“THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WE’VE DONE IN THE UK FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME.” - Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin MP, p50


21-39 UKRIA 2014 PREVIEW 46-58 PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN


69-81 WORKSHOPS, DEPOTS AND MANUFACTURING


92-94 EFFICIENCY AND LEAN


59-68 TRACK AND SIGNALLING


Professor Felix Schmid is the Programme Director for the MSc in railway systems


engineering and is a Professor at the School of Engineering in the Centre for Railway Research and Education at the University of Birmingham.


Howard Smith Howard Smith is operations director at Crossrail. Until March 2013, he


was Chief Operating Offi cer for London Rail at TfL. He previously led on major DLR upgrades.


Sara Nelson is Head of


Communications at Passenger Focus, the independent,


offi cial consumer watchdog for Britain’s rail passengers and England’s bus, coach and tram passengers (outside of London).


“THIS IS ALL ABOUT SAFER DELIVERY OF PROJECTS, AND EFFICIENCY. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE LOWEST COST PROCUREMENT.” - Simon Kirby, Network Rail Infrastructure Projects, p46


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