A huge congratulations to our Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE) E&P team for successfully delivering the biggest weekend so far in CP7. The team delivered across the region and across all three of the E&P packages of Distribution, Feeders and NSCDs (Negative Short Circuit Devices).
Over the weekend of 21 September, the E&P team delivered:
- 70m of platform route works at Godalming
- 116m of platform route works at Farncombe
- Material delivery via RRV for HV feeders between Farncombe and Milford area
- Under Road Crossing (URX) at Prettymans
- Under Track-crossings at Bletchingly – despite the adversity of no feeder switchout and a lot more hand dig than planned
- Cable management sleepers (CMS) Sleepers and Cable installation at Tudeley NSCD
- Surveys at Dover HV Switchgear.
Commenting on the successful weekend, Octavius E&P Business Partner Lead, James Buckley said: “The whole team, supported by our Ecosystem, really impressed with their planning for the works, and some agile but assured decision making over the weekend itself ensured sites were handed back at the right time and, most importantly, there were no accidents or incidents, meaning everyone went home safe. A huge thank you and well done to everyone involved in the planning and delivery of these works.”
As the Electrification and Plant (E&P) partner for Network Rail's Southern Renewal Enterprise, we're excited be part of this new and innovative model to deliver a £9bn renewals portfolio over the next 10 years.
Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE)
Network Rail’s Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE) is the new enterprise model based on the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Project 13 principles. Network Rail has taken the opportunity to build upon the lessons of other major programmes and portfolios to drive greater value and efficiency into project delivery.
By understanding the limitations of traditional contracting models and taking on board lessons from other sectors, SRE aims to deliver greater efficiency by adopting a progressive, value-based model, creating long-term relationships in which all parties are genuinely incentivised to deliver better outcomes for the travelling public and freight partners.
Southern Integrated Delivery (SID)
The SID is part of the Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE), a new and innovative model introduced across Network Rail’s Southern region at the beginning of Control Period 7 (CP7) in April 2024 to deliver the £9bn renewals portfolio between 2024 and 2034.
The SID partnership combines the strengths and expertise of Network Rail and four business partners – VolkerFitzpatrick (Buildings and Civils), Octavius (Electrification and Plant), AtkinsRéalis (Signalling) and VolkerRail (Track) and will cover Control Period 7 (2024-2029) and Control Period 8 (2029-34).
The SID partnership is the first of its kind and seeking to make transformational change in how renewals work is delivered. This is done by merging the capabilities of Network Rail and its supply chain to develop an integrated approach to delivery. This will maximise efficiencies and collectively incentivise partners to deliver value to taxpayers and the right outcomes for passengers, freight and railway funders.
