Southdowns’ staff involvement in transportation projects includes some of the largest schemes planned and constructed in the UK and including: High Speed 1, Bexhill and Hastings Link Road, Crossrail, High Speed 2, Tottenham Court Road Station Upgrade, Cooling the Tube, Crossrail, Thameslink Programme, East London Line, Bond Street Station, Northern Line Extension, Southern Railway Depots, Dubai International Airport.
Southdowns is recognised as one of the UK’s leading firms in railway noise and vibration consultancy, with extensive experience and understanding of acoustical issues and inter-disciplinary interfaces relating to major railway project delivery. Staff have extensive experience in the planning, design, construction, asset management and expert testimony on a number of key UK and international railway projects including:
- High Speed 2
- Crossrail
- Hitchin Junction
- High Speed 1 (Channel Tunnel Rail Link)
- West Coast Route Modernisation
- East London Line
- Thameslink Programme
- St Pancras International Station
- Washington Metro, USA
- DLR City Airport Extension
- DLR Woolwich Extension
- High Speed Railway, Taiwan
- London Underground’s Cooling the Tube Programme
- LU Tottenham Court Road Station Upgrade
- Croydon Tramlink
- Dublin LRT, Rep. Ireland
- Speedrail, Australia
Senior staff were also seconded to Rail Link Engineering for a number of years during the detailed design and construction stages of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, managing the in-house team of specialists.
Southdowns extensive noise and vibration services to the railway sector cover construction and operational aspects for both underground and overground railways and include:
- feasibility studies
- route optioneering
- baseline noise and vibration studies
- development of calculation procedures and design aims
- impact assessments
- Section 61 (Control of Pollution Act 1974) Consent Applications
- groundborne noise & vibration
- ventilation shaft design
- noise barrier design and testing
- identification and specification of mitigation measures
- permanent way detailed design
- asset management and maintenance strategies
- commissioning / compliance studies
- expert witness
The Government views safe and dependable transport as essential to the UK society and the economy. It is working to make rail, road, air and water transport more efficient and effective, keep them safe and secure, and reduce greenhouse gas and other emissions.
Transport is a major source of greenhouse gases. Around a quarter of domestic carbon dioxide (CO₂) and other greenhouse gas emissions in the UK come from transport. Transport is also a source of emissions which make air quality worse.
Reducing greenhouse gases from transport will help the Government’s long term goal of reducing the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% compared to 1990 levels by 2050.
Examples of current transportation initiatives at Government level include: higher levels of to Train Operating Company investment, promotion of High Speed 2, construction of Crossrail and promotion of Crossrail 2, Upgrading rail tracks and stations (High Level Output Specification) and electrification of important railway routes.
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