Rail

Rail

Rail

An increasing population needs an evolving railway infrastructure, not only to aid sustainable transport for commuting but also to move goods as a more environmentally friendly alternative to road freight, supporting the journey to net zero.

At Waterman, when we consider rail and mass transit infrastructure, we see much more than the component parts; we see the potential to connect people and serve communities by providing a safe, affordable and efficient infrastructure. We are committed to value engineering safe and cost effective rail infrastructure solutions which help shape rail and transport networks, maximising connectivity and prioritising ease of use and accessibility.

We provide market leading expertise in all aspects of engineering and across all design disciplines. We offer our clients services ranging from initial project development and planning phases, through to full engineering design, documentation and construction phase services. In addition, we deliver specialist advice to our design partners on the operation, maintenance and management of rail and mass transit assets.

Since 1990, we’ve been continuously developing our unique, highly flexible, computer aided drawing and data management system, AUTORAIL TM. With over 10,000 miles of rail track mapped, the System is used throughout the railway industry.

We also embrace new technologies such as BIM and digital railways on our projects. New technologies impact how and where people live and work, and directly affect community needs. For Waterman, the key to success in this new environment is to harness imagination, link this to evolving digital tools and empower our teams to ensure rail infrastructure is future ready.

“The team was well experienced and delivered to tight timescales. Communication was effective amongst the team which resulted in quality deliverables and the team was nimble to changes. We would use Waterman again.”

Ian Suter, Design Manager Plain Line South Rail Systems Alliance , Colas Rail

Featured Project

Transpennine Route

TRU is a multi-billion-pound transformative long-term railway infrastructure programme with the objective of improving connectivity in the North of England between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York through track electrification as well as a suite of innovative solutions to avoid congestion.

Our specialist team is providing environmental and ecological services for works on the Western Leg (W1-4) of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) between Manchester and Leeds.

TRU is a multi-billion-pound transformative long-term railway infrastructure programme with the objective of improving connectivity in the North of England between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York through track electrification as well as a suite of innovative solutions to avoid congestion.

Our ecology team is supporting the scheme by providing a wide range of surveys and reports. This includes ecology surveys and ecological reports to identify ecological constraints and avoidance measures throughout permitted development areas of the scheme (W1 and W4).

We are also providing a suite of surveys to inform the Transport of Work Act Order (TWAO) for the Huddersfield to Westtown (W3) section of the route, and are producing the ecology Environmental Statement chapter with associated technical appendices and representation of ecological expert witness at the public inquiry.

Elsewhere, our experts produced bat and badger draft mitigation licences for W3, resulting in the receipt of a ‘letter of comfort’ in advance of public inquiry. The surveys and the final mitigation licences are due for completion in 2022. In addition, we collected UK Habitat data and completed Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) assessments and associated reports for each section (W1- W4), collaborating with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and the landscape architects to populate Metric Calculators.

We also supported the scheme by undertaking Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) services for vegetation clearance activities and ground investigation works to avoid breach of wildlife legislation including the review and modification of working methods and timing to avoid impacts on badger, great crested newt, bats, reptile and other ecological features.

Meanwhile, we are providing EcIA reports for a series of planning applications, and a range of input in the discharge of planning conditions including Landscape Ecological Management Plans (LEMPs) and Biodiversity Ecological Management Plans (BEMPs).
Finally, we are undertaking a suite of services to inform a second TWAO and ecology chapter for W2b, anticipated for completion end-2023.

Transpennine route tn

You may also like…

LinkedIn