• The rail sector is undergoing significant growth worldwide, and is integral to the wider transport system, providing connectivity, and establishing a safe and reliable transport network.
• IRE provides services in the development, delivery and operations of systems across the rail sector, including passenger rail (metropolitan and regional), light rail networks, and heavy haul rail networks providing services to freight and resources segments.
• Having assisted governments, accredited rail transport operators and rail infrastructure managers for many years, IRE understands the complex policy environment in which governments and rail organisations work, and the values they uphold for their communities and customers.
• Our consultants offer high level of technical and operational expertise to find solutions that minimise disruption to existing rail networks while projects are delivered, tested and commissioned to ensure business case outcomes and project benefits have been delivered.

• In unison with other transport modes, the road sector provides an important cog in the wheel of all transport networks. It connects all transport modes, whether it be rail, port or airport.
• IRE understands the connections between these transport modes and provides expertise in managing the interfaces between the road system and other transport modes, particularly the rail sector.
• Our consultants offer a high level of expertise, both technical and operational, which allows road and other transport modes to be integrated as part of the whole transport network. These solutions provide advice and assistance in minimizing disruption to communities and the movement of vital freight.

IRE delivers sound advice on projects that bring together expertise and experience.

Our consultants' end-to-end project management experience enables the continuity of the same team through the project’s life-cycle, providing invaluable retention of a team’s experience and knowledge.

We offer experienced project teams which foresee and capitalize on opportunities and avoid downstream issues while never losing focus on the project’s objectives and benefits. Engineering, safety, environmental, and operational needs are customised to uphold stakeholder and community standards.

Our end-to-end project management ensures quality outcomes and includes expertise in:

• Project Leadership and Superintendence
• Contract Management
• Construction Management
• Rail interface management
• Project engineering and Site engineering support
• Quality assurance
• Shut down planning, hand back and handover
• Completions management
• Rail access management
• Surveillance
• Planning and implementation of safe-working
• Management of change
• Operational interface management
• Operational readiness planning and management

With our in-depth understanding of rail safe-working, operations, maintenance and rail corridor access we incorporate vital operational requirements into project documentation, minimising planned disruption.

Our real time understanding of operational issues associated with a project include expertise in:

• Operational specification and concept of operations development
• Documenting rail access requirements
• Project scope and specification development
• Rail access management
• Rail safe working management
• Rail accreditation advisory
• Rules development advisory
• Management of change
• Operational interface management
• Operational readiness

IRE applies a deep understanding of asset management as it aligns with costs, risks, opportunity, obsolescence and operational performance to bring you quality advice for asset investment planning and asset life cycle management.

Our consultants have a comprehensive understanding of the asset lifecycle in areas of:

• Asset planning
• Asset management strategy
• Asset acquisition
• Asset disposal
• Asset operation
• Asset condition assessment
• Type approvals
• Renewals planning and management

Technical and engineering expertise is crucial to any infrastructure project. IRE provides experts who support the commercial drivers of the project while upholding crucial engineering, operational, safety and testing requirements.

Our consultants will bring you technical and engineering knowledge covering:

• Engineering management and advisory
• Technical requirements development and mapping
• Independent reviews
• Design management
• Design and technical reviews
• Constructability reviews
• Standards, processes, specifications and procedures development
• Type approvals
• Risk management
• Safety in design input
• Audit and surveillance

Interface Rail Engineering understands transport infrastructure.

With our expertise in both government and private sectors, we focus on whole-of-life infrastructure planning. IRE applies perceptive planning expertise when initiating a project, examining its business drivers and delivery requirements. We advise on the ongoing operation, performance, and maintenance of the infrastructure a project delivers.

We are here to assist you when you are building your business case and project scope, providing expertise in the following:

• Business Case Development
• Requirements Development and Management
• Options Assessment
• Concept of operations development
• Concept design development
• Impact statements development
• Technical advisory services
• Independent reviews
• Stakeholder liaison and interface management
• Budget development and review
• Delivery strategy development
• Constructability review

When it comes to procurement, our advisors apply a comprehensive risk-based approach to project development and procurement strategies.

Through our experience and technical expertise, we offer effective strategies for procurement, works packaging, staging and contracting, while managing both construction and project constraints/risks.

Our understanding of the requirements of procurement means we provide expertise in:

• Project Leadership
• Procurement advisory
• Works staging/packaging
• Options Assessment
• Tender document preparation
• Project scope and technical specifications development
• Reference and concept design development, management and reviews
• Stakeholder consultation and liaison to manage input into bid documentation
• Long lead items procurement
• Engineering studies/type approvals of products to enable procurement
• Bid assessment and technical evaluations
• Technical advisory services
• Constructability advice
• Risk management
• Early works management
• Interface management
• Change and accreditation planning