Infrastructure
Serco is investing significantly in providing leading technology solutions for measuring, installing, operating and maintaining road and rail infrastructures. As well as providing vital services within the UK, the company has built global working relationships by developing solutions in traffic management.
Serco’s rail track monitoring and rail test services are helping to improve safety and reliability throughout much of the UK’s rail infrastructure. With the UK leading the way in its revolutionary new technology, the company is looking to encourage take-up of its services in other territories.
Rail
Serco specialises in infrastructure measurement, testing, analysis, repair and maintenance of the railways. Serco operates rail vehicles to examine different areas of the railway infrastructure to provide data on track quality, overhead line alignment, structure gauging and rail grinding. Our pioneering unattended track geometry measurement system utilises in-service rather than specialist trains to collect high quality performance data to improve safety and performance and reduce maintenance costs.
Serco has developed software to produce accurate and frequent measurement data in a comprehensive format that will revolutionise the UK rail industry. The development of computer manipulation and laser technology has enabled current processes to be speeded up considerably, with the ability to record data on a daily basis. This advanced development in technology will provide a more detailed understanding of the railway infrastructure and will create a completely automated survey.
Road
Serco has been installing, controlling, operating and maintaining the infrastructure and information systems on road networks for 30 years and now maintains nearly half of the roadside equipment in England.
Serco can draw on its vast operational experience and investments in roadside infrastructure to maintain the highways effectively and efficiently. Our portfolio includes roadside gantry signage for speed control, travel information and hazard messaging, signalling, circuit television systems for monitoring, surveillance and speed charging, tolling and charging systems, roadside general maintenance and maintenance of the emergency telephones.
Rail Property
Serco Rail Property has operated, since 1995, property maintenance and track environmental services contracts on behalf of Network Rail in England and Scotland. We specialise in Response Maintenance Works and Project Management, carrying out approximately 5000 individual works orders a year on diverse building, construction and minor civil engineering projects up to £2m in value.
Currently, Rail Property is the holder of Network Rail Northwest’s “Best Performing Contractor” Safety Award.
Property Maintenance
Rail Property has extensive experience of undertaking technically and logistically complex projects both in a High Street Environment and “On or Near the Line” providing a complete range of services from refurbishment through to new build and associated design services.
Types of Work Undertaken:
- Term maintenance and PPM
- Bridge refurbishment and renewal
- Platform construction and platform gauging
- Construction of new station buildings
- Station refurbishment and enhancement
- Retaining wall construction and piling
- Demolition
- Building Services Switchgear renewals and inspection
- Structural and architectural design
Track Environmental Services
Track Environmental Services have been providing environmental services to the rail industry since 1995 and are committed to maintaining Network Rail’s levels of environmental cleanliness as mandated by the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Our services include:
- Vegetation Management
- Graffiti Removal
- Litter and Waste Removal
- Minor Works Refurbishment
- Safety & Assurance
Rail Property’s Integrated Management System is accredited to:
- BS EN ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System
- OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
Further assessment by BSI for accreditation to EN ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems is in progress.
For more information on information services in action visit our Road transport solutions.
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