Refined Recycling - EIS Waste Services

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Transport News May 2015
Transport News May 2015
Safety In Focus
For EIS Waste Services
Aberdeen
based EIS Waste
Services has
recently invested
in vehicle
safety solutions
from Brigade
Electronics.
John Henderson
headed to
Aberdeen to
view some
impressive
software in
action.
Mercedes-Benz Arocs skip
loader uses Brigade
Electronics’ four camera,
Elite system.
C
OMMERCIAL vehicles
operating in busy city
streets throw up a wide
number of safety concerns. In
most cases the lorry driver is
well aware of the dangers, but
it’s usually pedestrians, cyclists
and car drivers who seem
oblivious to blind spots or the
extra room required to perform
CV turning manoeuvres.
A spate of serious accidents
involving cyclists in London
has promoted several safety
schemes regulated by its city
council and larger PLCs who
require trucks to work within
the M25 circle.
However the problems are
not confined to the Big Smoke
and as traffic levels increase
across the UK, truck drivers
in any town or city require to
have their wits about them on a
continual basis.
The MDR-304 hard drive unit
has a lockable and removable
centre section.
The rapid progress of
software technology has
increased a driver’s visibility
and awareness levels, thanks
to camera monitor systems or
radar warning devices.
A newly delivered three axle Scania P320 is fitted with a Terberg three
compartment recycling body to allow customers to comply with Zero
Waste Regulations.
Single camera feeds were
initially used for reversing, but
now compact cameras can be
fitted all round a truck giving a
complete view of its perimeter.
Brigade Electronics are at
the forefront of vehicle safety
systems and EIS Waste Services
of Aberdeen has now chosen
this manufacturer as supplier
for all new commercial vehicle
purchases. A complementary
project will also see all existing
EIS Waste Services HGVs retro
fitted with the appropriate
Brigade Electronics’ camera
systems.
EIS Waste Services operate
around 27 commercial vehicles
on a huge variety of waste
collection and recycling schemes
in Aberdeen city and shire. In
addition to using a quartet of
Mercedes-Benz Econic refuse
collection vehicles (RCVs) the
company also run four, six and
eight wheeled rigid vehicles.
The latter group take the shape
of skip loaders, hooklifts,
specialised multi compartment
recyclers rear end loaders (REL)
and front end loaders (FEL).
EIS Waste Services has also
pioneered the use of drawbar
Spot the pedestrian! MercedesBenz Econic in cab monitor
clearly shows a pedestrian
close to the RCV’s nearside.
vehicles for skip and hooklift
operations in northern Scotland.
Owned and operated by
the Sharp family, EIS Waste
Services daily work remit sees
everything from delivering a
skip into a house driveway to
multiple collections of bulk
waste or recycling.
An in-house driver’s weekly
damage bonus scheme has
produced encouraging results
and after being subjected to
some questionable accident
damage claims, managing
director Neil Sharp and
transport manager, Raymond
Henderson decided to opt for
Brigade Electronics’ Backeye
360 Elite and Select camera
systems linked to mobile digital
recorders (MDR).
Another strong attraction was
that the Brigade systems also
offered increased road safety
levels when working in busy
urban streets, which form the
majority of any usual week’s
work at this business.
For low body types such
as skip and hooklift rigids,
EIS Waste Services has used
Brigade’s Backeye 360 Elite
cameras that see four lenses
fitted around the vehicle
perimeter. Forward facing
cameras have been fitted either
on the exterior sun visor or
inside, on the underside of the
over screen parcel shelf.
The side cameras are fixed
on the cab’s front corner air
deflectors and get a clear
uninterrupted view right to
beyond the rear bumper. The
rear camera is easily fixed
centrally on the chassis.
Completely eliminating blind
spots, the four cameras give a
real time surround view on the
monitor screen.
Also fitted discreetly inside
the cab, Brigade’s MDR-304
digital recorder is also simple
to use. The hard drive section
can be unlocked and removed
in seconds then viewing
is available via a USB 2.0
connection to either a TV or PC.
The hard disk can record up
to 780 hours of footage and
usefully, recording is continued
up to 60 minutes after the host
vehicles’ ignition is switched off.
For the EIS Waste Services
trucks with larger box type
bodies, like its Econic RCVs and
the latest Scania/Terberg three
compartment recycler, Brigade
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Refined Recycling
EIS Waste Services currently operates a fleet of 27 HGVs.
T
HE SHARP family’s
involvement in waste
collection and landfill
operations stretches back
to 1974. Following the sale
of their original business,
repeated requests from
historic customers led to
the formation of EIS Waste
Services in 1989 by second
generation Neil Sharp Jnr.
The company’s current
purpose built Recycling
Facility at Gallowhill,
Checkbar, Nigg is ideally
located close to the main A90
dual carriageway just south
of Aberdeen. This 14 acre
site contains a sizeable waste
transfer and recycling centre,
a modern office block and
generous parking for EIS
Waste’s 27 strong HGV fleet.
Managing director Neil
Sharp reported, ‘We offer a
good personal service to a
wide variety of customers
and we have won a lot
of business thanks to our
family run policy of being
directly accountable to our
clients.
Electronics’ Backeye 360 Select
camera has been opted.
The quartet of cameras and
ECU create a virtual bird’s
eye image presented on the
seven inch in cab screen, which
can deliver one single or dual
images as required.
As with the Elite system,
Select will activate the relevant
camera monitor when use of
the indicators or gear selection
dictates. This means the in cab
screen shows up the nearside
when the left indicator is used
and similarly the offside with
right indicator. Deployment of
reverse gear immediately brings
the rear unit’s feed into view.
Supplied by Dingbro
and fitted by Taylors (Auto
Electrical) Aberdeen, the Brigade
Rear camera monitor can be fixed at height or between the chassis rails.
The Nigg based fleet is one
of the UK’s smartest waste
collection operations.
The company was founded
in 1989.
‘At present, EIS Waste
Services has a 95% diversion
from landfill figure and we
will increase that number
through further recycling
initiatives. We are the only
company in this area to be
accredited to Zero Waste
Scotland’s Resource Sector
Commitment.’
Currently employing 92 full
time staff, EIS Waste Services
operates in a 60 mile radius
Electronics safety systems have
been welcomed by EIS Waste
Services’ transport manager,
Raymond Henderson; ‘The
Backeye 360 Elite and Select
cameras have had a huge road
safety impact on our drivers,
particularly with pedestrians
and cyclists.
‘We now also have a fully
checkable record of every
truck’s activities throughout
each working day and there
are now no blind spots when
manoeuvring in confined
spaces.
‘Overall, both managing
director Neil Sharp and I
consider the Brigade Electronics
equipment to be a great
investment to our operations.’
Brigade’s Elite side monitors
are fixed to the air deflectors,
whilst the Select sits higher up
half way along the body.
north and west of Aberdeen
and a 40 mile arc to the
south.
The firm’s pioneering
use of drawbar trucks has
boosted fleet utilisation
figures and its use of
extremely high vehicle
presentation standards,
via an outstanding livery
applied by Driver Signs, is
unusual in this sphere.
At present EIS Waste
Services operate MAN,
Mercedes-Benz, Scania,
Volvo and DAF, almost
all of which are on five
year R&M contracts.
Traditional four wheeled
skip trucks account for
just over a third of this
operation, whilst three
and four axle rigids have
an increasing presence.
At the time of my visit,
EIS Waste Services were
debuting a trio of Scanias
in 23 and 32 tonne trims,
two in Hyva roll on/off
configuration and one in
the shape of a Terberg three
compartment recycler. The
firm’s recent MercedesBenz arrivals include an
Arocs 18 tonne skip loader
and a 26 tonne Econic RCV.