Colas Limited, the UK arm of Colas SA, has embarked on its second significant contract with Veolia, focusing on the design and construction of a new waste transfer facility in Maresfield, East Sussex. As part of this project, Colas has selected EMS OptiBond for onsite connectivity.
The 56-week project is set to become a crucial component of the East Sussex County Council’s waste management strategy. During the initial phase on-site, Colas conducted trials of the i-MO system while awaiting the installation of ADSL lines by BT.
Following the successful trials, Colas has officially integrated i-MO into their future site setup plans.
Tony Delaney, UK IT Manager at Colas, expressed satisfaction with the system’s performance and the support provided by EMS:
“We were looking for a simple, robust method to enable our on-site personnel to get online. The reliability and performance of the service, coupled with the active support from EMS, convinced us to proceed with i-MO,” Delaney stated.
Andrew Lambert, Managing Director of EMS, highlighted the positive feedback from the Maresfield trials:
“The excellent performance during the trials showcased i-MO at its best. By using data cards from different network providers and bonding the bandwidth together, we achieved outstanding results.”
The new waste transfer facility at Maresfield is expected to significantly enhance waste management operations in East Sussex, marking another successful collaboration between Colas Limited and EMS.
About Colas
Colas Limited operates throughout Great Britain as a service provider to the highways and airfields sectors.As part of the international Colas Group they share the knowledge and resources of one of the world’s leading road construction and maintenance organisations.
Their activities include quarrying and coated stone production; bulk and packed bitumen-based product manufacture; civil and electrical engineering; road construction, surfacing and term maintenance.
EMS Capabilities
EMS specialises in improving productivity by supplying cost effective, instant secure data connectivity at remote and temporary locations. The i-MO Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) appliance uses two independent cellular connections that are combined to provide redundancy, super fast download speeds and low latency. Download speeds in excess of 1.5Mbs and upload speeds of 512Kbs are possible with HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access).
The purpose built i-MO appliance can be pre-configured with a secure Virtual Private Network to provide instant secure data connectivity at your remote sites . The fully managed service includes a help desk and remote diagnostics to quickly resolve any networking issues. In the unlikely event of a hardware fault the service includes the supply of a pre-configured replacement appliance, shipped direct to your site.
EMS also supply Broadband, Telecoms and Mobile solutions. For more information on how we can provide a solution to your communications problems, please call Lawrence Walker on 01428 751655