Our client is a very well-known design and build construction company who have been instructed by a local council to design and build a new railway depot This client contacted us through a recommendation from a previous client and wanted to understand their responsibilities in terms of risk assessment and safety management. Railway Assurance tailored an introduction to CSM-REA presentation and delivered this in order for the client to understand the processes involved, where the safety management responsibilities lie and answer any questions that the client may have. Railway Assurance had been asked to manage the CSM responsibilities with regard to the connection from the depot to the mainline railway, the depot itself would not require authorization.

The initial agreement included:

• Providing training for project teams when required

• Producing and agreeing the deliverables with the project teams prior to works commencing

• Producing the Project Authorisation Strategy and System Definition documentation as required

• Arranging applications for the agreement of CSM-REA Significance categorisation in accordance with Network Rail standards and the CSM-REA Regulations.

• Preparing remits for the appointment of Assessment Bodies, Notified Bodies and Designated Bodies for the project

• Preparing a Hazard Management plan aligned with the requirements of CSM-REA

• Facilitating HAZID and HAZOP workshops

• Ensuring all reasonably foreseeable hazards are collated and recorded by the project team

• Supporting Hazard Identification sessions for the project

• Ensuring all reasonably foreseeable hazards are collated and recorded by the project team

• Managing the project team in the production and maintenance of hazard records for the project

• Ensuring the correct Safety Measures and Safety Requirements have been detailed and evidenced in the Hazard Records

• Acting as the single point of contact for the project with Assessment Bodies, NRAP and other approving entities

• Managing the approving bodies to ensure compliance with the requirements of

• Ensuring all relevant documentation is collated and issued within the appropriate time scales to ensure effective review for significant project.

The project recognised the benefits of applying the CSM risk assessment model and asked Railway Assurance to carry out some risk assessment workshops for the depot too to ensure that all relevant risks had been identified and managed appropriately.