Benchmarking should consider the whole life of an infrastructure asset What is a ‘good’ project? The answer to that question should take into account the performance of an asset over its entire lifecycle, but there aren’t any benchmarking frameworks that do this for transport infrastructure… Read More »Consistent metrics for benchmarking infrastructure projects (IP5a)
First published 22nd July 2022, by ITV news. Transport for London is testing a new cooling system to lower temperatures for London Underground passengers on hot days. If the trial is successful and funding is secured, it will be extended to five deep stations on… Read More »TfL tests cooling system to reduce temperatures on Tube platforms after heatwave
First published 24th July 2022, by BBC News. Trials of an innovative cooling system for deep-level Tube lines have started, Transport for London (TfL) says. Following this week’s record-breaking temperatures which caused widespread disruption, it is hoped the technology will bring relief for passengers and… Read More »London Tube cooling system trial for deepest lines begins
A TIES Living Lab Conference held on Wednesday 13th July from 9.30am – 3.30pm. A catalyst for culture change in transport infrastructure delivery The Government is working to deliver a £650bn infrastructure programme over the next 10 years, including transport infrastructure investment. Transport infrastructure underpins our… Read More »[EVENT] A Catalyst for Culture Change in Transport Infrastructure Delivery with Trudy Harrison MP, Minister of State, Department for Transport
First published May 2022, by Inside Track. By Neil Robertson, CEO National Skills Academy for Rail and Programme Lead for TIES Living Lab The Williams-Shapps rail reforms are just over the horizon, promising a simplified, rationalised rail network for the UK that – we are… Read More »Mind the productivity gap
First published 13th July, by Transport Infrastructure News. Promoters of new transport schemes must do more to articulate the wider societal benefits of their proposals, the chief executive of the Infrastructure & Projects Authority has said. Nick Smallwood told a roundtable chaired by Transport Minister… Read More »Infrastructure boss urges wider project benefit focus
First published 12th July 2022, by Transport Times. The TIES Living Lab programme Over the past two years, together with Dr Doug Forbes from Whole Life Consultants Ltd and the University of Dundee, Professor Lamine Mahdjoubi from the University of the West of England, Bristol,… Read More »Making data work to help deliver transport infrastructure
First published 30th June 2022, by New Civil Engineer. A digital platform integrating data from multiple sources and visualising them could speed up decision making. Procurement and technical approval rules hamper innovation in transport infrastructure, says Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy (Ties) Living Lab Programme lead… Read More »Speeding up infrastructure decisions through data integration
First published 1st June 2022, by New Civil Engineer. It’s official: the railway footbridge revolution has begun. Greater Anglia has become the first customer to order one of the modular Ava footbridges, which will replace the old concrete pedestrian crossing at Stowmarket station in Suffolk.… Read More »First order in for revolutionary modular railway footbridge
First published 25th April, by New Civil Engineer. Transport chiefs could save billions of pounds through a newly developed smart data platform, the group behind it has claimed. The Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy (TIES) Living Lab programme believes its Intelligent Infrastructure Control Centre (IICC) could… Read More »Data breakthrough ‘could save DfT billions’