Thinking by expertise - Rail & mass transit

COVID-19: five critical steps to mitigate heavy industry supply chain risk

As coronavirus spreads, it will likely lead to production and supply problems for many months. How do we mitigate the economic impacts to industrial business?

– Rob Beckman & Elisha Bellchambers, Quartile One Asset Performance

Gender in civil engineering – building an equal future

Alice Chang, Shamiso Kumbirai and Samista Jugwanth unpack some of the broader gender inequality issues in the civil engineering industry. They have collated thoughts and opinions from women across the industry, and hope to provide a fair view of the need for discussion, growth and change.

Shaping New Zealand’s future with collaboration and community engagement

The Auckland City Rail Link in New Zealand is an extraordinary engineering feat that brought the best and brightest minds to the table to solve the project's biggest challenges.

User centric design heralds new era for rail travel

Aurecon completed research for Victoria’s first user centric design rail project and destined to be implemented for rail projects across the Australia’s infrastructure industry.

How drones are changing the way we design, deliver and manage assets

Aurecon’s Ralph Loesche explores how drones are having a significant impact on how we design and deliver aspects of our built environment, which has the potential to change the way we live and work.

Welcome to the future of transportation - Underground roads!

Aurecon Tunnelling Expert Tom Ireland weighs in on whether Elon Musk’s futuristic vision of transportation really is as impossible as it sounds.

Collaboration is a clear winner with early contractor involvement

In the third of four Aurecon thinking papers on project transformation in UK, Steve Rowsell and John Mason discuss the early contractor involvement (ECI).

Changing behaviours to streamline projects

In this second of four Aurecon thinking papers, Steve Rowsell of Rowsell Wright focuses on trends shaping global project management and delivery.

Rail boom: how to maximise supply chain efficiency

Rail is becoming bigger, longer, faster and more costly as complex mining provinces are developed in remote locations. Mike Foley spoke to Aurecon’s Ken Devencorn who said supply chain integration and automation are key to facilitating development.

Hands-on approach drives operational cost efficiencies for train positioner replacement

A hands-on collaborative approach to D&C equipment supply drove the best end result for reliability, operability, maintainability and safety.

Pit to port infrastructure

In this article, we discuss the logistics chain as an intrinsic element of the mining process.

Optimising your bulk minerals export chain

Aurecon's John Leech provides an introduction to some of the typical interactions that exist between the components of a mine to ship bulk export chain. The discussion focuses on the characteristics of two key operating modes along with the relative benefits and the situations where these different modes are best applied.

Impact of freight transportation on our cities

Aurecon's transport leader discusses the potential impact of poor population growth planning on Australian capital cities and suggests major rail freight tunnels could be the answer to freight logistics problems.

Rail signalling: Q&A

In this round table, four of Aurecon's leading rail signalling experts in both passenger and heavy haul rail networks, talk about the issues facing the industry.

A new era of crucial focus on achieving increased sustainability

In this article, Jeff Robinson highlights a few of the emerging trends he believes have the potential to driver greener ways of going about our everyday lives.

Case study: Virtual signal sighting walkover

Aurecon's Troy Burton, Mass Transit Expertise Leader, and Michael Gardiner, 3D Visualisation Leader, discuss in this technical paper originally presented at the 2012 Conference of Railway Engineering (CORE2012).

Metros and Urban Rail: cities on track

This Metros and Urban Rail series from Aurecon highlights some of the technical, social and planning challenges thrown up when developing new or enhanced metro or rail systems and looks at some of the ways we have addressed these.

Traction Power Case Study: Integration of Static Frequency Converters into a metropolitan network

Aurecon's Queensland’s Moreton Bay Rail (MBR) project is the first metropolitan rail network project to adopt Static Frequency Converter technology in Australia.

Building geospatial collaborative systems for transport infrastructure

Aurecon's Keri Niven, explains why collaborative technologies are increasingly influencing how transport/infrastructure will interact throughout the life of project design and delivery.

A Q&A with Stephen Goh, Technical Director – Traction Power Systems

Stephen Goh has 28 years in-depth railway traction power expertise, here he shares a few of his thoughts on railway traction power systems technology and future developments.

Smart solutions for the future billet high on the international tunnelling agenda

Aurecon’s tunnel experts recently shared a wealth of local and global project experiences and knowledge at the 15th Australasian Tunnelling Conference.

When new meets old: buildings and tunnels

Aurecon looks at the drive of a new tunnel being the catalyst for owners of buildings and other structures in the vicinity to become concerned about consequences, such as cracking and vibration in their assets.

High speed rail: one size doesn’t fit all

Increased urbanisation, environmental impact, passenger expectations and cost of system delivery all influence the shape of future rail networks.

Looking for clues – geotechnical investigation

Antoinette Walshe, one of Aurecon's geotechnical engineers, asks the very important question: how much geotech is enough?

Keep it moving: construction phase transport planning

Aurecon's Mark Stone, Senior Transport Planner discusses solving urbanisation and transport challenges which is critical for the future of governments, communities and economies.

People profile: Steven Mok

Steven Mok is a Chartered Engineer with experience covering the design and commissioning of various passenger rolling stock types, including light rail vehicles, metro, driverless and high speed trains.

People profile: Charlie Shackell

Charlie Shackell's 20-plus-year career spans major civil and geotechnical engineering projects involving investigation, design and construction in Australia, South Africa, West Africa, and the United Kingdom.

Project profile: Mauritius Metro Express Project

Aurecon undertakes project management and transaction advisory role for developing the Mauritius light rail project.

Alternative Traction Power Distribution Systems within the Urban Environment

In this article, Ralph Moulang, Aurecon's Principal Overhead Wiring Engineer, discusses how cities can integrate new and existing light rail systems into the urban environment, while meeting the requirement for continuous uninterrupted tractive power supply for electrified rail systems.

People profile: Steve Liew

Steve is Country Leader Manager of Aurecon Singapore. He has considerable experience in directing major projects in the infrastructure sector, including design and construction support of transport projects throughout Asia and Europe.

Improving accessibility of light rail - CAMS in the Gold Coast Rapid Transit project

Ben Vardon, a senior transport planner, look at the process used during planning to improve accessibility to the 16 stations included in Phase 1 of the Gold Coast Rapid Transit (GCRT) project.

Making connections – A Q&A on effective public transport links among cities and airports

Land use and patronage are core principles when evaluating and planning any additions to a public transport system. Here, we talk with Stuart Littlewood -- Aurecon’s Metros Leader, Asia -- about his experience of successful airport rail connections in the region.

South Island Line (East): Admiralty Station (Contract 901)

Aurecon delivers more public transport options for the residents of Hong Kong.

Breathing space: optimising ventilation in metro projects

We look at how balancing the key functions of a ventilation system maximises both safety and cost efficiencies for an underground metro or railway system.

Project profile: Melbourne Metro Concept Design

Melbourne Metro is a critical city-shaping project that will overhaul Melbourne's rail network, resulting in major improvements in capacity, reliability and travel times across the bulk of the metropolitan rail lines.

Going underground: saving surface buildings while tunneling

Anthony Bennett, Aurecon’s Tunnels Leader, looks at proven approaches to saving the building while developing underground rail infrastructure.

Project profile: Gold Coast Rapid Transit

The Gold Coast Rapid Transit is completing the first phase of development in which 13 km of light rail will service the fast-growing commercial, retail and recreational centres between Southport and Broadbeach on the Gold Coast.

Metro station construction in congested environments

Warren Dou talks about the effective risk management and innovative technical solutions that address the challenges of constructing underground stations in urban environments.

People profile: Grant Daniel

With over 27 years of experience, Grant has provided programme and project management of large multi-disciplinary teams for mass rapid transit systems throughout Asia and the UK.

People profile: Kylie Cochrane

Kylie is a senior communication professional at Aurecon with more than 20 years of experience in community and stakeholder engagement, strategic communication and issues management.