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- 1. Personal Details  Name James Brown, C Eng MICE; MCIOB  Date of birth 28 August 1953  Marital status Married  Sex Male  Address 55 Bankhead Road, Kirkintilloch G66 3NB  Telephone 07572 188658  E-mail jimb_46@hotmail.com  Nationality British  Driving Full driving licence Former Head of the Geotechnical Discipline for Network Rail Scotland, I am an experienced Asset Manager/ Engineer with 42 years experience in the design, construction and maintenance of assets in the railway environment including bridges, stations, geotechnical and drainage assets. I was responsible for the successful delivery of renewal and maintenance works of circa £30 million per annum. I also had principal responsibility for the compilation of a five year strategic business plan CP5 for the renewal and maintenance of geotechnical and drainage assets. I am experienced in working within a regulated environment and have a good working relationship with the Office of Rail Regulation.  2003 to 2014 : Route Asset Manager - Geotechnics, Network Rail Reporting to the Director of Route Asset Management , I had Asset Stewardship responsibility for Scotland’s embankments and cuttings (rock and soil slopes), all drainage, coastal defences and ancient mineworkings. I had responsibility for line management and direction of a Business Unit of geotechnical and drainage engineers and I had sponsorship responsibility for delivery of Scotland’s geotechnical Business Plan for major remedial works of value circa £20 million per annum. I also had responsibility for the compilation of Network Rail Scotland’s Geotechnical Business Plan submission for the 5 yearly financial control period CP5 which commenced April 2014, this work required to be compliant with Network Rail’s Corporate Business objectives and National Policies for improving the geotechnical asset which is influenced by historical performance; the current value of intervention works is £93 million. Day to day responsibilities included direction of my team on the on site evaluation of examination reports for rock cuttings, soil cuttings and embankments. Examination of these assets resulted in a quantitative RSHI (Rock Slope Hazard Index) or SSHI (Soil Slope Hazard Index) score indicating geotechnical condition as a proxy for the likely hood of failure. Delivery of Network Rail’s Drainage Policy including examination and flood risk assessment. Compliance with Scottish Legislation relating to Flood Risk Management liasing with SEPA and other relevant stakeholders. I was also a member of the National Flood Risk Management Advisory Group for Scotland chaired by SEPA. The Geotechnical assets in Scotland comprise over 35,000 rock and soil slopes, measured in 5 chain (110 yard) sections, whilst coastal defences comprise over 300 sea walls, gabion and rock armour protection. Failure of an asset can result in line closure, line speed restrictions and resultant loss of income from train operating companies. Scotland has 41% of the national total of Network Rail’s population of rock slopes which present unique challenges. The choice of appropriate intervention option of renewal, refurbish or maintain was determined by my team and approved or otherwise by me. Personal Details Profile • Forty two years of experience as a Railway Civil Engineer specialising in bridge and station design, construction and maintenance, geotechnics and environmental ground engineering. • Former Route Asset Manager - Geotechnics for Network Rail Scotland. Significant Achievement  Successful Asset Stewardship of Network Rail’s earthworks, coastal defence and mining assets, including delivery of a prioritised Business Plan of annual value circa £20 million to program and cost whilst working within the strict safety regime of the railway environment. Professional Membership  Chartered Engineer, Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.  Member of the Chartered Institute of Building, MCIOB  Supervising Civil Engineer, ICE CPD (post Chartered) • 2004 Internal Systems Auditor • 2004 Environmental Awareness Course • 2005 Earth Flow Seminar • 2006 Omnisurveyor Course • 2006 Assessment in the line Course • 2007 Rock Slope Hazard Course • 2007 Oracle E-business suite course • 2008 Development Manager Seminar • 2009 Leadership Skills course • 2009 Assessment in the Line • 2010 Rock Slope Hazard course • 2010 Climate Change Seminar • 2011 NFMAG Conference • 2011 Senior Leaders Conference • 2011 Gallup Q12 Survey • 2011 CP5 Business Plan Presentation • 2012 Flood Risk Act (Scot) Presentation • 2012 CP5 Policy Development • 2013 Asset Management Excellence Significant Experience CURRICULUM VITAE
- 2. • 1998 to 2003 : Assistant Infrastructure Contract Manager, Railtrack Reporting to the Infrastructure Contract Manager, I assisted with the management and direction of a team of 80 professional contract management and engineering staff many of whom were Chartered Engineers within their specialist disciplines of track, structures, signalling and electrical engineering and ensure delivery of Railtrack’s Infrastructure Maintenance Contract in Scotland of value circa £100 million per annum, the Maintenance Contract provided for the cyclical and safe asset management of Railtrack’s track, stations, signalling, overhead line and electrical distribution equipment. The track, structures, buildings, signalling and electrical engineers also provided support to contract management teams and determined the priority and specification of work to be carried out as capital renewal works. • 1994 to 1998 : General Contract Manager, Railtrack Management of a portfolio of contracts of value £16 million per annum for the cyclical examination, planned and reactive maintenance of all Stations and Depots in Scotland, Telecomms Maintenance, Structures Examination and operational contracts. In addition to my contract management responsibilities, I was responsible for ensuring that the activities of Outside Parties did not disrupt safe operation of the railway. In support of these activities, I managed and directed a team of Contract Managers and Engineers with specific responsibilities. My portfolio of contracts included, the examination, planned and reactive maintenance of all stations in Scotland, Telecomms Maintenance, and Structures Examination. • 1990 to 1994 : Assistant Section Engineer, British Railways Civil Engineer, Design and Construction Unit This post required me to ensure that feasibility studies, surveys, preparation and negotiation of fee agreements, design calculations, working drawings, contract documents and specifications, estimates and tender procedures were carried out for a variety of civil engineering enhancement projects including bridge construction and repair, tunnel repairs, earthwork remediation and station construction in accordance with technical and safety standards. I led and directed a team of ten Management and Technical staff ensuring evaluation and completion of engineering options, design calculations and certification through to preparation and award of tender, contract site supervision and award of interim and final contract valuations. I designed the Scotland Reinforced Concrete Arch beam for 45 degrees of skew to full HA loading that was used on the Edinburgh to Glasgow Electrification Project. This design was used for all bridges with degrees of skew up to 45 degrees avoiding costly design rework. Notable enhancement projects included Ayrshire Electrification, East Coast Main Line Electrification and Carstairs to Edinburgh Electrification.  An experienced Asset Manager specialising in Bridge, Building, Station, Geotechnical and Draiinage examination renewal and maintenance.  Experience of a wide range of ground investigation and remediation techniques. Specialist Skills
- 3.  Experienced user of GEO5 geotechnical analysis and design software  Bridge Design and Maintenance  Institute of Quality Assurance, Internal Auditor  Management and direction of subordinate staff.