COMPANY NEWS
Crossrail awards Bond Street station construction contract
Crossrail has awarded the last of the main construction contracts for the new central section stations to Costain Skanska JV.
As part of the C412 Bond Street contract, the new Crossrail station will be directly connected to the neighbouring Tube station, so passengers can interchange between Crossrail and London Underground services. Following completion of the works, a major
over-site development will be constructed above the Crossrail station.
Andrew Wolstenholme, Crossrail chief executive said: “Contracts worth over £5bn have been awarded to-date, providing a much needed boost to the construction industry and the UK economy. The Bond Street Crossrail station contract will create hundreds of new jobs with hundreds more
created in the wider supply chain.”
Costain Skanska JV, which also won the C411 Bond Street advanced works contract, will be required to create around 11 new apprenticeships and new job start roles for individuals who are long-term unemployed or out of education or training for six months
Edinburgh Tram ticketing contract goes to Parkeon
Parkeon Transit has been awarded the contract to provide ticketing for the Edinburgh Tram project.
It includes the supply and maintenance of Galexio-Plus ticket machines, Axio platform validators and hand-held payment terminals.
The ticket machines will be enabled to read both ITSO cards and Lothian Buses’ Ridacard,
linked to the existing back office.
Edinburgh Transport Convener Cllr Lesley Hinds said: “This contract is significant, not only because it will provide an integrated system for the city’s public transport network, but also because it’s the last significant contract to be let for the tram project.”
Passenger services are expected to be running by summer 2014.
or more during the life of their contract. The C412 contract is worth around £200m.
Garrandale Eire keeps Irish eyes
smiling Irish Rail, Iarnród Éireann, has awarded Dublin-based Garrandale Eire Ltd a significant maintenance, repair and improvement contract.
It includes maintenance and repair on train wash machines, whilst also making improvements that will result in improved liability and performance to provide cleaner trains for the thousands of commuters that use the system every day.
Why is assessment important in the railway industry?
Ian Ross of Performance Development makes the case for more assessment of railway workers.
Today’s railway is a highly specialised industry, which demands a body of professional, highly skilled and well-trained people to run it. This necessary quality of training can only be achieved if the trainers themselves are both subject-specialists and professionally qualified educators. However, training alone is not enough to produce the workforce the industry requires. It needs to be underpinned by timely and appropriate assessment.
During initial training, where practical skills need to be tested, or competences established, classroom-based teaching must be supplemented by the assessed observation of activities, carried out in a realistic setting as soon as practicable after the end of formal training.
But the need for assessment does not end there. Skills that have been gained must also be retained. Skill-fade is a well- known phenomenon throughout industry, and it is imperative that the continuing ability of staff to perform tasks safely is not allowed to decline. One of the best ways
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to prevent this is through an on- going regime of re-assessment against recognised occupational standards, with a periodicity appropriate to the complexity of the skill and to how directly it affects the safety of the railway. Whether carried out in a training environment or work setting, assessment is an essential tool for maintaining and enhancing skill levels and demonstrating knowledge retention.
Where the safety of passengers is concerned we cannot rely on luck. A structured and well- managed programme of regularly re-assessing vital skills means we
should never have to.
At Performance Development we are awarding body accredited, which means we can create and deliver bespoke training and assessment programmes to suit individual and employer needs. Our success in the industry over the last 10 years is based on our team of highly skilled trainer assessors, who are operationally qualified professionals with vast experience in railway and general engineering practices and principles.
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