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Research Consultancy & Specialised Surveys


Service Grouping & Management Structure

• Materials Resource Efficiency

• Research Frameworks

• Private Finance Initiatives (PFI)

Research Consultancy

Pavement, Trackbed & Materials Consultancy

Investigations & Surveys

• Trackbed Technology

• Geophysics

• Pavement & Materials Engineering

• Development Services

• Laboratory

• Access & Resource Planning

• Ground / Trackbed Investigation

• PMS / Asset Based Surveys

• Surveying Services

• Pavement Investigation

• Buried Services

Governance

Business Unit Director

Business Systems & Performance Director

Administration Manager

Marketing & Accounts

Operational Support Services

• Equipment Maintenance

• Fleet Management

• VIA Contracting

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RCSS Management Structure

Investigations &

Operational Support

John Dobrzycki

Surveying Services

Eddie Bennett

Pavement & Materials

Consultancy

Dr Bachar Hakim


Dr Alistair Hunter

Trackbed

Technology

Dr Matthew Brough

Director

Robert Armitage

Business Systems

& Performance

Dr Francis Chan


Added Value

• Complete and integrated service

• Extensive field experience

• Highly qualified staff

• Catalyst for technology transfer

• In-house site investigation capability

• In-house testing laboratories

• Strong links with Universities and Research Institutions

• Full life cycle assessments

• Innovative, sustainable and cost effective solutions



• Long-term scientific research

• Short-term desk, site and laboratory research

• Publication preparation

• Conference, seminar and training preparation, organisation and delivery


Pavement & Materials Consultancy

• Pavement design

• Pavement evaluation

• Performance specification & testing

• Failure investigation

• Design standards

• Practical research

• Whole life model / Pavement management system


Trackbed Technology

• Trackbed & materials design

• Site investigation & survey services• Ground Investigation – plant based• Ground Investigation – hand held• Geophysics• Topographical and Laser

• Support services• Buried Services• Engineer on Site (EOS)• CDM Principal Contractor• Railway Infrastructure Planning Access

(RIPA)


Surveying Services

• Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)

• Cartography, remote sensing & GIS

• Photogrammetric & LiDAR processing

• Traditional surveying (including GPS)

• Measured building surveys

• Drilling and pitting

• Testing and probing

• Geophysical


Recycled Materials in Trench Reinstatement, UK

Client: WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme)

Research project undertaken to make a step change in the efficient use of material in the utility sector in order to minimise

material sent to landfill, demands on primary resources and material transportation distances. (ICE EMMA 2010 Award Winner)


Highways Agency National FrameworkResearch & Development, UK

Client: Highways Agency

Part of a consortium delivering a wide range of research and development services, targeted to help the Network Services

Directorate support and improve the Highways Agency delivery and operational programme.


Greenhouse Gas Calculator, ‘CHANGER’

Client: International Roads Federation (IRF)

Assisted the IRF to design a methodology for the calculation and modelling of emission estimates in carbon equivalency of

road construction and maintenance projects. For use by highway authorities, engineering consultants and construction

companies worldwide.


IFC Climate Change Strategy

Client: International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Consultancy services to develop a climate change strategy for the IFC’s Infrastructure Advisory Services department, which

provides advisory services to national and sub-national governments to structure and tender Private Sector Participation

infrastructure transactions in developing countries.


BHP Billiton Total Route Evaluation, Australia

Client: BHP Billiton

Provision of advice for a track maintenance and renewal strategy on the Mount Newman Railroad in Western Australia.


Network Rail 11/12 Renewals

Client: Network Rail

Desk based planning and scoping of works, completion of on site investigations at over 500 sites per year, laboratory testing

and interpretation, and trackbed design.


CrossRail Surveying Services, UK

Client: Network Rail

Topographical survey of the Network Rail infrastructure throughout the proposed CrossRail On-Network Works, from

Maidenhead on the Great Western line, to Shenfield on the Great Eastern line.

Documents

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