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Halcrow
With 140 years experience, Halcrow is one of the UK’s leading consultancies, providing consulting services to private and public sector organisations worldwide. Our client list includes many familiar
names of contractors, developers, financial institutions, international
funding agencies, regulators, infrastructure operators, and national, local and regional governments.
Internally our operations are organised into five business groups:
transportation, water and power, maritime, property and consulting. Each business group is supported by a management team, encompassing a managing director, plus operations, development,
resources and finance personnel.
The business groups are further split into market focused sectors. We have established a network of regions around the world, each
one dedicated to a specific market. This has allowed us to develop
a high level of local intimacy, and to provide solutions shaped and developed by the requirements of each client, project, and local area.
From this base we provide services in a broad range of markets. Our consulting business group, which includes planning and environment, provides complementary, non-engineering services to support infrastructure development, maintenance and management.
Our clients
Halcrow’s clients range from the governments of some of the world’s major economies, to the largest contractors in the construction industry. We provide services for
private financial institutions, rail
operators and franchisees, through to major international institutions such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. We have experience in all types of design and construction contracts including Turnkey, PFI, PPP and DBOT.
We have delivered commissions for some of the largest metro operators and owners in the world, including London Underground, Singapore MRT, Hong Kong MTR and Rapid KL.
Clients choose Halcrow because they have come to expect the best in knowledge, innovation and teamwork. We have worked on some of the most prestigious commissions in the world – and with good reason. We have an enviable breadth of skills and expertise at our
fingertips. Therefore our ability to bring together the right combination
of experience and expertise for each project is second to none. Regardless of the client or the commission, we provide innovative solutions and added value to the project. Our goal is to be recognised as the consultancy that clients and partners naturally seek out when addressing their greatest challenges.
Our people
With over 7,000 employees working across our international network
of 80 offices, Halcrow has an outstanding resources base able to
provide solutions across a wide range of design disciplines. Experts in
fields as diverse as tunnelling to fire safety modelling, rail operations
to sustainability, allow us to keep tasks in-house, producing a stronger,
Halcrow
markets
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rail engineering
and commercial
management
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airports
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nuclear
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coastal engineering
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planning
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defence
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ports and dockyards
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education
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property and
development
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environment
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railways and metros
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health care
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transport planning
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highways and bridges
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water resources and
flood defences
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hydro power and
dams
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water supply and
wastewater
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leisure
Clockwise from top: London DLR Pontoon Dock station, Manila LRT 2 Katipunan station, London DLR City Airport station, Singapore MRT Expo station, Kuala Lumpur LRT Sentral station
Halcrow’s open management and resourcing structure allows project managers to draw on expertise across the entire range of skills in the company, ensuring that whatever the problem, the Halcrow person with the right solution will contribute to the project. As an Investor’s in People accredited organisation, we know our staff are key to what we offer - intelligent, motivated, dedicated, approachable individuals
who are experts in their field, and are passionate about what they do.
That’s why we invest in the personal and professional development of all our employees, resulting in a committed, focused team ready to work on the most challenging projects.
Halcrow’s rail team brings together specialists in rail systems, civil infrastructure, rail operations, tunnelling and underground structures,
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project managers as well as safety and assurance advisors. These experts are supported by other members of the Halcrow Group from disciplines such as transport planning and economics, architecture,
environmental, urban planning, fire safety and information systems.
Halcrow rail
Delivering over 3000 rail commissions in the past ten years alone, Halcrow is a leading provider of consultancy services for all aspects of rail systems. From operations planning to alignment design, from rolling stock to regulatory process, signalling to safety systems management, Halcrow has the experience, the resources and above all, the drive to meet the challenges posed by any rail project anywhere in the world.
We understand that rail projects can encompass the widest range of disciplines of any infrastructure project, and our matrix resourcing structure makes sure that the right people are made available for each project. Halcrow’s rail team brings together specialists in rail systems, civil infrastructure, rail operations, tunnelling and underground structures, project managers as well as safety and assurance advisors. These experts are supported by other members of the Halcrow Group from disciplines such as architecture, environment,
transport planning, urban planning, fire safety and information
systems.
Halcrow recognises that rail projects are multidisciplinary and this needs to be about more than working on multiple aspects of the project at the same time. We realise that a truly multi-disciplinary approach is about breaking down the barriers between disciplines, sharing information across different skill groups. Through strong leadership and effective collaboration we ensure that every team member shares the same vision for a project and works towards a single set of objectives.
We have a track record of successful delivery across all these disciplines and have effectively combined many of these areas on a single project, resulting in some of the leading transportation systems in the world today. In addition to high speed, freight and main line, light rail and metro projects, Halcrow has delivered transportation links to some of the world’s major airports. From dedicated airport express links, extensions of existing light rail and metro lines, to design of the only in-town check-out facility in the world at Kuala Lumpur’s City
Air Terminal, Halcrow can provide first class designs for any type of
airport link.
Urban rail systems
We recognise that urban rail transit systems, whether conventional
fixed guideway, monorail or integrated street tram, can be a cost
effective and environmentally sound answer to relieving congestion,
while at the same time, delivering quantifiable economic benefits to
the world’s great cities. Halcrow’s urban rail team brings together specialists in light rail, metro and monorail systems - people who have successfully delivered and operated transport systems worldwide -
capitalising on Halcrow’s outstanding experience in this field.
Cutting across traditional disciplinary boundaries, our urban rail
team has experience in the core areas of LRT and metro systems:
operations and maintenance, systems, vehicles, alignment, signalling/ train control, safety, quality and depots. With direct involvement in
the design, specification, procurement, testing, commissioning and
operation of LRT systems across the continents, we bring unrivalled experience to multidisciplinary projects.
In addition to providing specialist skills, the unit can also call upon the wider experience of the Halcrow group to cover all related disciplines
such as traffic planning, passenger forecasting, operational simulation
modelling, economic studies, PFI and funding options, procurement strategies, station design, environmental, civil and structures,
tunnelling and geotechnics. The team also benefits from the expertise
within the specialist engineering disciplines at Halcrow, such as tunnelling, structures design, geotechnics and environmental.
Halcrow has taken a multi-disciplined approach in our contribution to many successful metro and LRT projects, including the award winning extension of Docklands Light Railway to London City Airport, where we delivered a major LRT extension to budget and ahead of schedule. We managed the multidisciplinary design, testing and commissioning for the Kelana Jaya Line LRT in Kuala Lumpur, delivering a world class system on time and to budget, and for Singapore MRT we were involved in all stages of the design from operational planning and concept design, through to full detailed systems and infrastructure
engineering design. Our teams have also carried out financial,
operational and power simulation in projects such as Oporto Metro and Manchester Metrolink in addition to risk and value engineering, maintenance planning and whole life costing in projects such as Seoul Line 9 and Manila Line 1 extension.
Halcrow has the ability and experience to carry out work over the full range of planning, civil and systems engineering, and operations and maintenance disciplines for the full range and types of metro and LRT projects, from pre-feasibility studies through to operator selection and
post operational monitoring, ensuring that any project runs efficiently
and to the client’s satisfaction. We have Rail Plan© and Power Plan© simulation models to carry out operational and power system simulation studies, which enables us to undertake operational and power system modelling to optimise system operations and electrical power design.
Selected
Halcrow urban
rail projects
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London Crossrail
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Docklands Light Rail
extension to London
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Vancouver Evergreen
Advanced LRT
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London Underground
Jubilee Line extension
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Dublin LUAS LRT
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Heathrow Express
airport link
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West London Tram
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Edinburgh Tram
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Cairo Metro
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Hong Kong West Rail
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Lisbon Metro southern
extension
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New Metro Rail Perth
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London Underground
Halcrow has significant experience in procurement,
design and construction supervision, through testing and commissioning, to operations and maintenance support, and have carried out these services on systems all over the world, from the Philippines with Manila’s LRT2 to London’s Docklands Light Railway system.
With the urban rail team taking a lead role, our project management partnership approach ensures that all disciplines and parties involved in a scheme work cooperatively together in a proactive way, delivering quality results on time, and to budget. This approach allows a cost-effective and swift response to client’s needs, supplying the right people at the appropriate stages of the project, whether it is a pre-feasibility study or a full design through to operation scheme.
Rail infrastructure services
Capital-intensive infrastructure, long asset lives, and lack of alternative uses are features of rail investment that underline the need for effective strategic and subsequently tactical planning. At the same time, the structure of the industry is changing in many countries, with infrastructure separation, development of business units, corporatisation and privatisation. Increasingly, government agencies and other transportation operators are becoming partners in the provision, operation and management of railway systems. Halcrow has been at the forefront of changes in industry structure, development of new technologies and industry best practices and is able to transfer this knowledge to clients’ projects.
Programme management
Halcrow recognises that the development of a railway system is an integrated and multidisciplinary process requiring the management of diverse functions. For a system to be successfully delivered, the interaction between all parties and functions must be robust and effectively managed. In particular, the interpretation of client requirements and those of the statutory authorities, the formulation of business cases and strategic directions, and the evaluation of
financing options, are important functions.
At the project level we undertake cost schedule and quality management functions including the monitoring of performance and the implementation of remedial actions when elements of
the works are not performing as planned. Halcrow also has extensive experience in the establishment of multi-disciplined management teams and procedures which allow timely decisions to be made during the railway system’s development and to manage, document and track changes that are made.
Design services
Halcrow’s civil engineering capability is among the best in the industry. We can provide full services for all aspects of a rail system, whether for a completely new railway or metro line, an extension to an operating system or the renovation and refurbishment of existing infrastructure. We have the people, the experience, and the track record of successful delivery on major infrastructure projects worldwide.
Our permanent way experts are involved in the design and detailing of new alignments and track formation for everything from tram alignments in highways to high-speed lines and adaptations of freight lines to accommodate high-speed tilting trains. Halcrow’s permanent way capability includes designing improvements to existing infrastructure to achieve higher speeds, while optimising capital expenditure, specifying plant and materials, quality assurance and all aspects of maintenance.
Our expert bridges group is working on some of the most exciting bridge and viaduct projects in the world; we have delivered over 300 station projects in the last ten years alone, and our reputation in tunnelling and underground infrastructure is unparalleled.
Halcrow’s M&E engineers offer outstanding experience gained on some of the largest rail infrastructure projects in the world. We offer
industry leading capability in electrification, signalling and train control systems, telecommunications, SCADA, AFC, fire and ventilation and
traction power supply together with a suite of specialist computer design, modelling and simulation programs.
On complex rail infrastructure projects we recognise the benefits of
developing a design in a single model environment. This approach allows for complete understanding of the complex interfaces between structures as well as facilitating full coordination between the design
disciplines. It also allows the client to visualise the finished product
at all stages of the design process. In keeping with this philosophy, our teams promote the use of 3D and multi-layered CAD software on many of its most successful projects.
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Procurement functions
Halcrow has in-depth experience of advising clients on the appropriate strategies for the procurement of their works. We carry out capital and operating cost estimates, cost planning, preparation of tender documents for all types of contracts, including the preparation and assimilation of bills of quantities and assessment of tenders.
Construction and installation
Halcrow has extensive experience in the negotiation, management, administration and supervision of multi-disciplined engineering construction and installation contracts for all types of railway projects, from tram-stops, underground stations and major multi-modal interchanges, to bridges, viaducts, guide-ways and even control systems for fully automated train operation. In particular, our engineers
have an outstanding reputation for expertise in the following areas:
▪ structures and architecture
▪ alignment and track work
▪ depot and workshops
▪ signalling, control and telecommunications systems
▪ electrification and power supply
▪ traction and rolling stock
Operations and maintenance
We understand that the development of effective maintenance and repair strategies for the rail infrastructure including traction and rolling stock reduce the overall operating costs, improve utilisation and reduce the number of failures in service. Our personnel offer a complete service for the effective delivery of rail services, covering all aspects of train service provision from feasibility through to detailed train planning, resource optimisation, possession and performance
management. We have been closely associated with the state of the art computerised train planning tools developed by British Rail and Network Rail. Our typical operations and maintenance functions
include:
▪ route capacity assessment and management
▪ timetabling, using simulation software
▪ rolling stock and train crew diagramming and rostering, using Crewplan
▪ traction performance simulation and optimisation
▪ simulation techniques for bottlenecks and critical junctions From top: Kuala Lumpur
LRT 2 Kelana Jaya Line (PUTRA), Copenhagen Metro, Docklands Light Railway, Bangkok MRT, Manila LRT Line 2, Singapore MRT, London Underground Jubilee Line extension, Kuala Lumpur Ampang Line (STAR)
Commercial services
Worldwide, railways are coming under increasing pressure to improve
their financial and operating performance.
Most are facing increasing threats from competition, such as road construction and rising car ownership, aggressive responses from bus operators and road haulers and low cost internal air travel. Governments are also seeking to reduce the levels of subsidy provided to railways.
Faced with these pressures a railway must adapt in order to survive. Without change a railway risks entering a vicious downward spiral
of worsening financial performance and cuts. The situation is compounded by ageing assets, insufficient funds for investment, a growing debt burden and cost recovery that is insufficient to cover
both operating and infrastructure costs. If left unchecked, this results in a further decline in competitiveness and performance and a further
worsening of the financial position.
We are experienced in advising railways on how best to structure their organisations in order to manage the increased competition and reduced protection. We believe there are four fundamental elements that are pre-requisites to business success.
Railways must have:
▪ an understanding between the railway organisations and government of the role the railway should play in the national
transportation structure, with clear financial (and other) objectives
and an explicit regulatory framework
▪ an understanding of the competitive environment in which the railway operates
▪ an understanding of its own business and, in particular, the needs and aspirations of its customers
▪ an understanding of its operating costs and pricing options, not
just in total, but also in the servicing of individual markets or traffic flows
In order to achieve these understandings, the transportation strategy, regulatory structure and railway’s organisational structure must be critically analysed, with the degree of real authority enjoyed by government, regulators and managers down the chain of command
assessed. It also requires effective planning processes and financial
accounting systems.
We have experience of assisting governments, railways, funding agencies and private sector interests around the world in developing these areas of activity, and of working with the railways to ensure their successful introduction and development.
Commercial
rail support
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PPP/PFI formulation,
tender support,
assessment
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due diligence
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service delivery and
retail
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rail safety
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traction and rolling
stock
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rail access and
contracts
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restructuring and
commercialisation
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rail privatisation
advice
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regulatory and policy
Due diligence and transaction experience
Our extensive experience in professional advice covers the commercial and technical aspects of acquisition, development, and operation of
fixed and movable assets. This experience includes providing advice
to procuring authorities, funders, potential operators, developers and regulators.
We appreciate that there are particular risks when developing commercially funded infrastructure and services, particularly in assessing the links between funding constraints and risk allocation. There are also practical risks associated with staging of works, delivery to programme, systems integration, dealing with interfaces with the existing infrastructure, and sensitivities to disruption to existing services during implementation periods.
We recognise that risk is a key determinant in assessing viability of any
proposal for private finance involvements. Risks must be appropriately
allocated to the parties best able to manage and mitigate risks, while
specifications must allow sufficient flexibility for efficiencies to be
achieved through innovation and application of best practice from the private sector and allow appropriate returns to investors.
Rail PPP
There are numerous precedents for PPP development of railway systems for heavy rail, metro and light rail systems in the UK and around the globe. There are many different arrangements for packaging of system development and operations with precedents for combinations involving public and private funding components of all or some of the elements. Packaging of works and contract
payment arrangements reflect the differing risk profiles in relation
to construction, operating outputs and revenue. In each case, procurement has followed long periods of scheme development and
required extensive negotiations over funding profiles and transfer of
risk for achieving outputs. The complexity of payment mechanisms is generally inversely proportional to the level of risk transfer and prescription of required outputs although in each case there is a
clearly defined minimum level of system outputs.
Halcrow has been involved in each of the different PPP types outlined in the table opposite and in each of the schemes shown as examples, providing technical and/or commercial advice to clients involved in
their development. Halcrow has capability in:
PPP/ PFI in it ia t ive s:
e x pe r t a dvice fr om a n
▪ demand/revenue forecasting
In addition, we have extensive railway engineering capability, covering
all rail disciplines with many of our team having first-hand experience
of front-line management of rail systems. These capabilities enable us to provide seamless railway PPP technical advice to governments, authorities, lenders, concessionaires and contractors.
Rail safety
Halcrow has extensive knowledge and experience in the application and standards associated with railway operations and safety management. We have provided strategic advice on the management of safety and the implementation of safety improvements for operators and infrastructure developers, as well as carrying out auditing and
certification of systems and processes.
With many years global experience, our extensive knowledge of railway system operation in both the public and private sectors enables us to understand local requirements and meet client expectations. We are able to offer clients a comprehensive range of local and international railway safety and safety management skills.
This targeted approach, coupled with an outstanding record of
delivery, means we can address specific safety issues, and ensure our clients benefit from international best practice.
Range of services includes:
▪ review, development and advice on implementation of safety management systems
▪ operational safety standards review, development, compliance and audit
▪ competence management systems
▪ qualitative and quantitative risk assessment
▪ safety management system/safety case audits
▪ technical investigation management
▪ specialists in train driver management covering standards, training and auditing
▪ the management of “Signals Passed At Danger” (SPAD) risk
Commercial
rail projects
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Independent Reporter
to the Office of the
PPP Arbiter
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Independent Reporter
to the Office of the
Rail Regulator
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Vision 42 LRT cost
study
• Project Evergreen:
technical advice and
due diligence
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Manila LRT1 Southern
extension: technical
advice
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ISPA rail rehabilitation
project E30 corridor
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Network Rail
expenditure review
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Turnaround of
Spoornet, South Africa
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Parramatta Rail Link
time table studies
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North-west rail
link operational
requirements study
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Network Rail business
plan review
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Rail corridor II PPP
strategic review
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Eurotunnel business
review
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Bulgarian Railways
masterplan
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Operational simulation
of London rail projects
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Bulgarian Railways
finance improvement
study
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Long Island Railroad
▪ station safety management, including managing risk at the platform to train interface and train dispatch risk
▪ due diligence of safety systems
▪ safety case preparation, advice and compliance for rolling stock, operations and infrastructure
▪ specification, review and assessment of driving cab design and
train safety systems (TPWS, ATP, ETCS/ ERTMS and power-operated doors)
Models for development and operation
Model type Full concession Construction finance Infra PFI/PPP Operating
concession Infra PPP/hybrid
procurement by Govt. Traditional procurement by
Operations Operation by government
Drivers of structure ▪ Utilisation risk
Independent reviews of company standards/safety
management systems for train driving and SPAD
management
Halcrow is regularly commissioned to carry out reviews and audits of the safety management systems for the management of train drivers, depot drivers and driver managers, the management of operational safety risk including signals passed at danger (SPAD) and the application of the standards the workplace. Clients include most UK train companies, including Network Rail, Irish Rail, Queensland Rail, RailCorp and Perth PTA in Australia, and Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation.
The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) commissioned Halcrow to carry out an independent review to sample-check a range of train/freight operating companies following the Ladbroke Grove rail accident to identify good practice and areas of concern. We produced codes of practice covering many areas of driver management that formed the basis for the individual train company safety management systems to meet the mandatory requirements of the Railway Group Standards.
The MTR Corporation, Hong Kong, called on our expertise to advise them on the content, structure and style of the rules and procedures, accident and emergency planning manuals and other safety management system documents to make these more understandable to their staff. We provided a project manager who worked with MTR Corporation to make the changes to the documentation.
RailCorp Australia commissioned Halcrow to review the status and set a baseline of the implementation of the RailCorp corporate safety management system and benchmark this against international best practice models in the rail industry and recommend a basis for continual improvement in the safety management and performance. In preparation for acceptance and introduction of the national code of practice, AROU commissioned Halcrow to carry out an independent review of the adequacy of the structure and content of the code.
Managing operational safety risk and risk assessment
We have carried out a wide range of projects for industry clients. Halcrow specialises in managing the risk from signals passed at danger and works with clients to develop risk control strategies and produce the industry newsletter “Red Alert”, and manage the annual UK National Operational Safety and SPAD Conference and Workshops.
Halcrow won the HSBC awards for Safety and Security Innovation for their work on SPAD management and in conjunction with Arriva Trains Wales for developing a technique to manage distraction risk and improve memory retention (Risk Triggered Commentary). Many UK companies have adopted this technique and the practise is now spreading to other railways around the world.
Operational safety risk assessments have been carried out on a wide range of topics including driver only operation, shunting, train door control systems and level crossings.
Halcrow has produced industry guidance on how to produce depot
specific risk assessments for train driver depots and shunting locations
which has been widely adopted by UK companies.
Safety audit services
Halcrow is commissioned by a number of train and infrastructure companies to carry out an annual audit of their safety management system/railway safety case. We apply a risk based approach to the compliance checks that are undertaken and provide “added value” by also reviewing the content of the standards and procedures to establish if these are keeping pace with industry “good practice”. Halcrow also provides training in “audit skills” for audit teams. Clients include Eurostar, Arriva Trains Wales, Northern, GrantRail, Dean & Dyball Construction, Atkins Rail, Jarvis Group.
Halcrow carried out an operational safety assessment of the Singapore MRT NE Line and the Sengkang & Punggol LRT systems to establish if these lines were safe to commence their operations.
Project experience
Project Urban rail and metro Pre-contract services Project management Engineer representative Independent engineering functions Interface and integration of systems Environmental protection (EMI/EMC, noise and vibration) RAMS (reliability
, availability
Adelaide Light Rail ▪ ▪
Amtrack Acela high speed line ▪ ▪
Athena Metro ▪ ▪
Athens Tram ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Bangkok Blue Line depot ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Barcelona Metro Line 9 ▪ ▪
Bayside and Swanston Trams, Australia ▪ ▪
Cairo Metro Lines I and II ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Copenhagen Metro ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Crossrail multidisciplinary consultancy ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Docklands Light Railway Lewisham extension ▪ ▪
Docklands Light Railway London City Airport
extension ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Docklands Light Railway Woolwich Arsenal
extension ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Dublin Luas LRT ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
East London Line ▪ ▪
Edinburgh Airport Rail Link ▪ ▪ ▪
Edinburgh Crossrail tender design ▪ ▪
Greenwich Waterfront Transit ▪
Heathrow Express operating company asset management and improvement ▪ Heathrow Terminal 5 passenger simulation ▪ ▪ Heathrow Terminal 5 risk management ▪ ▪
High Speed 1 - the Channel Tunnel Rail Link ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Hong Kong International Airport rapid rail link - in
town check-in ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Hong Kong West Rail ▪ ▪ ▪
Jakarta Metro ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Jakarta North-South integrated toll road and LRT ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Jubilee Line Extension and Bermondsey Station ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Kuala Lumpur Monorail - Price Waterhouse
Coopers study ▪ ▪ ▪
Kuala Lumpur Monorail - technical due diligence
for SCOMI Engineering ▪ ▪
Leeds Supertram micro-simulation model ▪ ▪
Lisbon Metro southern extension ▪ ▪ ▪
Liverpool South Parkway ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
London Crossrail Bond Street Station ▪ ▪
London Underground Limited CPEDR (flooding
and sumpt study) ▪ ▪
LUL District Line asset maintenance cycle ▪ ▪
Manchester Metrolink phase 3 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Piccadilly Line extension to Heathrow Terminal 5 ▪ ▪
PUTRA LRT system, Malaysia ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Tubelines baseline environmental audits ▪ ▪ ▪
Wembley Central and Wembley Stadium stations ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
West London tram ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Crossrail project delivery Partner ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Vancouver Evergreen Advanced LRT ▪ ▪ ▪
▪design management delivery of one of the largest infrastructure projects in the world.
When Crossrail opens in 2017, it will increase London’s public transport network capacity by 10%, supporting regeneration across the capital, helping to secure London’s position as a world leading
financial centre and cutting journey times
across the city.
The aim of this £16 billion scheme is to provide a new east-west railway across London, providing a dedicated link between Heathrow Airport, the West End, the City, Canary Wharf and the Thames Gateway. New tunnels will be constructed from Paddington in the west, to Stratford and Canary Wharf in the east.
Crossrail will run 118km from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west, through new
twin-bore 21km tunnels under central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. It will
bring an additional 1.5 million people within 60 minutes commuting distance of London’s key business districts.
A team consisting of Halcrow, Bechtel and Systra has been appointed as a project delivery partner for the 21km central tunnel section, running from west London, through Paddington and branching off to the north and south of Liverpool Street Station. This tunnel will run through six new stations, and is set to become the largest construction project in Europe.
The team will also take on the complex job of integrating Crossrail with London’s existing transport systems.
Preparatory works are under way now, and construction is due to start in 2010.
Halcrow’s appointment as part of the project delivery team follows a succession of design contracts on the Crossrail project. We recently completed the multidisciplinary design of the south-east leg of the new network, which runs through Canary Wharf, the ExCel international exhibition and conference centre and out to regeneration areas in North Kent. This section includes a mixture of underground and surface running, with a minimum of three stations, as well as three portals and six intermediate shafts.
In the past we have also carried out the detailed design of running tunnels, platform tunnels and ventilation structures between Westbourne Bridge and Tottenham Court Road station and design of a new Crossrail station at Bond Street.
Country of the Crossrail central section
Crossrail implementation phase
Halcrow has designed a £180 million extension to the Docklands Light railway (DLR) in London that will provide a much-needed transport link between Woolwich town centre, central London and London City airport, and will play an important part in the regeneration of Woolwich and the Royal Docks.
The new line will also provide a transport link to the Olympic village as part of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The 2.5km extension runs under the River Thames from the existing George V DLR station to a new station at Woolwich Arsenal that integrates light and heavy rail, local bus services, taxis and water boats, to provide the area with a major multimodal interchange.
As lead designer Halcrow was responsible for all aspects of design including tunnelling, piling and diaphragm walls, geotechnics, mechanical and electrical works, building services and structural design, track work, signalling and train control systems, telecommunications and SCADA, rail systems and station architecture (in association with project architect).
Our pedestrian modelling team modelled passenger flows in an around the station, and our traffic management and highways teams managed all associated highways
works.
We utilised live 4D CAD modelling software for clash detection and to optimise systems integration.
The design was successfully delivered to a challenging programme, and Halcrow subsequently provided construction supervision and support during the testing, commissioning and handover of the completed system
The new station, the largest on the DLR network, is fully integrated with the existing National Rail station, which was upgraded as part of this project. It is built over three storeys and incorporates step-free access to the ticket hall, platforms and trains, and a step free interchange with the National Rail services.
In addition to the station, the project included twin 1.8km long, 6m diameter, bored running tunnels under the River Thames. They were bored using an earth pressure
balancing tunnel boring machine and lined with a steel fibre-reinforced trapezoidal
segmental lining. During the tunnel excavation 100,000 cubic metres of spoil was taken out and removed by barge to minimise the environmental impact and avoid adding congestion to London’s roads.
Country
Commuters, residents and visitors are
set to benefit from a major upgrade to
Tottenham Court Road – one of London’s busiest underground stations – which will boost capacity and ease congestion.
Over 150,000 people use the station every day, and passenger numbers are expected to surge to 200,000 with the opening of the Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station in 2017.
Co-ordinating all sub-consultants and architects, Halcrow has provided multidisciplinary design and planning consultancy services for the £300 million station upgrade.
Featuring passageways linking London Underground platforms with the Crossrail station, plus an enlarged ticket hall below busy London roads and Grade II listed buildings, the project represents a comprehensive modernisation. Halcrow’s design for the refurbished station used a pedestrian modelling study to reduce travel distances between the ticket hall and platform levels. The modelling exercise also led to improved ticket hall and station entrance layout designs. New escalators and step-free access will improve passengers’ travel experience. Halcrow’s
state-of-the-art fire safety measures are designed to protect those using and working in the station, while a
five-storey operations building will house staff accommodation.
Halcrow and its construction partners have produced guidance for safely constructing, testing and opening each part of the project to maintain services and reduce disruption, in keeping with the client’s requirements.
Once complete, this integrated transport hub will play an integral role at the heart of the capital’s travel network. all aspects of civil, structural, M&E and to LUL for Crossrail Hybrid Bill
▪scheme and detail design to RIBA stage G, including tender documents
▪rapid mobilisation of co-located design
The Ampang Line is one of the three lines in Kuala Lumpur’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) network. This 16km long extension to the line will include 12 new elevated stations between Putra Heights and Sri Petaling via Puchong, and a new depot for the expanded
fleet.
Halcrow is a lead designer for the systems aspects of this extension. The scope of services includes provision of specialist systems engineering input - rolling stock, operations and maintenance aspects, and the provision of tender support services in respect of the award of a proposed engineer, procure and construct (EPC) form of contract. The scope also includes development of the requirements for the full technical compatibility and interfaces and operations plans. Halcrow is responsible for the management of the technical interfaces between the civil and structural, and mechanical and electrical designers.
Halcrow team is also designing a purpose built maintenance depot, stabling points and equipment facility for the full maintenance (heavy and light) of new rolling stock. The new depot is also designed to accommodate existing vehicles on the current system for both stabling and light maintenance.
The facility includes stabling sidings for 12 six-car units with raised platforms allowing straight access into the vehicle and water and power to allow cleaning of all units. There is also a covered maintenance facility including maintenance equipment, storage points, workshop staff facilities and administrative facilities.
Sustainability is a key factor in the design. The depot roof will include solar panels to provide renewable energy to the facility.
After the EPC contract award Halcrow’s role will continue with responsibility for design
review and verification of the systems contractor, monitoring of the manufacture,
installation, testing, commissioning and handover of the system.
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Kuala Lumpur Ampang LRT Line extension
▪develop the
▪certification of the
A new, high-frequency railway bringing Europe’s largest infrastructure projects, it is set to employ 14,000 people at the height of its construction.
Halcrow was one of four multi-disciplinary consultants appointed to develop the initial reference design and scheme design for one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects.
We undertook the most diverse and challenging section – the 14.15km south-east spur between Stepney Green and Abbey Wood.
Halcrow was responsible for:
▪ Civil and structural, mechanical and electrical, and architectural design of three tunnel portals
▪ design of 8.5km of twin-bored tunnels, including a new crossing beneath the River Thames and six intervention shafts
▪ development of new stations at Isle of Dogs and Woolwich, and the upgrade of existing stations at Custom House and Abbey Wood
▪ value engineering and value management
▪ support throughout the Parliamentary process
▪ design and supervision of ground investigation works
What Halcrow brought to the project:
▪ highly experienced multi-disciplinary project team
▪ outstanding track record in tunnelling under London
▪ ability to successfully integrate into the client’s co-located design team
▪ established relationships with many of the project’s key stakeholders
Country all aspects of civil, structural, mechanical,
▪the Crossrail Act received Royal Assent in July 2008, granting the powers over £218 million of cost savings on the original budget £36 billion for the UK economy
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Kuala Lumpur LRT 2 Kelana Jaya Line: PUTRA
The PUTRA LRT is one of the most advanced rapid transit systems in the world and, at the time of commissioning, the world’s longest driverless metro.
Halcrow was lead member of a joint venture acting as consulting engineer responsible for all preliminary design, detailed design, all coordination,
specifications, supervision and commissioning for
this major project.
The system is 29km in length and serves a total of 24 stations. The route links the commuter area in the north and west via the city centre, with a new depot located at the western end of the line. The system has capacity of 30,000 passengers per hour, per direction, and incorporates 24km
of viaduct and 5km of tunnels. This was the first
major tunnelling project in Malaysia and required the effective liaison with multiple stakeholders to ensure minimal disruption.
Halcrow were involved in the design of 22 new
stations, five of which are underground, and
the incorporation of the system into two existing stations. Safety is stressed in the station design by the incorporation of platform screen doors (all underground stations) and intrusion sensors. The stations were designed to have platform gaps of less than 5cm to allow easy access for disabled and wheelchair users. This required a number of considerations during design including non-ballasted tracks, hence less rail and train movements, direct rubber suspension of the trains leading to less train body movements and straight platforms at all stations.
Halcrow’s design included state of the art communication systems and automatic fare collection, utilising a contact-less smart-card system.
Halcrow managed the implementation of Linear Induction Motor technology, used to ensure operating noise was kept to a minimum, and the Alcatel SELTRAC vehicle control system. This included all safety checks, phased roll out of the system and testing and commissioning. Halcrow undertook the approval and acceptance of the rolling stock; from type testing and factory acceptance through to testing, commissioning and trial running.
The system was managed in two phases, with phase one fast tracked to go from concept to service in just four years in time for the Commonwealth Games in 1998, and phase two delivered into full service after just two weeks trial running.
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▪design and to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) that enables airline passengers and airport visitors and staff to get to City Airport from the centre of London in just 22 minutes, and from Canary Wharf within 14 minutes.
The airport’s owner believes this will help to reduce car journeys by an estimated half a million a year. Halcrow was appointed as lead designer for the new line, which includes 2.9km of elevated track and four new stations. Each station serves existing or planned schemes that will act as catalysts for future developments. The elevated station at City Airport provides a multimodal transport interchange, integrating the DLR with the airport, local buses and taxis, and gives access directly to the airport terminal building.
Halcrow was responsible for all aspects of design, including mechanical and electrical works, building services and structural design, geotechnical advice, track work, signalling and train control systems, telecommunications and SCADA, rail systems and station architecture, in association with the project architect. Our pedestrian modelling team modelled
passenger flows in an around the station, and our traffic management and highways
teams managed all associated highways works.
At an early stage in the design, value engineering workshops were held to investigate alternative design proposals and to select the optimum design solution. As the design developed the contractor’s planners and site management team worked alongside the design team to develop construction methods, phasing, and temporary works
designs so that good buildability was inherent in the final design.
The design was successfully delivered to a challenging programme, and Halcrow subsequently provided construction supervision and support during the testing, commissioning and handover of the completed system.
Dublin Interconnector - DART Underground is a proposed new 5.2km underground railway beneath Dublin city centre. The line will link existing rail lines, and provide multiple transportation interchanges. It will also link all rail modes, DART, Commuter, Intercity, Luas and Metro, to form an integrated suburban railway system. Its aim is to quadruple the Greater Dublin area’s rail service capacity from the current 25 million passenger journeys annually to 100 million passenger journeys.
Halcrow is a lead member of a joint venture appointed by Iarnrod Eireann (Irish Rail) for the Dublin Interconnector – DART underground project. The team is responsible for developing the reference design and contract documentation for a public-private partnership (PPP) contract, preparing the environmental impact statement, and supporting the parliamentary approval process. The scope of work encompasses all technical disciplines.
The Interconnector will pass under the Docklands area, beneath the River Liffey before curving westwards beneath Pearse IE station and St Stephen’s Green towards Heuston, the main line terminus for lines into Dublin from
the west, with DART services terminating at Hazelhatch, Co Kildare. As with the tunnel itself, this will require new electrification.
Four tunnel boring machines are to be used in construction, mainly through limestone
bedrock at five metres below the Liffey riverbed. They will create the twin bores from
the Heuston and Docklands portals, all working towards St Stephen’s Green. Cut
and cover will mainly be used to provide sites for the five Interconnector stations.
An existing station, St Stephen’s Green to the south of the city’s Grafton Street shopping area, is destined to be the interchange of Luas, Interconnector and Metro North for onward connection to Dublin Airport. This will involve constructing the DART station beneath the Metro, and accommodating the proposed Line BX Luas city centre link in the development designs. Another existing station, Pearse, will be redeveloped as the principal DART interchange.
Extensive resignalling of the central area will be required for the increase in passenger journey capacity brought about by the realigned DART services. This
includes central traffic control, real-time indicators and destinations of arriving
services on platforms and on-train information for passengers. Signage is bilingual, with information appearing in English and Irish.
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Manila LRT Line 2
Halcrow, as a lead partner of a joint venture consortium, undertook the design procurement, supervision testing and commissioning and operational support for this major urban system which services one of the largest urban populations in the world. The project was successfully delivered on time.
The system has designed maximum capacity of 60,000 passengers per hour per direction to cope with the expected doubling of the city’s population over the next 14 years.
Approximately 14km in length, the system encompasses eleven stations along an east –
west corridor through five cities in the metropolitan
Manila area, from Manila city to Pasig. The rolling stock is of the heavy rail metro type.
Before Halcrow was appointed to the lead technical consultant role the project had fallen seriously behind schedule, however Halcrow’s project management and control systems ensured the project was delivered on schedule and to budget, and into full service after just two weeks trial running.
Halcrow were lead technical consultant on the
project and responsible for technical design, tender and contact documentation, site supervision and commissioning of the system, as well as associated feasibility studies, economic assessments and urban planning.
Design included one underground and ten elevated stations and one self contained
depot at Santolan, incorporating facilities for maintenance and servicing of the fleet.
The majority of the guideway structure is eight metres above the roadway. To avoid a dark tunnel effect, the side of the viaduct beams were sloped to give a lighter appearance and maximise ambient light penetration onto the street below.
The stations design incorporate concourse areas for retail areas and have full wheelchair and disabled access via lifts and escalators. Stations are air-conditioned and have fully automated ticket vending machines and automatic fare collection systems. These systems are monitored locally and remotely at the central depot
office via a fibre optic network, allowing monitoring of system usage.
Halcrow were responsible for managing the client’s engineer consultants, managing the contractors and ensuring integration across all interfaces. Halcrow’s project engineering manager was also responsible for managing contract payments, documentation and claims throughout the project.
As well as the diversion of utilities along the line alignment, a number of undocumented utilities were encountered requiring additional management and stakeholder liaison.
The Evergreen Line is a new rapid transit line that will connect Coquitlam Town Centre to Vancouver starting at Lougheed Town Centre Station in Burnaby and ending near Douglas College in Coquitlam. The line will be a fast, frequent and convenient SkyTrain service, connecting Coquitlam Town Centre through Port Moody and Burnaby to Lougheed Town Centre in approximately 13 minutes. The Evergreen Line will seamlessly connect to the current SkyTrain network, including the Expo and Millennium, and will integrate with regional bus and West Coast Express networks.
The two track line is 11km long with six primary stations and a potential for up to two additional stations. The 5.9m diameter twin-bore precast concrete segmental tunnel is part of the Evergreen Line that emerges at the North Portal in Port Moody. The alignment will run along elevated viaduct, tunnel and at-grade.
Halcrow provides tunnel conceptual and preliminary design up to procurement state that includes planning, civil, structural, ventilation and fre-life-safety design services.
▪fast, frequent and convenient rapid
Project Technical advice PPP
project formulation
Forecasting Audit Project advisor Reviewer Due diligence Tender advice/support Risk assessment Re-structuring advice
Private sector
Sydney LRT ▪ ▪
Sydney-Canberra High Speed Rail Link ▪
Tianjin MRT ▪ ▪
Estonia Rail Privatisation - Review of Baltic
Rail Services Business Plan ▪ ▪
North Java High Speed Rail Link ▪
Seoul Subway Line 9 ▪
Damansara Link ▪
Kuala Lumpur Monorail ▪
PUTRA LRT ▪
STAR LRT ▪
Busan - Youngdo LRT ▪
Seoul - Kangnam LRT ▪
Yong - In LRT ▪
Bangkok Blue Line ▪
Bangkok MRTA Blue Line ▪
DLR Lewisham Extension ▪
Nottingham Express Transit ▪
Nottingham Tram Line ▪ ▪
South Hampshire Rapid Transit ▪
Privatisation of British Railways ▪
Rail and Rolling Stock Strategy for Forward
Trust ▪
Railway Engineering & Operations, Channel
Tunnel ▪
Residual Value of New Rolling Stock ▪
Victorian Rail Privatisation Bids ▪
BDZ - master plan and financial
improvement study
Liberail Study ▪
Elefsina-Savros-Spata Airport & Western
Imittos Peripheral Motorways ▪
KLIA Expressrail ▪
Philippines LRT Line 1 Extension ▪
Philippines LRT Line 6 ▪
Northrail ▪
PNR Restructuring and Privatisation ▪
Consultancy support to turnaround
programme ▪
Bangkok Blue Line concession bid ▪ ▪
Dutch High Speed Line ▪ ▪
Eurotunnel ▪ ▪
Heathrow Express ▪
New Virgin Rail West Coast Fleet ▪
Competitiveness of rail transport in Central
and Eastern European countries ▪
Kuala Lumpur International Airport ▪
Acquisition of KTMB, Malaysia ▪ ▪ ▪
Seoul Metro Line 9 principle investor due
diligence ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Public sector
Manchester Metrolink Phases 1 and 2 ▪
Pearson International Airport Rail Link ▪
Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Rapid Transit
Project ▪
Bogota Mass Transit ▪
Lahore LRT ▪
Warsaw Metro ▪
Arlandabanan Rail Link, Stockholm ▪
Hamilton to Lankhill Line, Strathclyde ▪
London Underground Limited: Asset
Management Review ▪
Jakarta Mass Transit System ▪ ▪
Independent Reporter to the Office of the
Rail Regulator ▪ ▪
South West Trains refranchise ▪ ▪
Slovakian Freight privatisation ▪ ▪
Manila LRT1 extension ▪ ▪
Thameslink 2000 ▪ ▪
The Eagle P3 project is a public-private partnership where Denver Regional Transport District (RTD) will contract with a team of private partners to design, build,
finance operate, and maintain (DBFOM), the
East Corridor, Gold Line, a short segment of the Northwest Rail and commuter rail maintenance facility projects as one project.
Through this PPP, RTD will retain all assets while shifting much of the risk of providing the projects to the private partner or consortium. In return, RTD will make service payments to the private partner, allowing the agency to spread out large upfront costs over a longer period.
The East Corridor, Gold Line, a short segment of the Northwest Rail Electrif ed Segment and the Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility (CRMF) will be designed and built by the concessionaire. The concessionaire will provide and maintain the rail vehicles for all four commuter rail corridors. The concessionaire will also operate and maintain the East Corridor, the Gold Line and the North West Rail Electrif ed Segment as well as the transit specif c elements, such as stations and parking lots, on the Northwest Rail line, for up to 40 years. In addition, the Concessionaire will arrange f nancing for the project and receive payments based on their performance of the operation and maintenance of the project.
Halcrow has been appointed by one of the project’s bidding consortiums as lender’s
technical advisor. The scope of works comprises of the following:
▪ East Corridor: Denver Union Station to Denver International Airport – 22.8 miles
and 6 stations;
▪ NWES Alignment: Denver Union Station to South Westminster – 5.3 miles and
1 station;
▪ Gold Line: Ward Road to Peco – 7.4 miles and 7 stations.
The role includes a forensic review of all technical, contractual, commercial and
financial aspects of the proposed bid.
Country USA Project duration 2010 - ongoing Client
Confidential Capital cost $1.7 billion Scope of services
civils, structures and stations
track, signaling, power supplies and distribution
rolling stock
▪railway operations and modeling
▪cost, risk and schedule
▪rail systems integration
▪planning,
environment and safety
▪contractual arrangements
▪financial and
commercial risk
Denver Eagle P3 project - lender’s technical advisor
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The North East Line (NEL) is one of the
world’s first fully automatic underground
heavy rail systems. Built at a cost of $4.6 billion, the NEL has 16 stations and is 20km long. It provides commuters with a greater source of reliability and comfort source of travel experience and offers greater time savings for most commuters.
Halcrow was commissioned in 2002 and 2003 to carry out an audit of the railway company to establish if it was in an acceptable condition to commence operations. The commission consisted of a document audit of the SBS Transit Safety Management System, including the SBS Transit Training Division processes, and a safety
management system field audit.
The purpose of the Field Audit was to confirm that the operating risks for the system had been fully identified, and that control measures for those risks had been
systematically developed, implemented & maintained. It was carried out across the
following areas:
▪ train operations
▪ station operations
▪ signalling & control systems
▪ power supply
▪ rolling stock
▪ depot operations
▪ permanent way
▪ buildings
▪ permits-to-work
▪ training and competence
▪ quality & safety management
▪ risk
The process used a template and a series of assessment criteria to determine compliance or otherwise with the requirements of the SBS Transit Safety Management System, using the guidance given by Her Majesty’s Railway Inspectorate in UK for the assessment of railway safety cases, benchmarking against international best practice. Comprehensive audit checklists were used, individually tailored to the subject area under review.
Country Singapore Project duration 2002 - 2003 Client SBS Transport Scope of services audit of safety management system
safety management system field audit
Singapore MRT NE Line safety audits
▪comprehensive audit of system
Vision 42 is a citizens’ initiative to re-imagine and improve surface transit in midtown Manhattan, New York. The proposal to install a light rail system along world famous 42nd Street solves many of the area’s most pressing current and future transportation needs. When combined with a high quality landscaped pedestrian promenade, the area’s quality of life for residents, commuters, and tourists is dramatically improved. Halcrow undertook initial cost study in 2004 and updated cost study in 2007.
Halcrow has been commissioned by the Institute for
Rational Urban Mobility, a private citizens’ group,
to perform a cost estimate study of the capital, operating, and maintenance costs to provide a
modern, river-to-river, at grade, low-floor light rail transit system down the centre of
one of New York City’s most famous boulevards, 42nd Street.
In addition to the light rail system and associated maintenance facility, the plan is to turn 42nd Street into an auto-free landscaped boulevard with open space, outdoor cafes, greenery, and high quality pedestrian amenities.
The cost to relocate/reconstruct a myriad of underground utilities, account for existing subsurface infrastructure, and provide for increased street maintenance and policing
costs as well as include realized savings resulting from the elimination of existing
bus service was all taken into consideration during this study.
Upon completion of this cost study, presentations were given to key decision makers to present and defend the results of the study and for consideration in determining project viability.
Country USA Client
Institute for Urban Rational Mobility, Inc. Capital cost
$500 million Scope of services cost study
review and updating of previously prepared final environmental impact statement
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▪urban light rail system cost estimate study
▪analysis and costing for reconstruction of densely populated subsurface utilities
▪maintenance facility siting and costing
▪enhanced pedestrian environment and high quality landscaping costing
The Kuala Lumpur Monorail System was constructed in Kuala Lumpur between 1999 and 2003 and opened for passenger services in August 2003.
The system is 8.6km long, twin track and has 11 stations. It was constructed as a privatised project, funded from a Government grant and a series of infrastructure loans. The system went into
liquidation in mid 2007, and PricewaterhouseCoopers was engaged as the official
receiver.
Halcrow has been retained by PwC to undertake an independent valuation of the monorail system based upon the value of the current asset, including an assessment of the asset condition and the prospective future capital and operating costs of the asset over the next twenty years. We have also been requested to determine the current revenue and suggest a methodology whereby the revenue stream and fare box ratio can be optimised.
A condition in undertaking this assignment was that Halcrow were familiar and competent to undertake an independent technical review of the monorail system.
Country Malaysia Client Pricewaterhouse
Coopers
In 2006 SCOMI Engineering Bhd proposed an outright purchase of the company largely responsible for the construction and ongoing maintenance of the KL system, MTrans Technology Sdn Bhd.
The sole purpose of the purchase was to acquire the technology to design and build a next-generation monorail system and vehicles for future SCOMI monorail system bids.
The target company was not then designing or building new systems, though actively
submitting bids and developing the KL fleet.
Halcrow was engaged with the remit to establish, if the company had the competence, knowledge, people and intellectual property rights to successfully develop a new system, thereby justifying the value of the purchase.
Country Malaysia Client SCOMI Engineering
Sdn Bhd