UK National Upgrade of Intergrated Electronic Control Centres (IECC Upgrade)
Client: Network Rail
Duration:6 years
Value: £12m
Project Overview
This UK wide project commenced in 2001 as a matter of high priority to implement the Cullen recommendations following the Ladbroke Grove Inquiry:
• Recommendation 47: There should be a unique alarm for Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD), which should sound until it is turned off.
• Recommendation 48: The speed with which signallers can take action to move points in an emergency should be improved.
An opportunity was also taken to implement improvements to the Automatic Route Setting (ARS) functionality to realise train service performance improvements. All Signal Control Centres throughout the UK upgraded with new hardware and software for the above Safety Enhancement features to form Integrated Electronic Control Centres with a parallel upgrade of the Signaller Training Simulators.
CPC’s Role
Primary role to provide Project Management from inception through to commissioning and hand-back to regional signallers. Provided financial accountability, contract assessment, schedule planning, risk management and change control.
Client Benefits
The assignment was designed to enhance Network Rail’s delivery capability by providing the following benefits:
• Outsourcing project management thus allowing Network Rail’s signal engineering staff to focus on core signal engineering duties.
• Increase Network Rail’s internal project management resource utilisation and involvement in regional project initiatives rather than national upgrades.
• Implementation of robust project definition, scope and execution against Network Rail’s Guide to Rail Investment Projects methodology.
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