Rail

Our expertise in rail

With more than US$450bn of rail projects in our portfolio, we bring global experience and local knowledge.

We guide owner and investor-operator clients to set up programmes for success. We help secure investment decisions, supporting viability through alternative funding models, such as public-private partnerships.

We assure, optimise and deliver programmes, applying innovative tools and techniques to drive productivity and performance. Our global database of rail sector projects brings rigour to decision-making. Our understanding of the sector enables us to drive client objectives, whether to increase passenger capacity, minimise construction disruption or deliver long-term commerciality.

Rail perspectives

Gain an insight into the views of the rail sector’s global clients and find out more about market trends and opportunities as our experts share their in-depth analysis and experience.

Interview: how Network Rail is leading from the front with diversity and inclusion 

Network Rail, the backbone of Britain’s railway infrastructure, operates and manages the vast majority of the nation’s rail tracks, signalling systems and stations, ensuring the efficiency and safety of the UK’s rail network.

Interview: how Sydney Metro is championing diversity and inclusion

Sydney Metro is the New South Wales Government agency tasked with delivering a high-capacity, high-frequency metro network across Australia’s Greater Sydney region.

Delivering sustainable infrastructure: bridging the gap between demand and funding

We are seeing a new era of infrastructure investment across the globe - an era focused on overcoming the major challenges we face in modern society, from climate change to economic recovery and social inequality.

Transforming infrastructure performance: how the construction industry can step up to carry an ever-growing burden

Communities are benefitting from the power of infrastructure investment in action, but we need to transform how we plan and deliver major programmes.

Rail services

We have the expertise to support clients in the rail sector throughout the programme and project lifecycle, from defining initial objectives through to delivery. We help define strategies and build the business case, connecting programmes and projects to market innovation and global best practice.

We establish firm foundations for success by developing programme operating models and adopting a whole life asset perspective. Our insights into cost, value, scheduling and long-term programme management and intelligent data drive decision making.

In delivery, our rigorous controls enable lifetime performance and functionality.

Cost and commercial management

We optimise cost performance at every stage by applying our methodologies, cost models, data and market intelligence. These approaches drive the pursuit of cost and value targets.

Procurement and supply chain management

We promote project success by engaging with the market, procuring the supply chain and maximising the use of technology to unlock innovation opportunities and drive effective decision-making.

Programme management

We drive and assure performance by building functional capability, providing insights into performance and sharing and implementing lessons from other major programmes to mitigate common risks and challenges.

Controls and performance

We apply robust and proactive controls from a clear baseline to deliver confidence in programme and project performance.

Asset management

We provide performance diagnostics and capability analysis that allow asset owners to understand both the capability they need now and over the whole lifecycle of the asset.

Programme strategy and set up

We connect organisations and programmes to leading practice, develop compelling business cases, establish the programme vision and baselines and manage complex change.