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Money for something W
e have a big focus in this edition on a subject that should get the rail industry supply chain very interested: the huge amount of work in the pipeline across the country.
Many contracts and frameworks for Network Rail control period 5 have already been signed, with billions more to be spent before 2019 on maintenance, renewals, enhancements,
delivery, IT,
network operations, signalling, safety and everything else that goes along with managing our railway infrastructure.
But the classic network is not the only game in town: we also include a report on the recent HS2 Supply Chain Conference – the first of many, from what we hear – which attracted hundreds of businesses to see what was on offer and exactly how the work will be packaged up and contracted.
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Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin – whom RTM has interviewed twice for this edition, once at that conference and again at the opening of Network Rail’s new concrete sleeper factory at Doncaster (see page 70) – was keen to emphasise that British businesses will have a major role on the project. Not just multinationals or the ‘usual suspects’ either, he promised, but small and medium enterprises, consultancies, designers, engineers, constructors, and many others. Indeed, companies from outside the usual rail world could be found
in the audience at the conference, including logistics, construction, civil and electrical engineering,
IT,
health and safety and all forms of consultancy.
Those who campaign so fiercely against HS2 sometimes forget that its multi-billion pound budget is not just going to be frittered away to disappear down the plughole. The vast majority will go to contractors and then on down the supply chain. British businesses employing skilled
and talented staff will use the money to design and build HS2, and will spend themselves on all the support services they require, from professional and legal services through to catering and cleaning. HS2 has promised to learn lessons from Crossrail,
which
is doing a good job of focusing its spend on UK companies and on smaller businesses too, and telling us what is being spent and where. It is also a socially and environmentally responsible project: HS2 has a lot to live up to.
The rail industry carrying out all this
work would not be able to deliver it in a safe and efficient way if it wasn’t for technological and design innovation, top-notch training and outstanding project management. That’s exactly what the UK Rail Industry Awards was created to celebrate, while also raising funds for the UK Rail Industry Training Trust,
inspiring and
educating the next generation of railway workers. You can find out everything about the awards in our special preview on pages 21-39.
Adam Hewitt Editor
44 Future of rail The ORR’s Richard Price on the CP5 spending determination
46 Job offers
The billions of pounds of work on offer in CP5 – Simon Kirby explains.
56 Fair payment Have we reached the tipping point on faster supplier payment?
76 Booming demand London Overground’s urgent capacity works to expand its fleet
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