The Kenilworth project involves the design and build of a brand new station and surrounding infrastructure including a shuttle service to serve the station.

The local council instructed a specialist rail advisor to assist them with develop a successful rail scheme and manage project delivery. The project realised that this scheme will be CSM-REA significant and will fall under being categorised as Interoperable. With this in mind the rail advisory company suggested an independent specialist be appointed to oversee the CSM-REA and RIR responsibilities. They approached Railway Assurance and together negotiated a strategy to ensure the relevant legislations were applied correctly and efficiently.

Railway Assurance now act as the independent CSM-REA and RIR assurance specialist for this project and offer their expertise and guidance as and when the project requires it.

At present the remit for this project is as follows:

• 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/RIR 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

• Assisting in the logistics of managing the Interoperability of the project and ensuring that the appropriate clause by clause evidence is provided

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

• Managing the approving bodies to ensure compliance with the requirements of Railway and Other Guided Systems (ROGS), CSM, RIR and the Network Rail Safety Management System

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