马特锁 - 铁路销售经理

拥有超过12年的行业经验,Matt Lock has been involved in sales since March 2000, working with customers in the rail sector. As the equipment and customer requirements evolved, Matt began to focus on the rail industry specifically from December 2008, whilst also specialising in Monitoring.

“I have heard ballasted track referred to as a “living thing” because it moves, wears and deteriorates over time, so monitoring the rail environment, be it the track-bed, earthworks or related structures is very important for the safe running of the railway.”

The rail industry presents unique challenges and is staffed with dedicated people, passionate about what they do. Matt describes rail engineering as a fascinating subject area, encompassing 3D survey, track design, BIM, setting-out, 3D machine control, tamping and monitoring. The working environment can be very dynamic with different professionals sharing the site with a variety of heavy plant.

Matt’s background as an Engineering Land Surveyor has stood him in good stead as a solid understanding of the geospatial world, especially the practical applications of coordinate systems, the importance of good quality survey control, the difference between accuracy and precision, setting-out tolerances and digital data management are very important. Working in the rail industry for so long has taught him a huge amount about the different stages of the rail lifecycle and how teams work together.

“在提出加入解决方案时，这确实很重要，因为我们有各种各样的硬件，软件和服务可供选择。”

Safety and productivity are the biggest drivers in the rail industry, whilst some of the largest challenges we continue to face are access to the railway infrastructure and also the volume of people coming into the industry. Matt has noted a number of new initiatives to encourage more young people to become part of the “orange army”, and he believes that the technology Leica have at our disposal today will help to encourage them in.

“The adoption of digital technology has progressed massively over the years. From using 1-person total stations to 3D BIM designs; replacing pegs, nails and tapes with lasers and 3D machine control; static 3D laser scanning to mobile, high speed point-cloud and image capture; manually reading geotechnical sensors to satellite and wireless remote sensor monitoring. As mobile communications have improved, we have seen a greater ability to connect to central cloud services from the site, enabling data sharing between stakeholders, wherever they may be, to become much easier.”

铁路行业已经看到了多年来的图像的使用变得越来越重要，并且随着GS18I GNSS Rover现在在市场上，Matt可以看到对人的调查和映射铁路环境的真正附加值。他们不仅可以录制地理参考的图像，而且还可以在办公室或在办公室返回这些图像上的要点，从而大大提高生产率和安全性，因为它们只需要访问赛道的一侧即可。

“Safety is key, and with the “boots off ballast” initiative I believe fewer people will be required to capture data on-site and also build the infrastructure.”

随着未来，随着机器人车辆和无人机的更广泛使用，尽管可能会遥控地控制调查，设计和造成的数据，但马特认为，铁路基础设施将很快成为自我监控，并启用维护被预测，甚至可能“自我修复”。由于时间和访问限制，晚上进行了许多工作，Matt和我们的铁路团队了解客户在不社交时期工作的需求并致力于支持他们。

您是否对铁路行业和Leica Geosystems进行了询问，那么您可以在LinkedIn上与Matt连接。

• 连接：LinkedIn
• Email:matt.lock@hexagon.com