CASE STUDY: The Auckland re-signalling project – Lessons for the rail contracting sector

Steve Boshier

Chairman ARISEG

Rail Suppliers Forum 2013

Agenda New Zealand

Project Overview

Re-Signalling Project Scope

Fact Finding Missions

Key Challenges for the Industry

Project Delivery

Lessons Learnt

Conclusions

New Zealand Location

2,000km East of Australia

The Land of the Long

White Cloud

All Blacks Middle Earth

NZ Population

4.4m

Auckland 1.5m

New Zealand 3,898km • Railway Corridor

149 • Tunnels

1,700 • Bridges

506km

• Electrified Network

• 95km DC Wellington

• 411km AC NIMT

Project Overview Auckland Rail Network – 175km

•Newmarket- Britomart

•Newmarket- Morningside

•Newmarket-Westfield

•Penrose- Onehunga

•Morningside- Swanson

•Westfield

•Otahuhu

•Britomart- Westfield

•Otahuhu- Manukau

•Wiri- Otahuhu

10 Sections

of Line

Project Overview

It started with

DART

$500m Duplication

6 car trains and 10 minute

frequency

Newmarket junction station

Project Overview

• Approximately 175 track km Papakura to Swanson

• 25 kV AC System

• Blocks of work

• Civil works (access roads, bridges, track, poles & bases)

• Traction

• Grid power supply from Transpower

Electrification

Project Overview

• A system serving yesterdays needs (An old system)

• 80 Year old points machines

• Much of it life expired

• Mixed technologies old & new

• Failures & delays

Signalling

Re-Signalling Project Scope

• A Train Control System

• An immunised 25kV system

• Additional signalling to improve capacity

• 6 Trains per hour on each route (peak)

• 20 Trains in/out per hour at Britomart

• To increase safety - Automatic Train Protection (ATP)

Re-Signalling

Re-Signalling Project Scope A Signed Signalling Contract in Place

Leading the Charge

Fact Finding Missions April 2007

May 2007

June 2007

Nov 2007

April 2008

April 2009

ARIC/Austrade Mission

ARIC/Austrade Mission

Government Budget Released

ARIC/Austrade Mission

ARIC/Austrade /ICN/Kiwi Rail Presentations

ARIC/Austrade Mission

(EOI Issued)

Fact Finding Missions

Competition Customer

Contractors Suppliers

Manufactures Trading

Conditions

To Understand the Local Market

Fact Finding Missions

Will you make $

Is it the right

market

What's Involved

Is it

doable?

Key Challenges for the Industry

Lack of local NZ rail experience

• Design Resources

• Construction

• Supply

Program

Rugby World Cup

September 2011

Key Challenges for the Industry Equipment to be imported & Freight Logistics

Key Challenges for the Industry Local Presence to Perform the Work

Project Delivery

• EOI Issued 22nd April 2008

• EOI Closed 2nd June 2008

• EOI Evaluation Period June/July 2008

• Short List invited to tender 7th August 2008

• Tender Briefing 12th August 2008

• Tender Closed 6th October 2008

• Preferred Organisation Negotiation 18th November 08

• Contract Signed 20th February 2009

Tender Timetable

10 Months

Project Delivery • Agreed with the Customer Program

• Agreed (Modular/ATP) Solution

• Australia & New Zealand Design

• Australia & New Zealand Construction

• Australia & New Zealand Testing

• New Zealand Commissioning

Lessons Learnt

Time Investment

From 2007 to

contract award 2009

Regular Visits to Auckland

• To understand customer needs & objectives

• To get to know the project site – large rail network

• To develop key relationships – Client, Contractors, Suppliers & Support

• To identify whom to team with & why

Lessons Learnt The value of Industry & Government Organisations

Lessons Learnt • Do you establish a Local Office?

Taking a long term view

• Providing local support Customer Training

• Warranty/Maintenance Support Maintenance

Support

• Having the right level of spare parts available Spare Parts Supply

Knock on Opportunities

Conclusions

• Is achievable

• Takes a level of effort up front

• You need to leverage off local services available

• Requires a time & financial commitment

• Use of local resources, suppliers & manufacturers

• Transport Logistics – Time to get it there & cleared

Export Work

Questions