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7 best practices for delivering high-speed rail featured in Construction Dive. Alternate construction and funding methods help make these complex projects a success, according to our new report: From Vision to Reality - A new high-speed rail playbook:

The construction contract has been signed for a key tranche of works on a $10 billion national rail project. #projectory #projectleads #majorprojects #infrastructure #construction #railprojects #freight #carbonemissions #regionaldevelopment #sustainability #australianprojects #railwaystation #transportation #civilengineering #landscapedesign #communitydevelopment #accessibility #urbanplanning #majorinfrastructure https://lnkd.in/gMXs2w6F

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is introducing a new construction site concept from mid-July: In the future, there will be fixed time slots in the timetable in which DB will implement maintenance and modernisation projects. Travelers and freight transport customers will be significantly less affected by construction site-related restrictions. Construction partners, public transport authorities and railway companies can reliably prepare for the construction work. DB and construction companies can use their resources much more efficiently. “The operational situation cannot remain as it is. To make trains more punctual again, we are building more than ever before. To bring driving and construction back under one roof, we are now managing our construction sites according to a fundamentally new logic: construction follows the timetable – and not the other way around. We are organizing ourselves better, becoming more efficient and building more in the same amount of time in the future – so that fewer customers are affected by construction sites and can rely on stable timetables. That is the core idea of ’building in time’ and for me that means working for the common good,” says Dr. Philipp Nagl, CEO of DB InfraGO AG. https://lnkd.in/dYXQXVW5

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Construction on America’s First High-Speed Rail Has Begun

The construction contract has been signed for a key tranche of works on a $10 billion national rail project. #projectory #projectleads #majorprojects #infrastructure #construction #railprojects #freight #carbonemissions #regionaldevelopment #sustainability #australianprojects #railwaystation #transportation #civilengineering #landscapedesign #communitydevelopment #accessibility #urbanplanning #majorinfrastructure

Having worked on numerous rail projects throughout my career, I found this article on the evolution of rail construction to be particularly interesting. The article highlights 7 best practices for delivering high-speed rail and provides valuable information for those in the industry. Check out the article here to learn more: #BORtheTour #railconstruction https://lnkd.in/dE2YAfA6

How cool! The implementation of these 60 hour rail occupation windows has also saved the project a cheeky ~57 tonnes of CO2 through reduced plant and equipment days for occupation activities 🌱 Great work Inland Rail & McConnell Dowell on the delivery and Aurecon on the bridge designs! #sustainableinfrastructure

High-speed rail projects tend to entail challenges that can cause delays, controversy and cost overruns, according to new research from AECOM, but there are ways to execute them smoothly.  #highspeedrail #construction

Why is High Speed Rail so expensive in the UK ? The cost of building the entire High Speed 2 (HS2) network is estimated to be in the region of £100bn. The funding envelope for phase one alone is up to £44.6bn. It means building HS2 will cost around £200M per kilometre. By way of comparison, a government assessment of 20 European high speed railway networks (High speed rail international benchmarking study) concludes that “that high speed rail lines can be delivered under certain circumstances at an average cost of £32M per km”. https://lnkd.in/duD5XEkk