Capital Investment Plan 2009 - Heathrow Airport

As a result of the process outlined in section 5.6, a process for consultation on
significant use of R2 risk monies is being developed and will be presented to the CIP
Working Group for validation. The base assumption is that projects will only be able to
request their element of the R2 “pot”.
6.1.2 Rail
This CIP publication, for the first time, expands the investments in rail out into greater
detail. In previous years rail has been covered as single line in the cost schedule
described as “BAA Rail”, with some clarification provided in the project sheets. This year
the same value of investment will be listed over half a dozen project elements reflecting
both airline engagement on key products, such as Crossrail and Airtrack, but also
enhancing visibility of the Heathrow Express general investment plans.
In this year’s publication reference is not made to an investment in high speed rail
proposals being developed by third parties. This investment (order of magnitude £5m in
2009/10) was consulted upon at the JST 35 where it was agreed to fund this from PSDH
monies. Pending resolution of the PSDH issues, as outlined in the relevant PDS and
Appendix A: Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow, this is excluded,
however HAL still wishes to undertake this investment and shall change control the
scope in due course. The airline community wished to record that, while the above
endorsement was correct, they were not setting a principle of agreement that large
scale rail development associated with PSDH should be funded by the airlines and / or
via the current RAB arrangements.
At the January JST 36 HAL consulted upon, and received airline agreement to, investment
to support the upgrade of the Heathrow Connect rail service to four trains per hour.
6.1.3 Information Technology (IT) / Systems
This CIP publication, for the first time expands the investments in IT / Systems into
greater detail. In previous years IT/Systems has been covered through three headings;
• BAA IT (A single line not defined in any further detail)
• Specific major IT investments (One or two lines detailing any major works. E.g.:
Network Upgrade.)
• IT content within main capital projects (not listed against IT, but content detailed on
Cost Advice sheets for projects with an IT/Systems element.)
This year the same scope covered by the first bullet will be detailed over three separate
projects.
In support of Annex G commitments, HAL commenced discussions with the airline
community to establish a Stakeholder Programme Board for IT. Reflective of the nature
of IT investments HAL have invited the Chief Information Officers of British Airways,
Virgin Atlantic, Emirates, bmi and KLM together with the three airline alliances to
nominate themselves or another senior IT specialist to attend the SPB. In addition the
AOC 37 have confirmed they will provide a representative to the group. The first meeting
was held during March 2009. HAL envisages that this SPB, as with the others, will need
some time to evolve.
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Joint Steering Team Meeting held 8 th December 2008
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Joint Steering Team Meeting held 13 th January 2009
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Heathrow Airline Operations Committee
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