Construction Time Lapse Photography video from Sellafield.

   

Time lapse photography for video presentations.

By their very nature construction projects are normally long drawn out affairs and it is sometimes difficult for engineering companies and contractors to demonstrate their abilities to prospective customers. One answer is with the use of time lapse photography where projects measured in weeks or even months can be reduced to minutes.The result is a presentation in video format which can be viewed on line or as part of a face to face sales pitch.

As part of the completion of the UK’s largest nuclear project it was necessary for Sellafield Nuclear Energy in Cumbria to transport components for Evaporator D by sea as due to size and weight transport by road was not an option. This operation called for the laying of a temporary aluminium roadway spanning the beach,a canal and a railway line. A temporary underwater platform was also constructed to receive and ‘beach’ the barge during unloading.

The first two of the planned eleven modules required for the facility were successfully transported via Self Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMT) 1.5 kilometers from the Interserve Pioneer Point facility,Cheshire to the specialist barge the Terra Marique,moored at Manchester ship canal.

The project of laying the temporary roadway was assigned to TPA Portable Roadways and was recorded by time lapse specialist photographers Linton Studios of Wetherby,near Leeds. Over 15,000 images were taken over a period of ten days and laced together to form a video lasting just six minutes.

Nick Davis,TPA’s Sales and Marketing Director stated “the production of this time lapse video production has provided us with a valuable sales tool which enables us to clearly demonstrates our skills in this highly specialised market”.