The Northumberland Line looks like an interesting project, not without its challenges but the sort of project we are going to need to help recover after CV19 and build a better infrastructure to support Net Zero. "Ground investigations have begun on the Northumberland Line upgrade, a project which will reintroduce a rail passenger service between Ashington and central [...]
Just in case you missed it, please find a link to the article that we wrote for the ACE recently on rail franchises (CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW) CLICK HERE About ACE: The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) is a British business association in the field of consultancy and engineering. ACE represents around 430 member companies, large and small, that [...]
Geo-Environmental is delighted to announce that it has successfully passed through data validation on the ESMS Achilles questionnaire for GWR (Great Western Railway). Our Head of Rail, Road and Utilities says “Getting onto the supplier list of a major Train Operating Company like GWR is an important step for us. We hope that now we are visible to GWR it [...]
Mike Brown, Geo-Environmental Commercial Director, chairs the ACE Rail Special Interest Group. The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) represents the UK’s professional consultancies and engineering companies operating in the social and economic infrastructure sectors. The ACE Rail Special Interest Group explores issues relating to the funding, design and delivery of our railways, supporting the engagement of stakeholders in the rail sector [...]
Interesting article in Infrastructure Intelligence this week regarding the end of the UK's rail franchising system. Mike Brown, commercial director of Geo-Environmental Services Ltd and chair of the ACE’s rail sector interest group, was asked to comment: It has become clear that rail franchising does not help collaboration across the network and this has prevented the railway from working as [...]
Geo-Environmental is now chairing the ACE’s Rail Special Interest Group. Whilst the sector is currently experiencing growth and there are some major projects on the horizon, the rail sector in general is still facing a number of challenges. Over the next few years we hope to work with other members of the Special Interest Group, the ACE and other representing [...]
Our IRATA trained geotechnical engineers have been trialling out new head mounted torches and cameras on a Network Rail site in Coventry. The work involved investigation of the rock slope, in partnership with SCA Group Limited, who provided vegetation clearance. The new camera will allow us to take video and camera footage of the rock slope and any features that [...]
