Posted on April 5, 2016
REDmeters just released the new RM2, a non-nuclear in-line density meter that can be mounted on any dredging vessel. This is new for the dredging world, that has been struggling to justify contractual pricing with performance. As a result, contractual negotiations today, are mostly based on estimated time to complete the project, not on the work itself.
Non-Nuclear
The company prides the RM2 as a non-nuclear density meter, satisfying environmentalist groups and the call for a greener and more transparent dredging industry. Legal restrictions prohibited the dredging world from using a nuclear device, on-shore as well as off-shore, and no alternative measuring device has been available to any dredging operation thus far. REDmeters claims this is a first for the industry, and adds it is far beyond the limitations of any other meters on the market.
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