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Progressive Assurance for Doha Metro

Editorial Type: Case Study     Date: 11-2014    Views: 4278   







Qatar Rail partners with Comply Serve to deliver Progressive Assurance across one of the world's largest rail infrastructure programmes, the Qatar Long Distance GCC Network, Doha Metro & Lusail Light Rail Programmes.

Whilst we stand by as spectators to the massive infrastructure projects in progress across London, as they tackle the issue of tunnelling beneath one of the busiest urban areas on the planet, we might tend to forget the other huge projects being undertaken in the World, with larger acreages and distances to cover, virgin territory to build upon, and urban cities still in the throes of construction. These projects might not have the same issues and constraints that we have here, but they come with the same need to provide an environment that guarantees the well-being of the project throughout its lifecycle. One such project is the Doha Metro and Lusail Light Rail Programme, currently in progress for Qatar Rail.

Comply Serve, market leaders in Progressive Assurance solutions for the infrastructure sector, has secured contracts to supply ComplyPro Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions and consultancy to Qatar Rail, for this ambitious rail infrastructure programme, including the estimated USD 40 billion Doha Metro, aiming to develop a world-class, efficient public transportation system.

Qatar Rail has mandated that the entire supply chain, including all design and build contractors, use ComplyPro as part of their corporate Progressive Assurance strategy. With several hundred ComplyPro users across all three key projects, this represents one of the most complete, lifecycle implementations of the Comply Serve Progressive Assurance solution to date for large-scale infrastructure programmes.

Before work began on the Lusail Light Rail Transit project, followed by the Doha Metro and Long Distance Passenger and Freight Rail projects, Qatar had no railway infrastructure at all. The programme is driven by the Qatar Government's National Development Strategy that sets out to improve the well-being of all Qatari citizens, and places a great emphasis on improved transport infrastructure. The rail infrastructure programme aims to deliver over 750 km of railways both under and over ground, with a total of over 100 stations, and is targeted for completion by 2030, in line with Qatar's National Vision.

ComplyPro fully integrates into large-scale infrastructure projects from the start, enabling all parties to progressively monitor the health of a project with unprecedented visibility. With the ComplyPro system, internationally dispersed project engineering teams are able to demonstrate compliance of project design and build against agreed specifications as it progresses - accessing a common point of reference with full traceability - throughout the project lifecycle.

Commenting on the use of ComplyPro for Progressive Assurance and hazard management, Paul McLarnon, director of safety & system assurance at Qatar Rail said: "The system allows us to deliver consistency, efficiencies and standardisation of data across the supply chain, within an agreed framework. Progressive Assurance captures all assurance elements and gives all parties the single version of the truth at any given point in time, with full visibility and status."

McLarnon added: "We adopted the system so that managers and design verification engineers could effectively manage and control project progress and design changes over the lifetime of the programme. It adds discipline and traceability and helps us identify the gaps, achieve consistency and minimise diversity, giving us total interoperability between all lines, infrastructure systems and rolling stock. Without ComplyPro at the hub we would struggle to capture and work with the vastness of all this data across so many contracts."

He concluded: "Programme requirements are clearly defined as each contract is awarded. As we go through the design process the system highlights all the key stages in design delivery, testing and commissioning before we go into handover and the various trial operations stages. Our remit to the Qatar Ministry of Transport is to deliver a railway based on the best world practices. In this methodology we have modelled ComplyPro as a progressive assurance tool for delivery and information at all key stages."

Qatar Rail is confident in the software's ability to deliver project-wide safety Progressive Assurance and hazard management as specified by the Chief Technical Officer. Implemented as a single, shared SaaS solution across all principle contractors, ComplyPro delivers a progressive view of compliance across all programme specifications and contractual obligations, with a focus on technical, safety and environmental requirements. It enables Qatar Rail to oversee every element and more importantly allows the sub-contractors to communicate and work with each other.



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