On Friday, 1st March 2019 a team of 19 strangers grouped together and completed the Social London Marathon Trek. 

The trek was organised by Steve Kerslake, the founder of The Let Off Steam Project. The Project has been launched to support and promote the mental health and well being of the workforce, within the rail and construction industries. 

Callum Finlayson, Managing Director at Technotrack Engineering was one of the 18 who took on the challenge. "The team at Technotrack Engineering are passionate about this project and what it stands for. When I head about the trek, I jumped at the chance!"

The team set off at 6am from London Liverpool on their 30.6 mile round trip. The chosen charity for the trek was Red Nose Day and they raised £2855 for this incredible charity. 

Technotrack are pleased to announce that they are now part of Volker Rail's supply chain. 

Technotrack has committed a site supervisor, Installation staff as well as SMTH testers to the Volker Rail Felixstowe Branch Capacity project. This project, for Network Rail, will see an upgrade to the Felixstowe branch line and space built for 1.4km of extra track, built as a loop line, to be laid between Trimley and the level crossing at Gun Lane. The £60m investment is part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan and funded by the Strategic Freight Network with a contribution from Hutchinson Ports UK.

"We are thrilled to have been added to Volker Rail's supply chain. This is another great client adding to our ever growing portfolio." Commented Callum Finlayson, Managing Director 

Technotrack is committed to supplying the highest quality staff to the rail sector and look forward to working alongside Volker Rail on this and future projects.

Please contact us if you would like discuss a project or are looking to join our team. 

Technotrack Engineering are delighted to have donated gifts to the East Anglian Children's Hospice (EACH).  We donated toys for a range of ages to offer a little bit of comfort and joy to the children this Christmas. 

As a supplier of Volker Fitzpatrick, TTE were asked if we'd like to support their chosen charities EACH and Necton Little Oaks Preschool.  The Volker Fitzpatrick Felixstowe Capacity site team, along with their supply chain raised £2570.00 for the Preschool and £2270.00 plus £300.00 in toys for the Hospice.     
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"We had a very successful raffle and a collection bucket in our SAC office to raise much needed funds for the Nursery and Hospice, with some fantastic support from our supply chain. These donations will make a massive difference to them both." commented Dave Goodey, Works Manager at Volker Fitzpatrick. 
 

Congratulations to Matt, George and Dean on passing their Basic Diagram Reading course.

All three will now progress to the Basic Signalling One course in January, which is part of the learning program to achieve an NVQ qualification.

We would like to thank Mike Knapton of ARC academy and Gary Brackley of Infinity Training for their ongoing support and organising the training courses for our team. #training
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2018 has been a busy year for the TTE team, however, at Technotrack Engineering we are passionate about our staff and investing in their training and development is extremely important to us.

Recently, Jaguar Love passed his IRSE Installer’s Licence and Stuart Duncan completed his IRSE Team Leaders Licence. This has been part of an on-going programme and we look forward to both Jaguar and Stuart continuing to excel and progress further with their training and development. 

Technotrack Engineering staff have been busy working on the Atkins Elix level crossing system at their training schools in both Crewe and Basingstoke.

Our staff had to design the trunking routes and run all of the cabling, as well as building new locations and setting up the level crossings inside the training schools.

Feedback from the client has been positive and we look forward to building our working relationship with Atkins. 

In November 2017, Technotrack Engineering announced that it is the proud company sponsor behind Gemma Holland's Machu Picchu challenge.  We are thrilled to report that Gemma took on the challenging Machu Picchu trek and succeeded, not only in completing the challenge but by raising over £5,500 for local Ipswich charity, St Elizabeth Hospice.

Gemma arrived in Peru, South America on Friday, 4th May and after acclimatising to the altitude in the ancient Inca Capital of Cusco, began the tough trek to Machu Picchu on Monday, 7th May from the Sacred Valley.  

The four day trek was a once in a lifetime experience for Gemma, she spent her evenings camping in the wild, beside rivers and her days tackling high mountain passes, the highest was 4,600m in the Ranrayoc Valley. 

Following the traditional Inca path, Gemma and her team caught their first awe-inspiring view of the sacred site of Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate on Thursday, 10th May.

"The whole Technotrack Engineering team would like to congratulate Gemma
on her successful challenge and we are proud to have supported such a worthy cause." 
Callum Finlayson, Production Director

Gemma's chosen charity is St Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich. St Elizabeth Hospice improves life for those living with progressive and terminal illnesses through palliative care. They can care for patients in their home, in the community, or at the hospice. St Elizabeth Hospice is an independent charity providing free services. Every year, their services cost £9.1 million to run, three quarters coming from the local community. They rely on fundraising, donations and volunteers, like Gemma to keep going.​

If you would like to sponsor Gemma, you can donate here!

Technotrack takes close call reporting very seriously and have issued all staff with our new ‘Close call reporting pads’.

We feel that feedback from our ground staff is of utmost importance when it comes to safety and improving the infrastructure.

Our staff are encouraged to raise all issues however trivial they feel they are. All feedback is captured and passed on to the relevant department for action to be taken. 

If you have any questions about our close call reporting procedure, please contact us. 

Technotrack were delighted to be awarded the Central Rivers Installation project and continue to build our great working relationship with Fenix Signalling.

The work involved Installing Tiefenbach style depot points as well as Axle counters and shunt signals. Our team then worked closely with the test teams to assist with the changeover of the newly installed equipment.

Our team have enjoyed learning about the Tiefenbach technology and look forward to working alongside the Fenix team on future project.