GRIP Process Governance for Railway Investment Projects (GRIP) describes how Network Rail manages and controls projects that enhance or renew the national rail network. Excellent written and oral communication skills. This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. >> To receive New Civil Engineer's daily and weekly newsletters click here. PACE is a new approach that will make it easier for Network Rail to integrate and respond to operational challenges. 25 0 obj The area has 1,700 trains a day and is one of the worst bottlenecks on the UK rail network. You have entered an incorrect email address! Railway station and line opening proposals and projects need to follow this process to be delivered. Enter your email and we'll let you know when a new long read is published. Midlands Engine Rail (MER) is the flagship rail programme of Midlands Connect. As a result, he felt that CARS had a fighting chance of getting an approved business case. 20 0 obj In this Integrated Rail Plan, proposals for electrification in the North and Midlands refers to the installation of OLE along stated routes. A simpler project management structure, which can be followed by all departments working on projects at any one time; Improved delegation of authority up the chain of command; A greater focus on risk management across all levels of the organisation; More effective use of key performance indicators (KPIs); A more coherent approach to procurement and contracting processes across different disciplines (including civil engineering works). Part of the PACE ethos is empowering and delegating authority to those best placed for decision making within the project team. The session will be held on Thursday 20 May 2021 from 12.45 - 5pm, online. SKU:SP1607629 <> <> And that is why it is not fit. Similarly, rail commuters have been told not to travel this week unless . We are a small to medium sized company that has built a strong reputation delivering multi-disciplinary projects and programmes for private and public sector clients. The higher the capacity of a line, the more train paths can be provided. This Network Rail standard is mandatory and shall be complied with by Network Rail and its contractors if applicable from 1st September 2012. SPEED is all about the mindset shift needed in the industry to radically transform our cost base and programmes for infrastructure, and embracing the PACE frameworks is one of the ways in which this can be enabled. Network Rail are replacing GRIP with PACE, a new tool that allows project managers to adapt their approach, make decisions that best meet the needs of their project and overlay stages while maintaining rigour. D; Not e Grip 3. Yet he cautioned that PACE could go the way of GRIP unless behaviours changed. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. <> In a double act, Natasha Luddington, Project Director (Enhancements), Network Rail Wales & Western, and Amanda Roper, DfTs Deputy Director for the Restoring Your Railway programme, described how their organisations had worked together to identify themes where changes were needed that cut across organisational boundaries. However, given rising inflation and other costs, even a flat budget is likely to equate to a real-terms cut of at least 10% in available expenditure. Witham Fourth District Internal Drainage Board, We use cookies to personalize and improve your experience on our site. Planning Consents and Environment Permissions speeding up the Transport and Works Act process, publishing guides on planning and environmental consents. /Resources <> According to Wright, Grip was much more than a project lifecycle and there are hundreds of other processes, policies and governance controls across Network Rail that were affected by the Grip process. In June 2020, as part of the governments Covid-19 recovery plan, the Prime Minister announced a new taskforce to deliver public investment projects faster and for less money. Hence the centre is producing useable benchmark information with real practical examples. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. It was set up to significantly reduce the time and costs of delivering rail infrastructure projects. Trains that handle goods instead of passengers. /Parent 2 0 R Where our earlier organisational change has given us the right structure, SPEED will give us the right mindset, and tools, to put passengers first and drive value. GRIP stands for Governance for Railway Investment Projects. And that is why it is not fit. After being approved in November 2020, PACE has been applied to projects since January 2021. endobj These new and innovative ways of working will be rolled out across all rail upgrades, with the intention of ensuring that passengers experience better journeys more quickly, giving greater value to taxpayers and transforming the pace and way in which our railways are improved. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Segregating fast and slow rail services onto separate tracks. stream <> Wider Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) services are to be considered, including to Newcastle, Hull and Sheffield. 14 0 obj BCRs are calculated by dividing the forecast monetised benefits of a scheme by the forecast total cost across the schemes lifecycle. 12 0 obj The project is built as per the specification detailed in stage 5. When this standard is implemented, it is permissible for all projects that have formally completed GRIP Stage 3 (Option Selection) to continue to comply with the issue of any relevant Network Rail . 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It is a series of proposed rail interventions to improve rail connectivity on a West-East basis through Birmingham Moor Street station. endobj The challenge now is to spread and scale that best practice across other programmes and the wider network. It's been claimed that PACE will have an even greater impact than GRIP in delivering efficiency gains. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". 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When closing the conference, RIAs Technical Director, David Clarke, encouraged everyone to build Project SPEED principles into their businesses and take part in follow-on activities. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. He also reiterated that anyone with ideas to improve project delivery should contact [emailprotected], SPECIALIST AREAS delivery of Infrastructure Investment projects onto the rail network. Emma Osborn, Commercial Director, Network Rail Wales & Western, made the point that her company does not have all the answers and needs the humility to accept that suppliers can offer solutions if they are engaged early enough in a project. A proposed connection north of Crewe station, enabling HS2 services to rejoin the HS2 mainline. Dont worry we wont send you spam or share your email address with anyone. Replanned access arrangements and the provision of a temporary platform actually brought the project end-date forward by two months a four-month betterment, taking account of Covid. SPEED is forging a path ahead for the industry to adapt and meet these challenges head on. 26 0 obj We run 20 of the UK's largest stations while all the others, over 2,500, are run by the country's train operating companies. endobj Dis Boxes | Trackside Connection Boxes (TCB), Plug Couplers | Wired Plugs & Receptacles, Principal Supply Points & Auxiliary Supply Points, Level Crossing Lighting Control Unit (LCU). This allows a line to handle more traffic than a standard 2-track alignment as fast services can be separated from slower and semi-fast services. GRIP is used to describe how Network Rail manages project delivery of projects within the national rail network. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It is costing money and time.. He felt that rail is well placed to be a key part of the recovery from the Covid crisis and to decarbonise transport, but stressed that the required investment cannot be taken for granted. In addition, the new PACE process will give individual projects a better trade-off between time, cost and scope of work. As part of this, challenge workshops were held to consider the scope of level crossings and track. <> Previous delivery of projects through Network Rail Grip stages 1-3. Grip organised projects into eight stages which ran sequentially. 18 0 obj These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. This is the re-commencement of The Restoring Your Railway (RYR) policy aims to reinstate axed local rail services and restore closed stations. This was hosted by the Railway Industry Association and had 2,400 participants, half of whom were suppliers. . Local stakeholders have been invited to propose RYR projects. Its requirements are also based on a similar matrix derived from the project Level of Control. Providing a new platform at Stevenage a year earlier than planned, in part due to GTR doing the station fit-out, saved 1 million in rail replacement bus costs. Wright says that a complex, major project may still run through these stages sequentially but the stages can be overlapped and combined for smaller schemes. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. GRIP/PACE Network Rail's process for developing railway interventions, split into various gateways in a similar manner to the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP). To date we have achieved hundreds of millions of pounds worth of savings and cut years off programme schedules. Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines told last autumns Rail Industry Alliance annual conference that the eight-stage governance in rail investment projects (Grip) framework process, which was first adopted in 2010, was to be replaced because its not effective. <> But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. The reversing of the direction of travel of a train. Minister of State for Transport, Chris Heaton-Harris, emphasised the Prime Ministers view that the UK government expected rail will play a vital part in boosting Britains Covid recovery. <> Excellent written and oral communication skills. A parkway railway station is a railway station that primarily serves a park and ride interchange rather than a town or city centre. They were split across three formal project management phases. Network Rail developed the GRIP (Governance for Railway Investment Projects) process to manage and control investment projects - ones that enhance or renew the national rail network as opposed to those involved with routine maintenance of the railway. According to Network rail, the aims of project SPEED are: PACE is divided up into five main stages for efficient enhancement delivery of rail infrastructure: These stages are similar to GRIP process but effort has been made to reduce the control on projects so as not to add excessively to the time estimates whilst still maintaining the rigour of the design and implementation process. Following the highly successful Rail SPEED Conference on 26 February, introduced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Network Rail and the Railway Industry Association (RIA) are holding a FREE follow-up event to explore some of the work that underpins SPEED in more detail. Page 6 of 7 The statutory approval process for schemes. Timescales were reduced by using Network Rails permitted development rights to start work in the summer and, working with the DfT, bringing forward the Transport and Works Act to allow station work to begin sooner. Phase One will open between 2029 and 2033. 6 0 obj We also delivered all the DNO cubicles. PL12 4HJ. But it is rarely used properly so it is not fit for purpose, he said. According to Wright, Grip was much more than a project lifecycle and there are hundreds of other processes, policies and governance controls across Network Rail that were affected by the Grip process. Network Rail is more relaxed over what people choose to call it. Success will deliver an industry that trusts knowledge and expertise, does not follow rules at the expense of common sense or better outcomes and is filled with people proud and excited to work in rail. Rail SPEED (Swift, Pragmatic and Efficient Enhancement Delivery) is a joint programme led by the Department for Transport and Network Rail. In addition, a new delivery model was developed for the three packages of work: rail corridor works led by Network Rail, stations and highways led by Northumberland County Council and introduction of the new passenger service led by Northern Rail. It will empower all of us in rail to be revolutionary in our thinking to challenge how we do things and ask, how could we do this better? Co-ordination of work with other contractors and Network Rail. Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment (PACE) describes how Network Rail manages and controls investment projects on the rail network. Wright and his team have spent the early months of this year rolling out the Pace concept to Network Rail staff and its supply chain. Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines told last autumn's Rail Industry Alliance annual conference that the eight-stage governance in rail investment projects (Grip) framework process, which was first adopted in 2010, was to be replaced "because it's not effective". 9 0 obj Keith was sure that Project SPEED was absolutely the right approach and that effective partnerships between Network Rail, suppliers and operators were essential. He also stressed that it has to look outwards by working externally with the supply chain and organisations such as RIA and the Major Projects Association. It represents the local transport and local highways authorities of the West and East Midlands. During Week 48 our track team completed 570 yards of Cat11/Cat16 track renewals during a 29-hour possession of the Leeds lines. Network Rails standard NR/L2/P3M/201, Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment (PACE), started to be applied to new projects on 4th January and will progressively be applied to live projects unless there is a reason not to do so. Typically, a minimum of 5 years' experience working in the rail sector. Under Pace the same eight stages exist although they are renamed project milestones and the order that they run in and the overlap between them is much more flexible. Keith gave examples of how effective partnership working had accelerated programmes on Network Rails Southern and Eastern regions and the East Coast Digital Programme. . A route that refers to the southernmost point of the Liverpool to Manchester railways, via Warrington Central station and Liverpool South Parkway. This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/integrated-rail-plan-for-the-north-and-the-midlands/integrated-rail-plan-for-the-north-and-midlands-glossary. With 70 people supporting work on 60 projects, infrastructure work is a significant issue for Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). Phase 2b WL will open between 2035 and the early 2040s. to a status equivalent to RIBA 2 and Network Rail PACE ES3 (formerly GRIP 3), moving the project on to the next stage and seeking to maintain partner support and commitment; 3.3 The RIBA stage 2 report and OBC was shared with the industry working group regarding the acceptability of the work to date with a recommendation that we An engineering phase gate review (right) is done at specific milestones within the project phases. Board members at the meeting on 20 and 21 January, for which the minutes have only recently been published, were told that the Pace framework would be given a soft launch in January and a virtual conference would be held in late February to promote it more widely within the organisation. endobj An experienced Manager with experience of working within the rail SISS maintenance environment, with a focus on effective delivery, commercial acumen and a continuous improvement approach, with health and safety at the centre of everything you do. SRC Infrastructure has been providing project management and engineering-based advisory, consultancy and managed services solutions to UK infrastructure clients for 20 years. Bridge inspection & assessments. endobj 27 0 obj David Shirres joined British Rail in 1968 as a scholarship student and graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Sussex University. Plans for Phase 2b have to date included Crewe to Manchester and Golborne Link, West Midlands to East Midlands, Leeds, and the East Coast Main Line. The latter was seen as the best way forward and Pace was born but what are the key differences? I am an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual, with a long track record of project delivery. By Claire Smith. endobj Grip is a very methodical approach to project management, but a number of the [people involved in the] projects felt that by being so prescriptive in how you move through the process, it meant that they spent a lot more time and therefore a lot more money delivering projects than was necessary, explains Wright. It is an outcome of the Governments Covid-19 recovery plan, helping to deliver public investment projects more quickly and at a reduced cost. In particular they need to assess what is actually necessary for the risk and complexity of the work. endobj The aim of Pace is to keep the rigour of Grip but not control projects so excessively that we are adding extra time and cost to the delivery.. /Resources 1021 0 R For example, when a client requirement comes in, a project team will follow the prescriptive process and might develop three options through to engineering design which can often cost a significant amount of time and money. Flighting typically would see trains operating at similar end-to-end speeds, when accounting for station stops, grouped together (such as running several fast trains in sequence, followed by slower trains) to minimise congestion. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. 13 0 obj His roles in British Rail included Maintenance Assistant at Slade Green, Depot Engineer at Haymarket, Scottish DM&EE Training Engineer and ScotRail Safety Systems Manager. Working with DfT, Network Rail identified six infrastructure projects of differing scale and stages of development, and asked them to consider past and current constraints, and what was needed to unblock them. <> <> Trains using the WCML can also reach Edinburgh via Preston and Carstairs. Hence, despite many successful recent projects, the legacy of others so high-profile and over-budget has been deeply harmful to the industry, creating doubt about its ability to deliver projects, whilst GWEP caused the Westminster government to lose faith in electrification. The construction of the new railway is split into phases: Phase One (linking London to the West Midlands), which received royal assent in 2017; Phase 2a (West Midlands and the North via Crewe) in 2021 and Phase 2b. We are a small to medium sized company that has built a strong reputation delivering multi-disciplinary projects and programmes for private and public sector clients. endobj This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. 31 Mar, 2021 This standard is part of the Capital Delivery Core Process and relates to the Capital Investment and Delivery Policy. Grip 3. In this Integrated Rail Plan, Manchester Piccadilly station would operate as a turnback station. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Value for Money is one of the key considerations of any decision involving the use of public funds as referenced in The Green Book guidance issued by HM Treasury on how to appraise policies, programmes and projects across government. This can be done as an order under existing legislation, such as Transport and Works Act Orders (TWAO) or Development Consent Orders (DCO), or via new legislation that must pass through Parliament (hybrid bills). This is where the needs and requirements of a project are defined. There can be no place, I believe, for deniers who are unable to acknowledge that the industrys reputation, built over many years, was of rising costs, deadlines inevitably moving to the right and estimates wrong by orders of magnitude.. PACE allows schemes to progress through design decision gateways aligned with the RNEP investment decision gateways. This reduces the issues associated with timetabling fast and slow trains on the same tracks, which become particularly prominent when the speeds differential of such services is greater, or when a greater frequency of trains operates. All Rights Reserved, Rail Diary Limited is a limited company registered in England & Wales. Prior to that, his roles in the privatised railway included various quality, safety and environmental management posts.

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