Our multi-disciplinary specialist skills and services include structural strengthening, scaffolding, encapsulation, protective coatings, fabrication, geotechnical engineering and more. We work in a variety of sectors, providing our multi-disciplinary expertise to projects throughout the UK.
By consistently demonstrating our skills and knowledge within the industry, Taziker can be trusted to deliver. Taziker were approached by Blackpool Pleasure Beach in June with the opportunity to undertake the refurbishment of the Big One rollercoaster. Taziker Engineering Services Managing Director, Jarrod Hulme, worked on the original construction of the rollercoaster and was extremely excited to get the chance to work on the improvements. Located in the famous seaside resort of Blackpool, the Big One was opened to the public in and at feet 71m it was the tallest rollercoaster in the world.
It now holds the title of tallest rollercoaster in the UK. The improvements were identified in order to give passengers a smoother, more enjoyable ride experience. Due to the amount of time since the structure was designed, the main challenge for Taziker Engineering Services was to manufacture the tracks from historical drawings.
Taziker Engineering Services team were then able to virtually model all key components and place them into the correct locations geographically in a 3D model space. The model was completed by the end of September. Once November came and Blackpool Pleasure Beach closed, the track sections to be replaced were removed from the Big One. Taziker then completed a tactile survey of the flange plate connections and rail joints with a Leica Total Station to give accurate geographical data in the Heywood facility.
This data could then be checked against the Cloud Point data to ensure correctness. Once this was constructed, the old track sections were placed into the jig to check that the geometry from the Point Cloud and tactile survey and that the 3D modelling was accurate. The jig was a perfect fit for the old track, therefore the old track was removed and new track components were added.
