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The team
Collision-avoidance consultants with experience supporting Level 9 CAS projects, alongside change specialists who help site teams adopt new ways of working.
- North America
- South America
- Central Asia
- Southern Africa
Engineering and human factors.
Collision avoidance is an engineering problem and a behaviour problem. Our team is built for both.
Engineering
From machine interfaces, brakes and engines to haul-road and mine design.
- Electrical
- Mechanical
- Mining
Human factors
How people perceive warnings, accept automation and change habits on shift.
- Neuroscience
- Communications
- Change management
The nine EMESRT layers.
The Vehicle Interaction 9-Layer Model combines site and operating controls with technology. Level 9 intervention is the final layer in a wider system of risk controls.
- L1 · Site requirements
Set the mine design, standards and performance requirements that shape safe vehicle interaction.
- L2 · Segregation controls
Separate people and mobile equipment where practicable through layout, barriers and traffic controls.
- L3 · Operating procedures
Define clear site rules for routes, intersections, right of way and high-risk interactions.
- L4 · Authority to operate
Confirm people and equipment are authorised for the tasks and areas where they operate.
- L5 · Fitness to operate
Support operator capability and fitness for safe vehicle operation.
- L6 · Operational compliance
Supervise and review whether agreed procedures and controls are followed in practice.
- L7 · Operator awareness
Use in-cab information and alerts to help operators recognise developing hazards.
- L8 · Advisory controls
Provide warnings and guidance that help prevent or manage hazardous vehicle interactions.
- L9 · Intervention controls
Where designed and validated, system intervention can request machine slowdown or stopping to help avoid a collision.
TRL 4 CAS certification experience.
We have experience supporting TRL 4 certification and validation activities for collision-avoidance systems (CAS). Level 9 describes intervention control in the EMESRT framework; TRL 4 describes technology readiness.
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- ISO 21815Experience with the collision-warning and avoidance series, including risk-area requirements and system validation for earth-moving machinery.
- EMESRTExperience applying the Vehicle Interaction 9-Layer Model to assess controls and guide where CAS fits within a site’s wider risk controls.
- Surface + UGOpen pit and underground, across mixed fleets
Comfortable on every side of the table.
We have managed projects with mining clients, machine OEMs, PDS OEMs and Level 9 OEMs — so we know what each needs to say yes.
Mining clients
Risk owners, operations and maintenance.
Machine OEMs
Interfaces, brake systems and warranties.
PDS OEMs
Detection hardware, zones and firmware.
Level 9 OEMs
Intervention logic and validation.
