COMPANY NEWS
Frimstone success with Network Rail
A small family-owned business has signed a multi-million pound deal with Network Rail to manage six of its local distribution centres. One centre is already up and run- ning, with the remaining five set to be operational by November.
The aggregates company Frim- stone Ltd, based in Crimplesham, Norfolk, will expand nationwide for the first time, and double its an- nual turnover to around £15m by ensuring that the sites can supply materials for track maintenance contracts by managing the clean ballast stockpiles and also re-pro- cessing.
Managing director Gary Bell said: “The award of these contracts to Frimstone demonstrates that all the work in gaining approval to use secondary granite in coated roadstone, surface dressing and ready mixed concrete has been recognised as the right thing to do.
“The use of secondary granite in these
products contributes to-
wards the UK achieving its recy- cling and carbon reduction targets and is a real opportunity for sec- ondary granite to replace primary aggregates in higher quality ma- terials.
“Frimstone looks forward to play- ing a major part in supplying high quality recycled materials into in- fra structure projects across the whole of the UK.”
£40m TfL contract advertised
Transport for London is looking for a manufacturer and supplier for a £40m rail and conductor rail con- tract.
TfL said it will need a maximum of two firms under the four-year framework, expected to be worth between up to £40m.
The supplier will have to meet standards as set out by London Underground (including Tubelines) and the other TfL modes, such as Docklands Light Rail, London Overground, the East London Line and Tramlink.
The deadline for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is Octo- ber 10.
For further information contact Da-
vid.Strassburg@
tube.tfl.gov.uk
Halcrow has been appointed to provide station travel plans for the 18 stations directly run by Network Rail.
The plans will be about maintain- ing transport choices and avoid- ing congestion at stations, whilst limiting the environmental impact of travellers.
Halcrow will also advise and sup- port nominated station travel plan coordinators.
Paul Holloway, Halcrow’s principal transport planner, explained: “The 2007 Railways White Paper asked the rail industry to work with all rel- evant stakeholder groups to pilot station travel plans and provide advice on whether the travel plan approach could be beneficial to
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passengers. The pilot studies have demonstrated that there are con- siderable benefits to be gained.
“Initiatives to consider for passen- gers and station-based staff will include; clearer station and local destination signage; more attrac- tive forecourts; developing pedes- trian routes that make station ac- cess easier; introducing safer cy- cle routes and more secure cycle storage; and better use of station car parking.
“Our work will develop a template station travel plan and guidance document that will provide a struc- tured approach and process. Each of the managed stations will have a plan that reflects the needs of its customers and takes account of local priorities.”
RATP announces half year results
French transport giant RATP, which has taken over the running of the Manchester Metrolink from Stagecoach, has said its latest group financial results are “ahead of expectations”.
Group sales increased by 10% for the year to June 30 2011 and pas- senger traffic in its core city, Paris, was up by 1.6%, with the com- pany’s services now carrying over 1.6 billion passengers.
Pierre Mongin, chairman and group CEO, said: “The 2011 in- terim results are very good and ahead of our expectations. The good performance of the group is the result of the hard work and productivity of RATP’s employees and exceptional items related to the exit of RATP from its invest- ment in Transdev as well as the creation of Systra.
“The current economic climate, which has led to a slowdown in traffic, justifies a cautious ap- proach to the second half.”
VolkerRail has been awarded a seven-year framework contract to supply 11 on-track machines to Network Rail, estimated to be worth £67m.
This includes nine tamping ma- chines, two ballast regulators, ex- perienced machine operators and the management services of the plant division’s support services team.
Steve Cocliff, managing director of VolkerRail, said: “This is a very im- portant contract for us and builds upon the successful collaborative approach adopted by both Net- work Rail and VolkerRail in the de- livery of continued improvement.
“The award builds on the high per- formance of our outgoing contract with Network Rail, which has been delivered in a safe, reliable and ef- ficient way.
This award provides some recog- nition of the hard work our plant division has put in to this previous
contract and is a credit to the busi- ness.”
This follows the award of the Net- work Rail design and build con- tract for four level crossing renew- als in Yorkshire and Humberside, which includes equipment renew- al, including new predictor equip- ment housed in a new REB, track circuits upgraded and provision of predictor systems.
VolkerRail SPC manager Steve
Sorby said: “Our specialist teams will be working on these renew- als simultaneously; they will work transiently across the four sites to ensure that the various specialist skills are available during the ap- propriate time in the programming schedule, whilst providing flexibil- ity to our client.”
Design work is underway and decommissioning works are due to start from March 2012, with a completion date of June 2012.
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