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With the amount of heavy civils and tunnelling work about to be procured by London Underground, it pays to brush up on your LU assurance skill set. So what’s this I hear to scream? Like any ‘live’ environment be it nuclear, rail or airports, LU has it’s own rulebook if you like. This means that works need to be carried out in accordance with a certain set of standards that are little more onerous than your average brownfield job. The design will have had to have gone through a number of gates prior to achieving compliance – these are stringent reviews carried out by LU’s asset engineers and invariably stakeholders. Contractors bidding for new work need to be aware of the LU environment and demonstrate capability in delivering similar projects in order to pre-qualify. In addition, they need to be fully aware of the design process as LU are now passing design responsibility to contractors on contract award.

Entry-permit

Where does that leave Project Managers and Engineers hoping to work on these prestigious schemes? Anybody new to this environment needs to be aware the unique hazards of working on the network and the best way to start is by booking yourself on to an LU entry permit training course. This is a half day introduction to working in and around stations and the track resulting in gaining what is commonly known as the ‘pink card’. No it’s not evidence of membership to Graham Norton’s fan club, it means that you are fit to go to a station and sign in and start work.
There are a number of companies offering this training but in our experience the best are Deltone, Bridgen and Atkins Rail. The course costs about £60. Get trained up and get a head start now.