Technical Expertise
Railway
Operational Telecoms
Transmission Network Design
– Physical Layer Fibre/Copper Design.
-Terminations/ Card Interface Design HDSL/PDH/SDH/IP (Nokia DB2, Alcatel 1511/1640, ABB Keymile, Cisco ASR903/920)
Distribution Network Design
-Lineside legacy networks design (Tyrone/Stump boxes/ tapper joints & terminations).
-FTN lineside copper island designs (BoPs).
-FTNx fibre distribution designs with active BoPs.
-NTP points (fringe designs).
Telephony
-Lineside telephony CB/VoIP (SPTs/PZTs/GFTs/LODs)
-Non-lineside telephony CB/VoIP (ETDs/ Railnet, Direct Lines.
-Concentration termination design (STS/HAWK/Northgate/HiPath)
Cable Management Systems
-Lineside Trough Route Design (General Arrangement & Capacity Assessment)
-Buildings/ Nodes/ Datacentres Structured Cable Management/ Duct routes design (cable ladders/ trays/ Building Entries/Roxtec).
Signalling Circuits Interface
-Physical Layer Designs to accommodate signalling circuits onto the Telecoms network ( SSI, CBI/WTS, TD, EA, TDMs, Fringe D/L, Frauscher, Zone Controllers, REB ETDs etc.).
Electrification SCADA Interface
-SCADA telecoms network design (MOSs/ Feeder Stations/ Track Section Cabins/ RTUs, PSP GPRS Data loggers).
-ARPS Copper & Fibre Design (Signet650) for Auto-reconfiguration of FSPs and PSPs.
Immunisation
-Physical design for immunisation measures for copper infrastructure (VlVt/ separation requirements, Continues Copper Circuit Lengths, Sheath Gaps & Return Screening Conductor).
GSM-R/ ETCS
-RF Coverage/ Propagation Calculations Design (GSM-R and ETCS coverage requirements).
-Physical Design of Antenna Installation (mast/ antenna fixings&mountings, yagi/ omni/ panel antennas).
BTS and RF configuration design (RMs/DDMs/RRHs, Splitters/ couplers, Hybrid Combiners, Surge Arresters, DC Blocks. connectors).
-Leaky Feeder Cabling Installation Design.
Power Supplies
-Telecoms Nodes LV Power Distribution Design (Rectifiers/ Inverters/ Load Calculation, Power System Protection & wiring/ terminations).
-UPS Design (Capacity/ Autonomy Calculations, Battery Arrays Installation and Mechanical Design).
Data centres & REBs
SISS
CCTV/ VSS
-CCTV/VSS coverage (coverage cones, security & recognition requirements).
-Infrastructure Design for CCTV/VSS for stations/platforms, buildings ,depots and parking areas (mounting arrangements, fixings & cabling).
-CCTV/VSS network design (network, extenders, DVR/NVR, Local/Remote Monitoring, Storage capacity).
Public Address & Voice Alarm Systems
-Coverage design (acoustic assessments, coverage requirements, ambient noise assessment).
-Infrastructure Design for PA/VA systems for stations/platforms and buildings (mounting arrangements, fixings & cabling).
-PA/VA network design (network/ zone architecture, PA/VA server. media players, Local/Remote Monitoring, LLPA, Amplifiers, Ambient Noise Sensors, Induction Loops & PA cabling terminations).
Customer Information Systems
-Coverage design (public flows/ traffic assessment, information requirements for each station area/ platform).
-Infrastructure Design for CIS systems for stations/platforms and buildings (mounting arrangements, fixings & cabling).
-CIS network design (CIS server, Local/Remote Monitoring).
Public Help Points
-Coverage design (public flows/ traffic assessment, Security requirements).
-Infrastructure Design for PHP systems for stations/platforms and buildings (mounting arrangements, fixings & cabling).
-PHP network design (Monitoring/ Intercom).
Ticket vending machines and payment systems
-Telecoms network infrastructure – interface design (station networking interface/ PSTN interface)
BMS Telecom Networks
-Telecoms network infrastructure – interface design (Cabling and network availability for RTUs, alarms and security access).
WiFi
-Telecoms network infrastructure – interface design (Cabling and network availability for WiFi nodes).
Station Network
-Infrastructure design (physical layer) for the station network (Core/ satellite nodes/ equipment rooms, switches/ routers architecture, availability/ reliability/ diversity, access/ maintenance/ security).
Station CMS
-Infrastructure CMS design ( duct routes/ platform chambers, capacity, cable trays/ladders).
Project Delivery
Health & Safety Documentation
-Design Risk Assessments, H&S Assessments, Work Package Plans, Task Briefs & Close Calls).
Surveying
-Lineside Ops Coms Survey (trackside, Level Crossings and depots).
-Buildings Ops Coms Survey (Relay Rooms, Signal Boxes, IECCs, ROCs).
-Stations SISS Survey (Platforms and equipment rooms).
-EIS (Entry into Service) and snagging surveys.
-Survey Reports (FTN template, Ops Coms reports, Equipment Room Reports & Stations Reports).
Technical Designs & Activities
-GRIP2 (RIBA1&2): Feasibility Studies/ Reports.
-GRIP3 (RIBA2): Options Selection Reports.
-GRIP4 (RIBA3): Reference System Design/ Outline Design Reports (inc AiP).
-GRIP5 (RIBA4): Detailed Design Reports/ Drawings (including procurement & AFC).
-GRIP6 (RIBA5): Handover to construction, Liaison with Construction & Testing Teams for design alterations/ additional procurement, Participation in Construction Activities (e.g. cable/SPT installation), EIS surveying/ snagging & commissioning activities (e.g. telephony/ HMI testing).
-GRIP7 (RIBA6): As Built Reports/ drawings and Operations & Maintenance Reports (O&M).
Testing Reports
-GRIP4 Testing Strategies.
-GRIP5 Testing Strategies.
-GRIP5 Testing Plans.
Drawings & CAD
-Visio: Sketches and Drawings.
-Autocad: Simple 2D Drawings.
-Microstation: Simple 2D Drawings (models/Drawings).
Document Control
-Document Sets.
-ProjectWise (submission processes).
Procurement
-Product Research.
-Quote Acquisition.
-Procurement.
-Delivery follow-up and inventory.
-Liaison with construction staff about product suitability and installation.
Interface with Client, Stakeholders and Disciplines
-Internal liaison meetings with various disciplines – exchange of technical information – dependencies.
-IDC (Inter-Discipline Check)/ IDR (Inter-Discipline Review) Meetings.
-Interface with Client (Telecoms PE meetings/ DRNs).
-Interface meetings with Third Parties and stakeholders.
-TQs (Technical Queries).
-RFIs (Request for Information).
Costing
-Producing costing/ pricing reports and estimates.
-Tendering/ biding process & change requests pricing.
-Budget control.
Leading Projects & Resources Management
-Leading projects from start (tendering/ pricing stage) to end (submission of deliverables/ construction supervision).
-CRE (Contractors Responsible Engineer) services/ role.
-Line Management services/ role.
-Planning and allocating tasks according to team member skills and programme priorities.
-Providing methodologies and templates in order to increase teams efficiency. -Managing and Organising projects (budgets, resources and timescales) in order to bring projects to a successful completion.
Motorways
Power Distribution Design
-Infrastructure design of distribution power network including power cabinets for motorway systems.
-Power System Protection.
-Amtech software simulations
Telecoms Infrastructure Design
-Smart Highways fibre networks and control/ monitoring systems (MIDAS, VMS, Vehicle Detection/speed, Traffic Monitoring Cameras).
Buildings
-Infrastructure Design (VSS, PA/VA, Access & Security Interfaces, Network Architecture, BMS and CMS).
-Industrial IoT on Google Cloud (IoTCore, Pub/Sub, Dataflows, Storage, BigQuery, Dataprep & DataStudio)
Quality Results
Our goal is to deliver efficient and constructible designs, on time and within budget. We take great pride in producing high-quality engineering infrastructure design solutions that meet our clients’ requirements and expectations. We’re absolutely here for you.
Expertise
PTC Engineering Solutions have a great variety of experties in various industries, systems and technologies. We have a 8+ years of experience in both small and large scale projects and schemes.
Contact
Email: ptcengineeringsolutions@gmail.com
Location
2 Lamseth Street, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7AG, UK