Vegetation Asset Management System (VAMS)

Proactive management of trackside vegetation to reduce interruptions and enhance punctuality.

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Vegetation Asset Management System (VAMS)

Enhancing Rail Network Resilience with Proactive Vegetation Management

Rail network operators face multiple operational and environmental challenges in delivering a reliable, punctual, and efficient service. Vegetation and habitat management is a unique challenge, as it requires constant and proactive monitoring of issues and an instant response to those that suddenly develop, on a significant scale.

Providers must find an efficient way to capture, review, and assess data about specific areas of vegetation and trees, allowing for effective monitoring of issues that have the potential to compromise network resilience and disrupt services.

Optimising Vegetation Management with Digital Intelligence

Leverage digital capabilities to capture, store, transmit, and analyse data that highlights the type, condition, and issues involving all vegetation types across a network estate. Monitor and triage issues into regular maintenance schedules, emergency action, or complete clearance, to assure a reliable service.

Conduct comprehensive surveys on trees and vegetation, including Ash Dieback, BS 5837 (Tree Surveys), TEF3077, and TEF3076, among others.

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Key Capabilities

Our Vegetation Asset Management System (VAMS) utilises hand-held smart devices to capture, record, and report network vegetation management issues. VAMS:

  • Fully supports National Rail standards: TEF/3076 (Leaf Fall Risk Management) and TEF/3077 (Tree Hazard Risk Management).
  • Provides an end-to-end vegetation examination system that supports comprehensive, real-time issue identification, monitoring, reviews, fixes, and reporting to senior management, analysts, and engineers.
  • Pinpoints critical issues to within 500mm, using a Geographic Information System (GIS) that leverages 3rd party data, including Google Maps, to highlight the potential impact on services, as well as support site visit planning and preparation.
  • Is an easy-to-use, fast-to-deploy platform that utilises any smart device, including iOS and Android
  • Can support the adaptation and updating of forms and reports quickly and easily, as new vegetation types and issues emerge.
  • Integrates with a mobile network to provide instant feedback and alerting to senior management, or collect information in offline mode to send the data, once network coverage is available.
  • Fully integrates into management dashboards, to complement other alerting and monitoring systems, to provide a holistic perspective of a network’s real-time condition.

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