It was wonderful catching up with so many members last week at Rail Live. Despite the heat on the first day, there was a great energy and it just reinforces the message of how important events such as Rail Live are in bringing the rail industry together.
RSN22, 7 July at Derby Arena - one week to go!
Have you booked your free ticket to attend RSN (Derby Arena on 7th July): Join us for the I-conference (Organised by RBD and sponsored by RISAS) taking place with high profile speakers - all free to attend! Speakers include:
Also - there are 145 Exhibitors to visit. Doors Open 9.00am, show opens 9.30am to 3.30pm. To register for your free ticket, click HERE. Book your 1:2:1 meeting at RSN with the RBD team: The Rail Business Daily team will be located in the RBD I-Zone located next to the conference area. It is great opportunity for members to find out more about the RBD business areas in addition to having a chat with one of us from the RBD Community team over a cuppa, please register via the EventbriteHERE.
RSN Prizes up for grabs - the RSN Events Team and some of the exhibitors have donated prizes for a series of raffles for which tickets can be bought at the Railway Children stand during the show. Railway Children’s stand is right on the entrance so you can’t miss it. Please click HERE for further details.
We are working on our 2022 September to December events calendar and also the first 6 months of 2023. If you have any thoughts around events or have a venue that could accommodate 50-60 people - we would love to hear from you! Please do get in touch if you think there is something we can support you with and also - if you have any news you would like us to share with the community, send it over toeli@railbusinessdaily.com
Warmest wishes,
Eli Head of RBD Community
p.s. If you missed last week's newsletter, please click the linkHERE.
How can field management solutions protect against costly HSE violations? | RailBusinessDaily - Based on aggregated data from a survey of Re-flow’s clients, companies using the software recorded HSE standards increasing by 50%, auditability increasing by 60%, and compliance reaching 100%. DWG Infraco, who are among the first to use the software in a rail setting, have already reported impressive results following implementation.
Funding competition - Fast Start: Innovation - Innovate UK is offering small and micro businesses a share of up to £30 million in grants alongside tailored business support delivered byInnovate UK EDGE. You can apply for up to £50,000 for highly innovative ideas that have a clear route to commercialisation through business growth. Your proposal must demonstrate how one or more of the seven technology areas outlined in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy UK innovation Strategy will be applied to the specific challenge themes outlined below. The seven technologies are: advanced materials and manufacturing | AI, digital and advanced computing | bioinformatics and genomics | engineering biology | electronics, photonics and quantum energy and environment technologies | robotics and smart machines
Competition opens: Monday 11 July 2022, Competition closes: Tuesday 26 July 2022 11:00am. Click HERE to apply
West Midlands Combined Authority is looking to contract to deliver a programme in including design and construction works over the next 4 years for the following disciplines:
Overhead lines, Track, Civils and structural, Signalling control systems and communication, Design/ consultancy This PIN is for market engagement in preparation for the procurement process to commence in August 2022. We are looking to contract to deliver a programme in including design and construction works over the next 4 years. MML is planning to hold an On-Site Market Engagement Event on: 13th July 2022 in Wednesbury,11:00 - 13:30. Booking Deadline: by Friday 8th July 2022 at 4pm
Agenda
The aim is to understand the availability of the market to deliver the programme of works and to support with establishing the correct structure of the procurement route to market.
Network Rail is pleased to host a series of Industry Engagement Events. The first event is planned to be hosted on 19th July 2022 followed by a series of face to face/ virtual 1-2-1 sessions. It is anticipated that further Industry Engagement Events will be hosted later in the year.
Please register your interest by emailing the names of those attending back toImprogramme@networkrail.co.uk. RSVP by 15th July.
As part of its reliability centred maintenance Network Rail has an extensive Infrastructure Monitoring (IM) programme that provides information to the regional engineering teams on the condition of their assets and trend analysis to identify and classify defects to facilitate corrective and preventative maintenance of the network. More information HERE
This is a call to competition by Iarnród Éireann (IE)for the procurement of high-strength structural bolting assemblies for delivery to our Mullingar depot (the “Contract”).https://irl.eu-supply.com/ Deadline 22 July. More details HEREQualification System for Civil Engineering Works for €1m to €5m - Iarnród Éireannproposes to establish multi-party Qualification System for Civil Engineering Works associated with the upgrading of the railway infrastructure and other related works that that Iarnród Éireann may undertake directly or on behalf of Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus or CIÉ on their properties. More details HERENetwork Rail North West & Central Region CP7 Frameworks: Framework Category B - This category relates to the design and build of “medium projects” (projects with a value of between £100k and £7m), with discipline specific lots for Civil Engineering, Buildings and Electrification & Plant, across different geographical areas within the Region as described in section II.2 in more detail. More details HERE
On behalf of Plenary TLG
6 July, 2022, London
Innovation Barriers and Opportunities
How can we overcome the barriers that slow or prevent innovation in the rail industry?
What are some of the biggest upcoming opportunities?
Free to attend
At this summer’s gathering, the Plenary TLG will have conversations and workshops
on two interesting and important topics:
What are the obstacles that prevent the rail industry from innovating, and from benefitting quickly from successful R&D? How can the industry overcome these obstacles?
What is the future in rail for some major categories of technology – batteries, sensors, and digital twins? What are the challenges, expected future developments, and potential applications of these cross-cutting and fast-evolving technologies?
For more information and to book, please click HERE.
New Community Members
A very warm welcome to our new members! For a full view of all of your fellow members in the community, please visit the RBD Directory. (please bear with us while we catch up - we've had so many new members joining us recently - welcome to everyone!).
A very warm welcome to our new members! For a full view of all of your fellow members in the community, please visit the RBD Directory.
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From sophisticated bonding of base and precious metals to complex stamped and assembled products, our unique blend of technology, experience and knowledge enables us to create more agile, more effective production solutions to address even the most complex of manufacturing challenges. For over 100 years, Samuel Taylor Ltd (STL) has been providing innovative, precision engineering products to markets throughout the world
PRB Consulting was established in 2010 to provide a range of tailored services to the rail sector. Our specialist services are centred around compliance and health & safety within this high-risk industry.The services provided range from track access planning, RISQS, Link-Up and PCL support, Rail Site Management and Auditing, provision of specialist rail safety expertise, consultancy and IRSE Licensing.
Quantum Rail NDT is a leading service provider, delivering technical assurance through non-destructive testing, inspection and certification to a wide variety of industries in every region of the world. We are guaranteed to deliver the highest quality service through highly qualified and specialist staff using the latest of technique and technology.
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