Railways

GHD is assisting Merseyrail, the UK urban train operator for Liverpool and surrounding areas, with a major business change program to update the management systems for its fleet.

The Asset Management Improvement Program (AMI P) is being delivered in partnership with Merseyrail. It follows an asset management maturity assessment undertaken in 2008 using GHD’s proprietary Total Enterprise Asset Management Quality Framework (TEAM QF) assessment model. The assessment process is aligned to BSI PAS 55 (a publicly available asset management specification) and provided Merseyrail with a roadmap for achieving its strategic asset management objectives for fleet reliability, availability and efficiency set out in its asset management strategy published in 2007.

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GHD is developing the asset management plan for the renewal of Auckland's passenger rail stations.

Auckland Regional Transport Network Limited (ARTNL), representing six councils in the region, has commissioned GHD to review asset management practices and produce the first asset management plan for Auckland's metro rail stations.

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Launched in January 2011, the Australian National Ports Strategy provides a coordinated planning approach for Australian governments to help plan for port infrastructure and the associated road and rail linkages that connect these important gateways to all Australian cities and towns.

Through the provision of five themed background papers, several presentations and support at two stakeholder forums, one in Melbourne and the other in Adelaide, GHD assisted Infrastructure Australia and the National Transport Commission on the development of the draft strategy.

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VicRoads commissioned GHD to develop designs and specifications for the installation of information signs and accompanying car park counting system at Gardiner Railway Station.

The project is known as Park and Ride Information System (PARIS) and was developed to encourage motorists, by displaying real time travel times for public transport, to entice them to transfer their travel mode to public transport.

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GHD assisted Translink and Gold Coast City Council in the preparation of the concept design and Impact Management Plan (CDIMP) for the Gold Coast Rapid Transit Project.

This project involves the concept design for two alternative transit systems for the Gold Coast, a bus rapid system and a light rail system. The system will run between Helensvale and Coolangatta along the eastern Gold Coast Highway route. Construction will proceed in two stages, with the line running to Broadbeach in the first stage.

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GHD was commissioned by Transfield Bouygues Joint Venture (TBJV) to provide concept design, performance based specifications and documentation to allow TBJV to call tenders for final detail design and construct contracts. The concept designs covered:

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In a good demonstration of public authority and private industry cooperation, the Red Hill Road Bridge was successfully launched on 3 January 2007 by the project team of Wagga Wagga City Council (WWCC), GHD, Nelmac Pty Ltd and Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC).

The overall purpose of the rail bridge project was to link Red Hill Rd to the Olympic Highway.  Red Hill Rd is an arterial orbital road that traverses the south end of Wagga Wagga, generally in an east-west direction.  It ended at the south side of the Main Southern Rail Line but it was desired to extend the road underneath the rail line through to the adjacent Olympic Highway. 

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GHD Newcastle developed the concept design, project managed and provided independent environmental services to the Sandgate Rail Grade Separation project. 

The flyover removed a long-standing obstruction to the efficiency of the Hunter Valley’s coal chain. The separation reduced delays and disruptions by carrying the main north railway over the top of the coal lines so that coal trains could pass uninterrupted to the main export terminal at Kooragang Island. This rail line carries both freight and passenger trains.

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The Darra to Springfield Transport Corridor is the first large-scale integrated road and rail project for South East Queensland.

The purpose of the AUD1.5 billion project is to improve road, rail and public transport links between Darra and Springfield to service the growing population centres along the corridor and will be built in two stages.

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GHD designed the third rail receival facility as part of the AUD750 million expansion of the RG Tanna Port in Gladstone Queensland.

The design and construction of the third rail receival facility in Gladstone is a unique engineering feat due to the challenging design requirements, difficult site conditions and fast track construction.  

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Greenhouse gas (GHG) management is an essential part of any organisation’s sustainability and corporate responsibility agenda. GHD partnered with CenSA on railways greenhouse gas emissions measurement in the United Kingdom.

In December 2008, the United Kingdom (UK) made a upgraded its commitment to reduce its national carbon dioxide emissions, by at least 34 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050, in comparison to 1990 levels. In anticipation of tough regulatory and other policy drivers, the rail sector sought to better understand its contribution to the national GHG footprint and the ways in which this can be reduced.

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GHD was engaged by Blue Circle Southern Cement (BCSC) in Waurn Ponds, Victoria to project manage the grade separation of a quarry haul road and the Geelong-Warrnambool Rail Line.

When completed, the project will improve the efficiency and safety of access by quarry vehicles between limestone deposits that are currently traversed and separated by the rail line.

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