Category: Rail Infrastructure
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Buried utilities have delayed, derailed, and in some cases fatally compromised rail infrastructure projects across the UK. When a contractor strikes an uncharted 11kV cable during track drainage excavation, the consequences extend well beyond repair costs — Network Rail possession windows close, compensation events stack up under NEC4, and CDM 2015 investigations follow. The risk…
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A rail project in Nigeria that looks straightforward on a feasibility study has a habit of arriving at construction with a budget that looks nothing like the original estimate. The Abuja Light Rail — completed in phases from 2016 — saw cost escalations tied to land resettlement, utility diversion, and the complexity of tunnelling through…