than a nice day out - Balfour Beatty Rail

Quarterly news for Balfour Beatty Rail Projects
All Points Issue 17: Spring 2009
Rapid transit contract
secured in Singapore
BALFOUR Beatty Rail Projects (BBRP), in
joint venture with Gammon, the Hong
Kong-based engineering and construction
company in which Balfour Beatty own a 50 per
cent interest, has been awarded the contract for
the Jurong East Modification Project on the
Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT).
The contract, awarded by the Land Transport
Authority and worth approximately £6.7 million,
involves the construction of an additional link
from the existing North-South lines to the
existing East-West MRT lines at Jurong East
Station.
The 80kmh link, which is all on a viaduct, will
ease congestion at the busy interchange. The
project comprises approximately 2.6km of plain
track and four 1:14 500m radius turnouts. Three
of the turnouts will be installed on the existing
MRT infrastructure and will involve two
weekend closures of the affected line – the first
time this has happened on the Singapore MRT
network.
Under the contract, the BBRP/Gammon JV will
design, supply, construct and test and
commission the trackwork and 750v DC traction
power supply on the project, which is due for
completion in March 2011.
Richard Adams, Managing Director of BBRP,
said: “This contract award continues BBRP’s
work and presence in Singapore, following our
recent work on the Boon Lay Extension. The
project also provides BBRP with a unique
opportunity to work within track possessions, a
first in Singapore, which could lead to further
similar work within the existing MRT
infrastructure.”
In this issue
Good progress on Thameslink Programme
New health and safety training initiative
KEEN walker James Bennett takes to the great outdoors to prepare for a marathon
trek on the other side of the world. Turn to page four for the full story about how
James, BBRP’s Business Integration Manager, will be raising money for a charity
that is close to his heart.
Vote of confidence in Australian JV
Staff give AquAid to African villages

Commitment
to investing
in our staff
THE most valuable asset of any
business is its people. We are
committed to investing in our staff
in order to develop professional
and personal skills that benefits
them and underpins BBRP’s
position as a major player in the
highly competitive railway
industry.
This issue of All Points
highlights two of the exciting
training initiatives designed to
put our people on track to a
successful career with a
company that encourages
everyone to fulfil their potential.
One is the Advanced
Apprenticeship Scheme under
which young people take part in a
residential course at HMS Sultan,
Gosport, to gain a key railway
engineering qualification as well
as valuable leadership skills
prior to being recruited by BBRP.
We also feature a personal
account by one of our graduate
engineers who took part in the
ICE Day – one of the events
organised by BBRP in
conjunction with relevant
professional bodies to enrich the
all-round experience of our
graduates.
These are just two of the many
ways in which BBRP is laying the
foundations for future growth
through investment in graduates
and apprentices.
Meanwhile I’m delighted that
we have been awarded the
contract for the Jurong East
Modification Project on the
Singapore Mass Rapid Transit.
This has been won in the wake
of our work on the Boon Lay
Extension for the MRT and further
strengthens our presence in the
South East Asia market.
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By Managing
Director
Richard
Adams
Group profits rise in
good year of growth
BALFOUR Beatty Group reported another
good year of growth when announcing its
2008 annual results.
Sales of £9,486 million grew by 27 per cent on
2007, whilst underlying profits of £249 million
grew by 24 per cent on 2007, backed up by strong
operating cash flow. The order book stood at
£12.8 billion at year-end, an increase of 12 per
cent on 2007, with a further £4.9 billion of further
work at preferred bidder stage.
The Chairman, Steve Marshall, and Chief
Executive, Ian Tyler, commented: “Balfour Beatty
produced another excellent financial
performance in 2008, together with further
progress in the Group’s strategic development.
“While the difficult economic environment will
have some impact on our businesses and creates
greater uncertainty, we anticipate making
progress in 2009.”
Rail Engineering and Services posted sales of
£1,055 million – the first time revenues have
exceeded one billion – and an underlying
operating profit of £41 million.
There were good results from the international
high-speed rail electrification and power supply
business, while in the UK, profit was slightly
down compared to last year, principally due to
some settlements received in 2007.
Major projects secured in the year included
rail systems work for the Gotthard Base Tunnel in
Switzerland and the high-speed Madrid-Levante
line in Spain, contributing to a 33 per cent
increase in the order book to £1.2 billion at the
end of 2008 – 23 per increase on 2007.
BBRP met its target for new orders, sales and
cash. Sales of £260 million were a 23 per cent
increase on 2007.
Commenting on the BBRP 2008 results, Rory
Mitchell, BBRP Finance Director, said: “The
outlook for rail is very positive and, in the short
term, we anticipate further progress in the
coming year.”
BBRP’s current
workload includes
the East London Line
Project. Pictured here
are works taking place
at Rotherhithe
Station.

Construction work starts
on Thameslink
GOOD progress is being made on
the Thameslink Programme in
which the BBRP and Balfour
Kilpatrick joint venture (JV) is working
closely with the client Network Rail.
Construction work is starting after a
period of intensive design and planning
since the JV was awarded the outer areas
Thameslink Electrification & Plant
Framework Agreement in July 2008.
The agreement is part of a major £5.5
billion upgrade to tackle overcrowding on
some of the UK’s busiest routes by
increasing passenger capacity North-South
to and through London.
The first part of the Thameslink
Programme is scheduled for completion in
time to support the capital’s infrastructure
for the 2012 Olympic Games, and involves
constructing new track, upgrading power
systems, extending platforms and improving
signalling on the Thameslink route to
ultimately deliver 24 12-car trains an hour
through central London.
The JV framework agreement now
includes contracts for the design, supply and
installation of both 25kV AC substations and
Autotransformer (AT) feeders North of
London and 750V DC substations and 33kV
cable routes South of London.
As All Points went to press, the
construction team was due to start installing
foundations in early April, for the overhead
line work in Snow Hill Tunnel, North of the
Thames, while survey work is being carried
out between Kentish Town and
Borehamwood for the AT system.
Meanwhile, South of the Thames, the JV
team is carrying out a survey of substations
as far as the Brighton Line in preparation for
the upgrading of the DC power supply.
The overhead line design for Snow Hill
Tunnel – which connects Farringdon Station
with the City Thameslink Station – has
become a particular challenge for the BBRP
team at Stephenson House, said Keith
Warburton, Head of Electrification Design
for BBRP.
At present, electrification through the
tunnel is by third rail DC, resulting in
overhead line electrification being
introduced for the first time. As Snow Hill
has a particularly low tunnel roof, the
overhead design is complex for the project
team.
And as well as the restricted amount of
space, designers have also had to meet the
requirements of the stakeholders, meaning
in some cases, that the overhead line
system is not attached to their
infrastructure.
Keith Warburton said: “This all means
that we are having to come up with a
creative design for supporting the overhead
line in the tunnel.”
The BBRP and Balfour Kilpatrick staff are
based with the Network Rail Thameslink
Programme team all working together in an
open plan office at James Forbes House,
Southwark.
Keith Waller, JV Implementation
Manager, said: “This kind of office
environment has helped the joint venture
and Network Rail staff to work together very
well as a single team as we are able to
bounce ideas off one another.”
An artist’s impression of what
London Bridge Station, a
landmark feature of the
upgraded Thameslink route,
will look like after the platforms
are extended as part of
Network Rail’s £5.5 billion
Thameslink programme.
Lorraine to chase
two targets in
London Marathon
LORRAINE Brown will be chasing two targets
when she takes part in the 2009 London
Marathon on April 26.
The BBRP Environmental Advisor on the
Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link project in Scotland
hopes to achieve a faster finishing time than
when she made her marathon debut in the
New York race in 2006.
But Lorraine’s biggest challenge this time
round will be to raise at least £3,000 for
Balfour Beatty Group’s chosen charity Action
for Children.
Much of her gruelling 60-mile a week
training programme has meant that Lorraine
has been running on snow covered routes,
thanks to the severe winter weather in
Scotland.
Lorraine, who will be accompanied in the
London Marathon by runners from other
Balfour Beatty Group companies, said: “This is
only my second marathon and I would like to
improve on my New York time of three hours
33 minutes by finishing the course in three
hours – although I’ll just be delighted to cross
the finishing line!”
Her more important target is to raise £1,500
through sponsorship – and whatever she
raises will be matched by Balfour Beatty
Group.
There is still time to sponsor Lorraine’s
London Marathon charity bid by logging on to:
www.justgiving.com/lorrainelondon2009
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James James James to to to walk walk walk China’s
China’s
China’s
Great Great Great Wall Wall Wall Wall for for for a a a cause
cause
cause
very very very close close close to to to his his his heart
heart
heart
AS a keen outdoor enthusiast
and traveller, BBRP’s James
Bennett has some
experience of walking up mountains
– but undergoing an emergency heart
operation has inspired him to step
out on his most challenging trek yet.
The Business Integration Manager
will walk a section of the Great Wall
of China to show his appreciation to
the medical teams who saved his life
and helped him to a full recovery.
James, who is responsible for
overseeing the smooth integration of
Balfour Beatty Rail Projects (BBRP)
and Balfour Beatty Rail London
Underground Services (BBRLUS), was
taken ill last May with what his
doctor thought was a flu-type virus.
However, when his condition
worsened in early June, James was
admitted to the cardiac unit of his
local hospital, the William Harvey in
Ashford, Kent, where he was
diagnosed with a rare condition
called endocarditis. Tests revealed
that a fungus had formed on the
mitral valve in his heart, limiting it’s
function and placing additional strain
on the organ. As a result of the
condition, the team at St Thomas’
PATRICK English, a well-known
and popular Metronet/BBRP
Track Alliance operative, has
retired after clocking up a
quarter of a century in the
railway industry.
The Ruislip-based
platelayer/driver joined Henry
Boot (later acquired by Balfour
Beatty) at Sheffield in a similar
capacity in 1984 after a spell
running his own pub.
For the past six years Patrick
has been a member of the
Ballasted Track Renewal (BTR)
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hospital performed open
heart surgery and were able
to repair the faulty valve.
Now fully recovered
from his illness, James is
aiming to raise £5,000 for
the British Heart Foundation
with his sponsored Great Wall
walk in October to show his
appreciation for the skill,
dedication and care of everyone
who looked after him.
He said: “Thankfully the
operation was a success
and I am fully recovered. I received
the best possible care at St
Thomas’ and the William Harvey
Hospital at Ashford, and the aftercare
provided by the Cardiac
Rehabilitation Programme in Ashford
was superb.
“I’m so grateful for everything that
was done for me that I would like to
give something back, and also thank
my family, friends and colleagues for
their support during my illness.”
Patrick bows out after
25 years in rail industry
team upgrading the London
Underground infrastructure on
the Bakerloo, Central, Victoria
and Waterloo & City lines.
Patrick, who is pictured here
being presented with his BBRP
retirement certificate by
colleague David Lloyd, Contract
Director’s Support Manager,
said: “My work in the railway
industry has been interesting
as it has taken me to many
parts of the country, and I have
made many good friends during
my time with BBRP.”
Above,
the Great
Wall of China
and, inset, James
Bennett in training
for his charity
trek.
In the past James has
walked up Snowdon and
Scafell peaks and is now in training
for the China challenge which will
start at a point on the Great Wall
near Beijing called Mutianyu and will
finish at Simatai. In order to
complete the gruelling challenge,
James is set to walk an average of
seven or eight hours a day for seven
days.
James added: “I’m training
hard and will be tackling Ben Nevis
at Easter as part of the preparations
for the Great Wall. I am paying my
own travel expenses, so every penny
raised by the sponsorship will go to
the British Heart Foundation.”
Visit www.justgiving.com/
jamesbennett1 to sponsor James
on his fundraising Great Wall of
China adventure.

APILOT scheme aimed at
increasing awareness of
vital health and safety
issues has been so successful
that it is being rolled out across
the company.
The BBRP Essential Health and
Safety Training Course,
internationally accredited by the
Institution of Occupational Safety
and Health (IOSH), was trialled in
January principally for
Operations staff, and followed
with a second course in March.
Now the training initiative, a
key element of Balfour Beatty
Group’s Zero Harm objective, will
be held monthly for 12 employees
at a time throughout the rest of
2009 in order to involve staff from
all parts of the business,
including Engineering, Design,
Procurement and Commercial.
The three-day course
is held at a
purpose-designed
training facility at
BBRP’s Track Unit at
Coleford Road,
Sheffield, and delivered
by training provider
Woodland Grange. The
course covers the
current UK legislation
framework, hazard identification,
risk assessment and control,
accident causation and
investigation along with health
and safety performance
measurement.
It consists of both classroom-
BBRP employees who attended the first of the
new health and safety training courses.
based exercises, syndicate work
and the use of two on-site hazard
“mock up” areas – one internal
and the other external.
Both have been purpose built
to include a series of hazards
that people on the course can
Pictured before the start of the first Essential Health and Safety Training
Course at the purpose-designed training facility at Sheffield are, left to right,
SHE Manager Paul Atkins-Maher, Managing Director Richard Adams, SHE
Advisor Darren Jones and Chris Newson, Woodland Grange Training Instructor.
Health and safety course
being rolled out
identify and carry out on-site risk
assessment and control
exercises – all in a safe and
controlled environment.
Paul Whitehead, SHE Manager
(Operations) for BBRP, said: “The
pilot course resulted in very
positive feedback from everyone
who attended. It will benefit
employees from every part of our
business and will be key to
improving SHE performance
within the business on our
journey to Zero Harm.”
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Direction and
focus for the
business
going forward
AT the annual Senior Managers Conference last
year, BBRP’s Executive Team presented the
Purpose, Vision and Standards of Behaviour, as
a means of giving direction and focus to the
business going forward over the next six years
Under this, the purpose of BBRP is to:
“Operate within the global rail infrastructure
market to provide growth and returns that meet
stakeholder requirements through excellent
service and value with the highest standards of
delivery”
The vision for the business is to become
established in four “home” markets – the UK,
South America, the Far East and Australia and
New Zealand – while maintaining a clear focus
on the UK. This entails:
■ Growing the business to £500m per annum
by 2015.
■ Being a respected and responsive business
that adds value to our clients.
■ Build on the strength of the Balfour Beatty
Group and our strategic partners.
In order to deliver this vision and to develop
the desired culture throughout the business, the
Standards of Behaviour by which BBRP will
conduct its business have been defined as:
■ Ethics – to be firm but fair, have respect for
others and don’t cause harm.
■ People – engage with others, train and
develop and help our people to achieve their
aspirations.
■ Honesty – be true to our word, maintain the
highest moral standards and believe in
what we say and do.
■ Added Value – encourage innovation,
efficient delivery, develop effective
relationships with our supply chain and
partners, demonstrate value and share
knowledge.
Richard Adams has visited many of the
offices/sites over the past three months to
communicate these messages and everyone at
BBRP will have a further opportunity to discuss
this, and any other topic, when the Exec Team
visit the offices/sites holding informal meetings
with teams throughout the remainder of 2009.
Business Integration Manager James
Bennett said: “In integrating the business even
further it is great to have clear direction and
focus which everyone in BBRP can contribute
to, whilst setting the highest standards in the
way we all do business.”
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Track
installation
taking place
on the Craven
Turnout.
Hard work by Transport Express team
over three years rewarded by award
of additional improvement contracts
Track replacement
work being carried
out on the Leeville
Viaduct last year.
Australian JV gets huge
vote of confidence
BALFOUR Beatty Rail
Projects (BBRP), as part of
the Transport Express Joint
Venture (TEJV), is staying on
“Down Under” after being
awarded the contract for
additional improvement works in
Australia.
It has been hailed as a huge
vote of confidence in the Joint
Venture between BBRP
(operating as Balfour Beatty
Australia) and Laing O’Rourke
Australia, which has been
working on the successful North
Coast Line improvement
programme for the last three
years.
TEJV has played a key role in
the £87 million major upgrade of
the existing 800km rail corridor
between Brisbane in Queensland,
and Maitland, 180km north of
Sydney in New South Wales, for
the Australian Rail Track
Corporation (ARTC).
Now TEJV has been awarded
more work as a result of ARTC
receiving £700 million of new
funding from the Australian
Government’s £2.35 billion
National Building Package to help
strengthen the country’s
economy.
This means that the TEJV will
carry out two separate work
packages which were both due to
commence as All Points went to
press. One of the packages
involves:
● New and extended Crossing
loops at Mindaribba, Kerewong,
The additional
works are set to be
completed by the
end of this year.
Loadstone and Kilbride.
● Crossing Loop upgrades at
Killawarra and Johns River.
● Track upgrades between the
New South Wales/Queensland
border and Acacia Ridge in
Brisbane. This includes the laying
of 105,000 concrete sleepers
(70,000 of them are dual gauge),
the installation of eight dual
gauge turnouts and rail, plus
other associated works. These
works are set to be completed by
the end of 2009.
The second package involves
the construction of the Newdell
Junction works in Hunter Valley
which has been awarded to TEJV
recently. TEJV has been
associated with this project since
July 2006 and completed the
detailed design last year. This
project is scheduled for
completion in November 2009.
During the upgrade of the
North Coast Line and Hunter
Valley Lines, TEJV extended some
14 crossing loops, upgraded a
further 18 and laid approximately
620,000 concrete sleepers. In
addition several bridges along the
route had to be strengthened or
replaced.
Julian Sharp, Alliance
Manager, said: “The team should
be congratulated by being
awarded this additional work and
it is a credit for all the hard work
put in over the last three years.
“ARTC has recognised this and
is confident that TEJV can meet
the challenge for 2009.”
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BBRP engineers working towards professional
registration enjoy the benefits of career-enhancing “away
days” at which they visit industrial sites or take part in
activities to develop their skills and broaden their allround
experience. All these events are designed by BBRP
to provide the opportunity to further personal development
and to work towards membership of professional bodies
such as the Institution of Engineering and Technology and
Institution of Mechanical Engineering.
Here, JAMES BAILEY, a BBRP graduate civil engineer
with Permanent Way Design at Derby, reports on a recent
ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) Day at the Corus
steelworks at Scunthorpe, which among other things,
produces rail sections used in BBRP projects.
Youngsters are
ship-shape for
railway career
ICE ICE ICE day day day is is is so so so much much much more
more
more
than than than a a a nice nice nice day day day out
out
out
A GROUP of youngsters
won’t find themselves all
at sea when they
start their first work
placement with
BBRP later this year.
In fact, the four
good spirits and
thoroughly enjoying the
course.
She said: “They are
loving it. I have seen
an enormous change in
them. When they enrolled
SCUNTHORPE has a rich and
proud history in steel production
thanks to its location close to lime
Quality control is a major part of any
manufacturing process, no less so with
rail. Geometry tests on the rails
an exercise. The task was to plan,
design and build a long span bridge in
LEGO – undoubtedly the building blocks
Graduates and mentors pictured during a guided
tour of the Corus steelworks plant at Scunthorpe.
trainees will already be shipshape
for a career in railway
engineering, thanks to
spending time on a residential
last September they were a
bit timid and apprehensive
about what was in store for
them. Now they are very
quarries, iron ore beds and coal (coke) involved lasers and ultrasonic tests (so to speak) of many civil engineers’
course at the Royal Navy independent young people
– the three principal ingredients for flagged up defects within the rail. From careers! The planning and building
base HMS Sultan – Europe’s and full of self-confidence.”
steelmaking, although the latter two start to finish, the steel is marked to aid stages were strictly enforced, to
Rail sections being quality checked largest engineering training As well as tackling various
are now sourced elsewhere.
traceability; rails are stamped with a the disadvantage of my team, with
in the steelwork’s control room. facility – based at Gosport. aspects of railway
Up at the crack of dawn on a chilly traceable code so in the event of any hefty penalties for lateness! Points
The recruits stepped on engineering, the apprentices
Thursday morning, and after a hearty failures, the exact source of the steel were awarded for span-length and
board the Advanced
engage in a number of
breakfast, graduates and mentors can be determined.
deducted for the number of bricks
Apprenticeship Scheme in activities such as sport,
boarded the “tour bus” and headed for All work places have their quirks. used and time taken. Ultimately,
September for a voyage of trekking, biking and
the Corus steelworks. After a quick Corus is no exception with an electric over half the teams finished the
discovery that not only leads leadership programmes.
introduction in the conference centre, locomotive named DAISY, so-called challenge in “QI-style” with a
to an NVQ Level 3 in Railway “It is certainly no holiday,”
and several Scunthorpe jokes later, our because of the sound it makes. “What negative score!
Engineering, but also
said Clare. “The course is
site visit began.
noise?” we asked ourselves. The
The day was formally capped off
develops their personal and highly disciplined and
The cold weather and rolling mist, answer came when “she” provided us with an address from BBRP
leadership skills.
requires total commitment,
together with the blackened landscape with a full-length rendition of Daisy, Managing Director Richard Adams
The course runs for the but the trainees get so much
and sparse wildlife, created an eerie Daisy, give me your answer do – a who spoke about the business
academic year and ends in out of it.”
atmosphere. Pipelines and steaming warning system to make operatives opportunities around the world for
June when the “class of
Now BBRP is looking to
ducts spanned vast distances on giant aware she’s up and running and raring Balfour Beatty Rail. All in all, the
2008/09” will join one of recruit new trainees for the
steel and concrete stilts and railway to go.
day out was informative and
BBRP’s projects after learning Advanced Apprenticeship
lines criss-crossed the site. This was The tour of the steel works gave a enjoyable, and impeccably
and living alongside Royal Scheme that starts in
industry proper!
valuable insight into the massive arranged.
Navy personnel and
September this year.
The coke ovens provided the first human and material resource
● Graduates interested in
apprentices from Network Employees are invited to use
element of drama. Coal is unsuitable for associated with the production of the taking part in a similar day to the
Rail, as well as other
the company’s Employee
the blast furnace process so it is two long strips of metal we take for one enjoyed by James should
companies within the Balfour Referral Scheme which will
heated to 2,000 degrees – or Gas mark granted when sat at a red signal due to contact Sandra Blain, Engineering
Beatty Group.
pay a bonus of £350 to any
135 for those wishing to try this at track-circuit failure.
Executive Officer – CPD, by
As well as superb training employee recommending
home – in an air-free oven to remove An ICE jaunt is not complete without emailing sandra.blain@bbrail.com
facilities, the apprentices are someone who is accepted for
tars and other valuable by-products.
able to enjoy the Royal Navy’s training at HMS Sultan.
We observed a “coke push” where
state-of-the-art recreation Clare said: “Many people in
several tons of red-hot flaming coke
and sports facilities while on BBRP will know someone
descends into a giant rail-mounted
the course which is funded by among their family or friends
hopper – enough to enthuse any
their employers.
who would benefit from this
budding pyromaniac and, likewise, a
Clare Miles, BBRP
marvellous opportunity to
railway civil engineer.
Graduate Recruitment Adviser train for a worthwhile career
The budget ruled out going
who recruits onto the HMS in the railway industry.
somewhere warm and dry like the
Sultan training scheme, said: Providing they have five
Caribbean but to everyone’s delight we
“It certainly gives young GCSE’s with grades A-C to
visited the bloom mill – not an onsite
people a head start when they include Maths and English
windmill made of flowers but another
start work in the railway and are committed to this type
large building – to thaw out. This is
industry. The course covers of scheme, I would be
where large slabs of red-hot steel are
several disciplines and is delighted to hear from them”
cut to be shipped off to rolling mills for
further processing. Although there was
no rolling in operation, we were able to
appreciate the enormity of the
rail-rolling process.
Graduates
and mentors
outside the
conference centre
at the steelworks
complex.
railway specific.”
Clare visited the four BBRP
apprentices at Gosport in
February and found them in
For further details on the
scheme, including application
details, please contact Clare
at clare.miles@bbrail.com.
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Congratulations
LONG SERVICE ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Commendation is to be given to the following individuals for
their hard work and commitment to the business:
FIVE YEARS
Kevin Allen, Rugby Station OLE; Nicholas Barratt, London
Underground; Christopher Bottoms, London Underground;
Colin Burden, London Underground; Julie Caddick, Track
Unit; Tommy Dooney, London Underground; David Elgy, East
London Line; Ferdinand Heugh, Commercial; Jason Hickman,
Signals Midlands; Ricky Hutchinson, Rugby Station OLE; Erik
Kodjie, London Underground; John Latham, Executive; Gardis
Laurisch, Operations; Stephen Mainwaring, Electrification
Unit; Nicholas Ramsden, Administration; Jim Redfern,
London Underground; Thomas Reid, London Underground;
Stuart Rogers, London Underground; Adrian Smyth, Signals
Engineering; Aleksandar Stavrev, London Underground; Kevin
Stow, London Underground; Siobhain Sweeney, Human
Resources; Ina Theron, Procurement; Rob Tooke,
Electrification Mgt & Clerical; Denis Wilde London
Underground; Zvakaramba Zvakaramba, London
Underground.
TEN YEARS
Ann Brown, Track Unit; Andrew Metcalf, Commercial;
Debra Shepherd, Track Unit.
TWENTY YEARS
Andy Holland, Thameslink; Robert Sankey, Accounts.
THIRTY YEARS
Kevin Hall, Safety & Assurance; Billy Liddle, Signals LNE;
Aussie Smith, Signals LNE.
NEW STARTERS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
BBRP would like to welcome:
Shaun Armstrong, OLE Supervisor; Raymond Bennett, Yard
Operative; Colin Brittain, Foreman; George Campbell,
Storeperson; Stephen Crighton, Engineering Services
Manager; Bruce Crowhurst, Construction Manager; Timothy
Cuming, Senior Supervisor; Alastair Ecclesfield, Managing
Quantity Surveyor; Steven Goodfellow, Storeperson; Teresa
Harper, Managing Quantity Surveyor; Joseph Harrison,
Quantity Surveyor; Tania Kelly, Labour Resource
Administrator; Kwok Ku, Section Works Manager; Fowad
Malik, Industrial Placement; Scott O'Hara, Commercial
Assistant; Simon Phillips, Vacation Trainee; Matin Poptani,
Vacation Trainee; Andrena Reddiex, Receptionist; Jennifer
Sharp, International HR Administrator; Rachael Taylor, Team
Organiser; Richard Turner, Business Development Manager;
Graeme Winsbury, Telecomms Construction Manager;
Denis Wornin, Storeperson.
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BIRTHS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Congratulations to:
Richard Graham, Strategic Development Director, and his
wife, Hania, on the birth of their twin girls, Emily and Alicia,
at 11:15 on Thursday 19th February.
Zoe Wardle, Assistant Buyer at Midland House, and her
husband, Rob, on the birth of Matthew George Wardle on 9th
February at 11.07am.
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Quizword
Win £25 in brainteaser
competition
HERE’S a chance to have fun by testing your quizword skills as
well as your knowledge about what’s happening in BBRP.
Answers to the seven “across” clues can all be found in this issue
of All Points. All you have to do is use these solutions to form the
nine-letter “down” word – a city in which BBRP is currently
working. That, too, is featured in the magazine. The clues are:
1 HMS _______ where BBRP’s
apprentices have been studying
recently.
2 James Bennett will raise money
by walking The Great Wall of
_________.
3 A 26-mile running competition.
4 _____ Curie, the cancer charity.
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6
There’s a £25 cash prize for the
first correct entry to be drawn
out of the hat. Send your answer
to: Isha Hibbert,
Communications and Marketing
Manager, BBRP, Room B203,
Midland House, Nelson Street,
Derby, DE1 2SA or email
isha.hibbert@bbrail.com
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2
5
1
5 ______, the steel company
which BBRP ICE graduates
visited in Scunthorpe.
6 Bottles of ________ have
been helping AquAid to raise
money for Africa.
7
Ian ________, Balfour
Beatty’s Chief Executive
Entries should be in by no later
than Friday 29 May,2009.
The competition is open to
BBRP employees only. The
Editor’s decision is final.
The winner of the competition
in the last issue was Robin
Horsman, Supply Chain Manager
at Midland House.
Good use for old mobiles
4
G
P
METRONET/BBRP Track Alliance staff are
supporting the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
by donating their old mobile phones for recycling, and
so far have raised around £750. The charity receives
£3 for each phone donated and there is still time to
boost the fund raising effort. Call Samantha Jeffs, Track
Alliance Logistics Manager, on 07972 420107 or email
her at samantha.jeffs@bbrail.com for details.

Water Water Water aid aid aid flows
flows
flows
into into into Africa
Africa
Africa
EVERY refreshing cupful
of natural spring water
from water coolers in
Midland House, Derby, and
site offices throughout the
country keeps money
flowing to help the needy in
Africa.
As a result of BBRP’s
partnership with water
cooler supplier AquAid,
more than £2,800 has so far
been raised to turn around
the lives of 2,000 people.
As part of our Corporate
Responsibility, BBRP
decided to use AquAid, not
only in cost terms, but also
because they donate a large
sum of money to provide
fresh running water in
countries like Zimbabwe and
Zambia where death rates
are mounting because of the
lack of clean drinking water.
For every bottle of the
water sourced from a
natural spring at
Godlingstone Manor in
Dorset, and enjoyed by
BBRP staff, AquAid donates
40 pence to two charities –
Christian Aid and Pump Aid
– on behalf of BBRP.
Richard Jones, AquAid
Sales Director, said: “We
very much appreciate the
effort that Balfour Beatty
have made, not only to
increase their scope of
Corporate Responsibility, but
more importantly in saving
the lives of those who have
nothing. We look forward to
a long and prosperous
relationship with the
company, and look forward
to seeing many more lives
given a fresh start.”
Mark Farmer, BBRP’s
Facilities Buyer, said: “Our
company has a clear
commitment to contribute
positively to the communities
in which it operates – but
we also recognise that it can
make a difference in areas
further afield.”
Money raised
by BBRP
employees through
AquAid is bringing
water and fresh hope
to villages in Africa.
Raffle raises £2,500 for Marie Curie charity
BBCJV Project Manager Mike Casebourne, right, presents a cheque for £2,500 to
representatives from Marie Curie Cancer Care, left to right, Arun Sharma, Simbi
Long and Francesca Ewins.
A RAFFLE organised by the Balfour
Beatty-Carillion Joint Venture team
working on the East London Line
Project (ELLP) raised a magnificent
£2,500 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The donation, which was
presented to representatives from
Marie Curie at the Bonhill Street
offices of the ELLP, is enough to
fund 125 hours of nursing care for
terminally ill patients, allowing
them to stay at home.
In a message to BBCJV, Marie
Curie Cancer Care expressed a
“massive thank you” and added:
“The funds you have raised will
support Marie Curie Nurses who
work around the clock to provide
high quality nursing, free of
charge, to those who are
terminally ill, allowing them the
choice to die at home surrounded
by those they love.”
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A21st century railway project came to the aid
of the age of steam when the East London
Line Project (ELLP), being carried out by the
Balfour Beatty and Carillion Joint Venture (BBCJV),
answered a call for help from the Buckinghamshire
Railway Centre.
The working steam museum, which boasts one of
largest private railway collections in the country,
inherited badly worn tracks when it was established
40 years ago in the old Quainton Road marshalling
yards at Aylesbury.
While the Centre’s three demonstration lines had
been re-laid, volunteers were unable to replace all
the bull head-type turnout points as these have
largely been phased out on the national rail
network. However, the BBCJV team working on the
ELLP were able to help as they had recently
removed sections of this type of track – and happily
Chance to get involved
BBRP staff in and around London are being
encouraged to get involved with the Balfour
Beatty London Youth Games – Europe’s largest
youth sports programme – through the Balfour
Beatty Youth Games Employee Volunteering
Programme.
The Programme, which is being launched
across all the BB Operating Companies with
offices or projects in or around London, will give
employees who volunteer the chance to support
the Games through working with local youth
sports clubs and school.
Employees can use their own sports experience
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Derby DE1 2SA. Tel: 01332 262057 Fax: 01332 262295 email: isha.hibbert@bbrail.com
The turnout
track donated
by ELLP safely
delivered to the
Buckinghamshire
Railway Centre.
Old tracks are given
new lease of life
donated them to the Centre where thousands of
visitors each year step back in time among the
giants of steam on the 25-acre site.
Initially, the Railway Centre approached Mike
Brown, Chief Operating Officer of London
Underground. He put the volunteers in touch with
Richard Adams, Managing Director of BBRP, who
arranged for the ELLP team to donate sections of
unwanted track which were delivered to the steam
railway attraction on a flatbed lorry.
Andrew Bratton, Vice President of the Railway
Centre, said: “The turnouts donated by the BBCJV
are in very good condition and will be used on a
section of line on which there is currently a severe
speed restriction. We greatly appreciate the
assistance given by the BBCJV. Many more turnouts
are needed and we would be grateful for any decent
ones if they become available.”
to help make a
difference in their
community – and
even if they are not
sporty there are all
sorts of other ways to
help out the Games
organisers, sports clubs and
schools.
In return volunteers will benefit by developing
their own skills through engaging with the local
community. For more information and the chance
to register your interest, visit www.bblygvol.com
Darren gets
fundraising
off to a flyer
DARREN Kitchener’s bright
idea has got fundraising for
Balfour Beatty Group’s new
charity, Building Better
Futures, off to a great start.
The Head of SHEQ for
Metronet/Track Alliance was
awarded a £1,000 prize by
client London Underground’s
Innov8 Team for the way in
which he has enhanced train
master training by combining
the roles of train master and
banksman slinger.
So Darren immediately
donated £500 of his prize
money to Building Better
Futures, the Balfour Beatty
Group’s new charitable
partnership created in
association with The Prince’s
Trust and Action for Children
to help disadvantaged young
people.
Darren said: “I make
regular donations to two
other children’s charities and
I was delighted that winning
this prize gave me the
opportunity to support
another one.”
Balfour Beatty aims to
raise at least £500,000 by the
end of 2009 for Building
Better Futures and has
already committed £200,000,
but support from employees
is needed if the target is to
be achieved.
So please play your part
and get involved – by making
a donation or by organising
or taking part in fundraising
activities. And remember –
every pound raised will be
matched with a pound from
Balfour Beatty.
The money will fund
projects to help raise the
aspirations, motivation and
quality of life of young
people suffering from
disadvantage.
To find out how you can help
this worthwhile cause visit
www.bbfutures.org
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