At a current construction site, where the Deutsche Bahn repositions their rail tracks, carries out structural alteration works for tracks and overhead contact lines and organizes road construction, the dispersed and created dust concentration needs to be monitored.
In direct distance to the operating site, a sensible manufacturing process might be affected by expositions to high airborne dust loads being carried over. In order to monitor the present air quality, Deutsche Bahn organized a monitoring concept together with ERGO Umweltinstitut GmbH to prevent a nearby manufacturer from possible affectation in their production processes due to intense dust concentrations.
Next to standardized dust monitoring instruments such as samplers or collectors, the Dresden-based ERGO Environmental Institute counseled Deutsche Bahn to implement an instrument which detects airborne dust in real-time and allows live data transmission to health and safety officers for taking immediate actions if necessary.
