine blade inspections
- Site preparation
- Installation and commissioning
- Operations and maintenance
- Digital solutions
- Anchor and chain monitoring
- Deck and mooring equipment
- Fendering
- Flotation
- Line tension monitors
- Mooring load monitoring
- Towing load monitoring
- Building infrastructure and services
- Containerised systems
- Engineered containments
- Manipulators and tooling
- Mechanical and remote handling
- Radiation tolerant equipment
- Remote inspection systems
- Safety and control systems
- Shielded equipment and facilities
- Trials, training and simulation
- Artificial lift
- Compressors and breathing air compressors
- Centrifugal and positive displacement pumps
- Heat suppression
- Offshore equipment
- Offshore pipeline services
- Steam generators
- Safety slick joint
- Safety bails
- Well test support
- Aerospace engineering
- Fabrication
- Hazardous area design and engineering
- Marine projects
- Mechanical and electrical design
- Specialist engineering design
- Specialist structures consultancy
- Atmosphere sampler
- ELSS pods and bags
- Equipment assessment and support
- Flyaway ROV systems
- Inflatable freeboard extender
- Intervention targets
- James Fisher Submarine Rescue Service
- LR5 manned submersible
- Submarine escape training tower
- Submersible mating targets
- Subsea operations training
- Transfer under pressure systems
- Dive equipment
- Diving services
- Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)
- Salvage
- Subsea excavation
- Subsea engineering
- Containerised deployment solutions
- Launch and recovery systems
- Swimmer delivery vehicles
- Special operations consultancy
- Special operations training
- Company reports, accounts and presentations
- Dividend centre
- Financial calendar
- Five year record
- Sector review
- Our stakeholders
- Committees
- Principal risks and uncertainties
- Business ethics, anti-bribery and corruption policies
- Modern slavery act transparency statement
- Gender pay report
- Tax strategy
- Health and safety
- Our people
- The Sir John Fisher Foundation
- Board changes - Remuneration
- James Fisher Renewables backs APAC offshore wind growth with six in-market appointments for Korea and Taiwan
- James Fisher and Abu Dhabi’s NMDC Group sign strategic agreement
- James Fisher Renewables commits to further investment in Taiwan to support local government
- JFD completes three consecutive Submarine Rescue Exercises in Quarter One 2022
- Archive
- JFD conducts a hydrostatic pressure test
- James Fisher increases offshore wind asset operations and maintenance (O&M) portfolio
- JFD hosts a dive tank test and demonstration
- JFD tests a submarine hull at their National Hyperbaric Centre
- Archive
10 April 2019
JF Testing Services awarded eight year structural health monitoring contract on the Tamar Bridge
Structural health monitoring specialist James Fisher Testing Services (JFTS) has been awarded a contract to provide a new structural health monitoring system (SHM) on the Tamar Bridge for bridge owner, the joint authorities of Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council, to help extend the operational life of the bridge.
At the heart of the new SHM system is BridgeWatch®, which is based upon JFTS’s Smart Asset Management System (SAMS) technology stack and will aid efficient day-to-day management of the Tamar suspension bridge. SAMS will offer detailed insights on prevailing environmental conditions and their effects across the bridge, helping the operations team to make informed decisions regarding the management of traffic flow to assure the safety of road users.
Richard Cole, engineering manager at the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee said:
“We’re looking forward to working with JFTS to deliver this important structural health monitoring project for Tamar Bridge.
The new weather stations will provide essential information to help our operations team deliver a safe and reliable service to bridge users and the data obtained from the structural monitoring sensors will provide an essential record of bridge performance that will support our robust inspection and maintenance regime, both now and into the future.”
In the long term, the system will monitor key bridge components, including rocker bearings, expansion joints and main cable anchorages. As data is accumulated over time, the system will develop a detailed picture of the bridge’s performance under a variety of conditions and will be used to optimise inspection and maintenance strategies.
Matthew Anderson, head of bridges and structures at JFTS adds:
“Our SAMS platform incorporates IoT technologies, big data processing and machine learning capabilities that offer a cutting edge structural health monitoring solution.
On the Tamar Bridge, elements of this functionality will allow the operations team to develop a comprehensive picture of the bridge’s performance over an extended period of time. In particular, the system will allow the team to monitor the effect of varying traffic loads, an import factor for the Tamar Bridge since it was upgraded to tolerate heavier traffic in the late 90’s.
The insights gathered here will allow the joint authorities to extend the bridge’s operational life for many years to come.”
A network of sensors including weather stations, displacement sensors, temperature sensors and robotic total stations will be connected via fibre optic cables and data will be collected through a series of data acquisition units, which will offer secure, real time monitoring of the entire structure.
The project is now underway, with initial site visits, design work and key reporting requirements being established with the customer. The system is expected to go live during Q3 2019. Once operational, JFTS will continue to host client data for an initial period of eight years, using UK-based servers on a secure, cloud-based interface.