1. 1. 2008 update 4th and 5th March, 2008 Coppid Beech, Bracknell
2. 2. Travel West Midlands Road Map to the future. Gavin Harris Regional Operations Manager Midlands, Public Safety Status update on the progress of the Arqiva Public Safety Travel West Midlands Radio System Upgrade Project
3. 3. TWM Radio Refresh Project Background Project Background Contract awarded June 2007 Duration 7-Year 3.5 million contract extension Project Deadline 31 March 2009 Arqiva to replace existing legacy radio: Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Full Voice Traffic recording Remote Network Management Full Asset Tracking System
4. 4. TWM Radio Refresh Project Background New Radio System 1,800 x buses of twenty-six different varieties. 11 x TWM Depot sites. 200 x hand-portable radios used by inspectors. 7 x Hill Top Radio Sites. Project Make-up Arqiva Business Unit is the Client Arqiva E&I acting as Project Management Arqiva Field Operations is Principal Contractor Day-Shift = Hill Top Radio Sites Night-Shift = Bus Radio Swaps
5. 5. TWM Radio Refresh Coventry Phase (Radio & ACIS) Radio Replacements at Coventry Phase 1 Coventry Garage Upgrade of over 130+ vehicle mounted radios Upgrade the local HTS Radio System Garage based Dispatcher Computer Just to make things more complicated ACIS RTPI vehicle mounted computers Arqiva to Install 130+ vehicles with: ACIS DT125 Computer VHF Flat Panel Aerial on roof GPS Dome Aerial on roof
6. 6. TWM Radio Refresh Coventry Phase What Went Well? Speed of ACIS Antenna fits! Speed of Arqiva Radio Installs! Dedication of Night-Shift Team. Can-Do attitude of Senior Engineer. Good support from E&I Team at Romsley. Strong Technical fault-finding by Field Ops Day-Shift team, to resolve System issues. Good on-going support from VICoE. Good planning prior to start: Pre-manufactured Cables Radio Brackets & Jigs etc.
7. 7. TWM Radio Refresh Coventry Phase Lessons Learned? Key Radio performance has been inconsistent! Key Radios supplied with a 470 Ohm Resistor which interfered with the TWM RS485 Installation! Key Radio slippages have impacted on Field Ops ability to complete entire project on time. A number of UAT/SAT issues which Key Radio are still trying to resolve. Field Ops had to perform two KM3000 swaps-outs Quality of ACIS Antenna fits not good enough! Patchy Quality of ACIS installations by Field Ops.
8. 8. TWM Radio Refresh Summary Whats left to do Field Operations to exchange all bus Radios again after Coventry SAT 6 x Hill Top Radio Sites to be upgraded before end of March 2008 10 x Garage Dispatcher PCs to be installed before end March 2008 1,600 x Bus Radios to be upgraded in less than 12 months Project Completion Deadline 30 March 2009 When youre waiting for one, three arrive!
9. 9. Public Transport Sector the futures bright? Where to now? Further opportunities within the Public Transport sector that are on the horizon: Travel Midland Metro Project starts 2008 Nottingham City Transport First Bus Leicester First Bus Worcester Stagecoach Super Tram Sheffield Camden Council . For these opportunities to be successful we must learn from the TWM Project and change the way we approach this work!