Outstanding Projects – Medium (£3m-20m)
ScotRail The Paisley Canal Electrifi cation (PaCE) project was completed with costs reduced by 61%, from £28m to £11m.
Outstanding Projects – Large (Over £20m)
Network Rail The Reading Station Area Redevelopment (RSAR)
Project was nominated for
its sheer scale, strategic importance, technical and logistic complexity, and as an exemplar in collaborative working and innovation.
Passenger Safety
Barnbrook Systems Ltd Barnbrook
Systems supplied a new
three-step brake controller for East Midlands Trains,
highlighting safety
and obsolescence issues and improving reliability.
Rail Asset Security Amey Rail
The renewal of two level crossings at Llanelli. The design incorporated Obstacle Detection, which detects objects, vehicles or people on the crossing before a train approaches it, reducing theft and vandalism.
Rail Freight Excellence
Atkins, Network Rail, Balfour Beatty The delivery of the Nuneaton North Chord linked the existing cross-country route from Felixstowe to Nuneaton with the WCML to improve reliability and service frequency.
Signalling & Telecommunications ScotRail
The UK rail industry’s biggest-ever roll- out of free wi-fi at stations and on-board all Class 170 and 38 Class 380s across Scotland.
Social Media
SoDash Software allows train operators to listen to, join in with, and manage social media conversations happening around them and about them.
Recruitment Excellence Amey plc
A recruitment campaign that engaged ex-service personnel and sought to encourage retention within the industry through post-graduate conversion courses run in conjunction with Network Rail.
Training & Development
Mott MacDonald The graduate rotation programme creates a talent pipeline of consultants who are comfortable and effective in a multi-functional environment, and professionally qualifi ed.
Workforce Safety
MITIE Total Security Management A new fi ve-year smartcard platform updates Network Rail’s
paper-based
Sentinel scheme and allows worker safety and competence checks to be made in real-time.
Young Rail Professional – Female Charlotte Mace
Charlotte Mace, Civil Field Engineer at Network Rail, has worked on the Crossrail Acton Dive-under project and managed the reorganisation of the graduate scheme into the devolved routes system.
Young Rail Professional – Male
Toufi c Machnouk Project Manager at Network Rail, Toufi c Machnouk helped deliver the new train care depot in Reading six months ahead of its public commitment and saved 25% of its £131m budget.
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