Sydney Trains ROC
Location: Sydney, Australia
Designer: Smart Design Studio in association with Jacobs
Partner: Schiavello
Client: Sydney Trains
Sydney Trains has been operating all suburban rail services across metropolitan Sydney since 2013. Its services cover 506 miles across 178 stations on 9 lines, with subway-equivalent train frequencies of every 3 minutes. Until now, Sydney Trains has conducted train and track maintenance, incident response, customer communication, and safety monitoring from different locations.
But the NSW government’s innovative four-level, 24/7 Rail Operations (ROC) control room now brings these systems together under one roof, encouraging central control of procedures and protocols and open communications between departments, improving the operation and punctuality of the rail network.
One of the greatest challenges in this project was the complex nature of display mounting requirements in this large facility, whicvh is home to all the critical operations teams. Smart Design Studio, on behalf of Sydney Trains, engaged Atdec to provide modular mounting solutions for ergonomic multi-screen workstations.
Challenge
- With a variety of job roles within the control room, more than ten different types of display configurations were required.
- Workstations needed to incorporate up to five displays, both flat and curved, without sacrificing desk space.
- Some screens were as large as 43 inches, requiring robust mounting solutions designed to withstand heavy loads.
- Mounting solutions needed to be stable and strong enough to stand up to height adjustment of the existing desks.
- The aim was to create comfortable and ergonomic individual work stations, and also maintain an open, collaborative work environment.
- Large numbers of cables needed to be well secured and concealed.
Solution
- Atdec Modular mounts were the perfect solution for custom configurations combining multiple screens.
- Five-screen workstations reated with multiple posts and monitor arms of varying heights and lengths.
- Dual and triple configurations on a single post.
- Extra-heavy screens accommodated with heavy duty arms.
- Mounted with a double bolt-through kit with tightened arm joints to ensure perfect alignment and avoid reverberation even when desk height was adjusted.
- Displays were installed following the natural shape of the desk, for maximum desk space and perfect viewing angle.
- A black finish, along with well secured and hidden cables, for a neat and professional look.
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