Culminating in months of preparatory work, planning and manufacturing the installation process will commence on a timeline that meets the customers’ requirements. Installation Teams work concurrently on separate tasks across the range involving the 100 meter / 200 meter / 300 meter and 100 Movers to minimise range downtime and provide parallel effort that saves critical hours of work for the project.

Critical at each step of the installation process is attention to detail for power, communications, positioning, and critical infrastructure alignment work. While complexity dictates the key milestones for these tasks but ATS plans to achieve them across a three-week duration.

Of course, no construction task could be completed without effective logistics on site and in the lead up to the delivery of project milestones. ATS has a fully integrated Logistics support function that operates from its hub in Albury to provide these essential support tasks to jobs all around Australia and indeed overseas where ATS ranges are being installed every day.

ATS undertakes these project milestone tasks within an accredited ISO 9001 regime that ensure oversight and monitoring of the relevant safety standards and planning to ensure the step is completed on time against the project plan but importantly with safely and efficiently to the forefront of the endeavour.

Unfortunately, even the very best equipment and software systems become worn out and obsolete. When this occurs those system components will require to be decommissioned and the way cleared to install current and state of the art components to ensure that the Range System remains fit for purpose.

Decommissioning typically will encompass the sub-system components such as the Control Room, Firing Point, Downrange Hardware including Target Lifters, Projectile Location Systems, Lane Markers and electrical and communications cabling and mounting hardware components.

The equipment that has been removed can be used intelligently as a source of componentry to extend the life of type of some components with the aim of increasing operational availability of the system prior to planned refurbishment or replacement of other similar range systems. In this way the best use can be made of components that remain fit for purpose even though other system elements are no longer fit for use.

Once cleared and prepared the range is ready for further civil works if required and the task of installation.

Range configuration planning will encompass the layout of the range power and communications links that are a critical subset of the project and raise a hazard that equates to a severe risk.

The risk is, there is the potential of electrocution from unidentified yet underground power sources being cut or interrupted that may not appear on older drawings, hence the approach to digging, ground penetration and trenching is taken with extreme caution to prevent any impact on staff or the project.

Consideration is also given to the protection of Power Supplies against the possible interruption of these supplies by rodents and water ingress.

Planning and attention to detail during this phase is as critical as other phases as there is the introduction of more hazards which include mobile machinery and unfamiliar persons with the project.

ATS are extremely focused on Safety and as such take the time to plan and evaluate each step of the project.

A “Core Value” of ATS is the relentless pursuit of excellence, with that in mind a focus on the exacting standards that are required for the Marksman are also measured in the warehouse prior to being shipped to site. Items are receipted and unpacked to allow ATS Staff to carry out inspections that ensure quality products are delivered to the customer.

Any deviation, distortion or fault will be identified and returned to the manufacturing location and replaced prior to installation. These process steps will ensure that ATS is supplying and installing the correct equipment to support the Combatant.

ATS has comprehensively developed procedures and processes that are in accordance with ISO9001:2015 Quality Management Systems and are regularly audited to ascertain compliance, these processes are constantly used during all stages of ATS work.