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Liz Baldwin has moved to Network Rail from consulting engineer Mott MacDonald to run the Southern situation’s renewals portfolio for the next 10 years.
At Mott MacDonald she used to be managing director of its highways and incandescent transport programs division.
Network Rail’s southern integrated supply venture, or SID, is share of the Southern Renewals Endeavor (SRE), a new model being launched across Network Rail’s Southern situation at the origin of Alter Period 7 (CP7) in April 2024 to advise its £9bn renewals portfolio between 2024 and 2034.
The SID partnership contains VolkerFitzpatrick, VolkerRail, Octavius and AtkinsRéalis, alongside with Network Rail.
In a chief for the railway trade, Network Rail’s Southern situation fashioned the SRE model in accordance to the Establishment of Civil Engineers’ Project 13 tips – a invent of collaboration designed to promote higher prolonged time interval planning.
Liz Baldwin acknowledged: “I’m very livid about becoming a member of the crew and taking on the role of SID director as share of the SRE. That is an phenomenal opportunity to make a step trade in how efficiently and safely we are able to advise renewals in a more functional and collaborative manner across the situation.
“I’m attempting ahead to working with Network Rail because the succesful proprietor to genuinely area how we plan the renewals work bank, to salvage the very easiest outcomes for our teams, and make stronger the passenger journey across Southern.”
Prior to becoming a member of Mott MacDonald, Liz Baldwin used to be the alliance manager on the Wessex Potential Alliance for Network Rail, and old roles also contain venture director on HS2 and Crossrail 2. She started her profession in the Corps of Royal Engineers.
Ellie Burrows, managing director for Network Rail’s Southern situation, acknowledged: “I’m delighted to salvage Liz be part of the crew. A sizable quantity of effort has gone into building the Southern Renewals Endeavor, and I’m livid that Liz can be supporting us to advise this new and radical plan – the principle of its form in the trade. She’ll be central to making the Southern Built-in Transport a truth. Her role is vastly distinguished for this new share of CP7, so we are able to advise the finest for the communities we support and make the Southern situation a huge space to work.
“The rail trade has persistently demonstrated that after it comes together, it’s going to attain phenomenal things. This transformational step will elevate all these components together for the prolonged-time interval supply of renewals and make a tangible disagreement to passengers and freight-users alike.
“As hostile to being restricted by the boundaries of faded contracting models, we’re rising prolonged time interval relationships with our supply chain companions the put aside every person seems to be to be surely incentivised to advise higher outcomes for our passengers and freight users.”
The Southern situation is the busiest and most congested in the country, in accordance to Network Rail. The situation covers Dorset, Hampshire, East and West Sussex, Surrey, Kent and South London to boot because the Network Rail High Bustle 1 route which carries Channel Tunnel companies.
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