Civil engineering contractor Dyer & Butler has trialled a remote-control breaker while excavating around an unidentified cable discovered at Heathrow Airport.
A section of uncharted pot-ended cable joint was discovered by a Dyer & Butler maintenance team, which was investigating the cause of a potable water leak in the central terminal area.
Breaking up the surrounding layers of asphalt and concrete to further expose and identify the potentially ‘live’ cable posed a significant safety risk: the central terminal area is full of identified buried services including “high temperature hot water” pipes, electrical feeds to structures, street furniture and traffic loops.
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