WSP in the UK’s Post

Network Rail is promising greater collaboration with contractors appointed to its £4 billion Train Control Systems Framework. A partnership type approach is to be adopted and there is a new way of selecting companies to be awarded work under the framework. Read More >>> https://lnkd.in/eBmwR_ZQ #NetworkRail #TrainControlSystemFramework

A review of AS 7453 Recruitment and Selection of Rail Traffic Drivers Standard, shaping rail’s technical future with Horizons 6.0, and what happened at the 2023 International Rail Safety Council (IRSC). These stories and more in this weeks e-newsletter: https://rb.gy/w5ex3

Did you catch our MD Luke Allen in last month's Rail Professional? 🚄 If you missed it, Luke recently shared some invaluable insights with Rail Professional on how eviFile is revolutionising the realm of project management within the rail industry. Want to dive deeper into the conversation? Read the full interview on page 92 of last month's Rail Professional here: https://hubs.ly/Q0288w320 📰 #DigitalTransformation #ProjectManagement #RailInnovation

“Qualifications are one thing, skillsets are different. The works are fluid and dynamic – they change.” Richfield Solutions Group Steve P. explains why providing rail personnel is a truly specialist business. Read more here: #UKrail #railways

RS Clare & Co Ltd talking about Advanced Friction Management. As budgets become tight, rail infrastructure companies must achieve more with less. The solution is to combine high-performance friction management with advanced delivery systems and big data to reduce costly maintenance. Pages 73 & 74 Rail Live Review in the July issue https://lnkd.in/ezK5H48H

Did you catch our MD Luke Allen in the October issue of Rail Professional? 🚄 Luke recently shared some invaluable insights with Rail Professional on how eviFile is revolutionising project management within the rail industry. Want to dive deeper into the conversation? Read the full interview on page 92: https://hubs.ly/Q02dcKpB0 📰 #DigitalTransformation #ProjectManagement #RailInnovation

Rail nationalisation is likely to become an increasingly debated topic. There isn't a single approach to nationalisation as different approaches exist, balancing control and delivery, along with public and private sector input. I have included some options in this month's Rail Director. Many thanks to railbusinessdaily.com. https://lnkd.in/ec9AQabY

The debate on the future structure of rail is hotting up as the election approaches. Jason Hurst explores some of the choices. Given where we are, I'm not sure either party has the answer - yet! I'm looking forward to hearing more on this over coming months. #railreform #railnationalisation

Now, of course, you need connectivity to the outside world for these Powercubes and I’m pleased to say that SICOM evaluated the options for GCRE’s very rural site which at first glance looked to be just Openreach. However, there are many things we can do with Openreach fibre and specialist Open Access Service Providers to create a flexible, adaptable connectivity infrastructure. This means that GCRE will benefit from 5 day lead-times to install internet access up to 1Gbps, direct links to UK and global Data Centres, low latency links to Cloud Service Providers and high bandwidth and dark fibre connections for the heavy users of data. SICOM can provide dark fibre and high bandwidth connections to nearly 4,000 rural postcodes in the UK. In many areas we can connect sites to city Data Centres and Tier1 carrier nodes for cost-effective 10Gbps and 100Gbps connections around the UK and world-wide. Think outside the box (or cube) and evaluate the best place for your Data Centre, but don’t forget to check your connectivity options first with SICOM.

It's the last day to register for this webinar that is tomorrow at 2pm GMT. Find our how our system can increase both information and safety on the UK Rail Network's slope assets. Network Rail https://lnkd.in/e6tbFPiX