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SECTIONS GEN Y RAIL p18-25
The amazing Gen Y Rail events have inspired hundreds of young people to take a real look at rail for the fi rst time and consider a career in this industry. RTM has full coverage of the heats and the national fi nal at Network Rail’s Westwood facility.
INFRARAIL 2014 p31-34
A look back at Infrarail 2014 and the Infrarail Awards, with input from transport minister Baroness Kramer, outgoing Network Rail Infrastructure Projects boss Simon Kirby, and DfT Rail Executive director general Clare Moriarty.
INNOVATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN p35-39 FutureRailway director David Clarke sets out the bright new future for the successor organisation to the Enabling Innovation Team, plus input from Andrew Ellwood, innovation manager on the Stafford Area Improvements Programme.
ELECTRIFICATION p40-51
Contributors include Saleem Mohammad, Network Rail Infrastructure Projects’ programme director for the National Electrifi cation Programme; Western & Wales regional director Robbie Burns; and Simon Rhoden, head of electrifi cation at Amey.
CIVILS, TUNNELS AND EMBANKMENTS p52-59 Academics from the University of Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction and from the University of Southampton explain their latest projects and their relevance for rail infrastructure.
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY p60-67 Balfour Beatty Rail has been ‘doing’ sustainability for far longer than most. RTM spoke to Sam Brewitt, its sustainability manager, to fi nd out more.
BIM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT p71-81 How BIM is being used on some of the country’s biggest rail projects, including the Birmingham New Street rebuild, Reading, and the Northern Hub.
LONDON UNDERGROUND p88-104 Graeme Shaw, head of Northern Line Extension at London Underground, gives an overview of the project and its ambitious aims, plus an interview with head of station upgrades Gary Downie on the new Stake delivery model.
TRACK TECHNOLOGY AND RAIL LIVE p105-117 The latest in track technology plus coverage from the Rail Live event, where half a billion pounds of rail plant and equipment was on display.
18-25 71-81
GEN Y RAIL BIM & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
60-67 ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY EDITORIAL BOARD
“We’re hoping to get a lot more input from the tier 3s and 4s into the planning of the work, and also to get some of their innovation coming into the work.” - Gary Downie, LU’s head of station upgrades, on Stake, p90
2 | rail technology magazine Jun/Jul 14
Lord Tony Berkeley chairs the Rail Freight Group. He is the Secretary of the All- Party Parliamentary
Rail Group, a board member of the European Rail Freight Association, member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
Dave Mullin is Innovation Programme
Manager at Network Rail. Mullin is also
the non-executive director for SITC (Security Innovation and Technology Consortium).
Neil Andrew
is Head of Systems and Technology at Balfour Beatty Rail. Balfour Beatty is
an international rail engineering, design and construction business.
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