Richard Cooper

Said the following about Bridgeway Consulting Geomatics Team:

“The Geomatics Team at Bridgeway Consulting has continued to go from strength to strength over the past twelve months, continuing to deliver exceptional quality survey data to the rail industry, and enabling design teams to carry out tasks from feasibility studies through to detailed design with full confidence in their base data.

Responding to a number of requests to work on major projects from Network Rail and the likes of Arup, Atkins, Volker Rail and Mott MacDonald, the Bridgeway Geomatics team continues to be one of the largest rail Geomatics teams in the UK, employing around 40 staff willing and able to work nationwide and utilise various survey techniques to gather, process and present data involving all aspects of the Geomatics field.

The key to the team’s success lies in its humble beginnings. In the year 2000 the Bridgeway Survey Department as it was then known was built around two ex mining surveyors, both with excellent track records in terms of technical knowledge and safety. From this nucleus the team has grown steadily over the past 15 years showing a real commitment to building a group whose core values of quality, precision and safety have been maintained throughout. Fast forward to 2015 and the team is now headed up by a group of experienced rail surveyors and BIM modellers in senior positions who all share one overriding objective – to maintain quality processes and to instil their core values into the next generation of rail engineers.

The Geomatics team has been developed with a philosophy of recognising quality within individuals and nurturing and developing surveyors both in terms of railway safety critical competencies and technical aspects. Through a programme of regular technical workshops, safety critical competencies and ongoing mentoring from senior staff, Bridgeway has been able to develop a cohesive team who are fully competent in rail procedures and new technologies within the Geomatics field. An open view to new emerging technologies and ideas have lead to improvements both in safety culture and data quality, with kinematic and static laser scanning and BIM now being fully utilised to limit exposure to track and enabling the team to maintain an excellent safety record. Bridgeway Geomatics staff are increasingly being asked to undertake reviews of current processes and give guidance on how to develop and improve, be that in the fields of data collection, field data management or modelling and presentation.

All of the above has lead to a team of enough size and experience to deliver survey works on recent and ongoing high profile projects such as Northern Hub and the North West Electrification Project, Liverpool Street Station Modelling and LNW Crossfall Surveys alongside many varied projects directly for Network Rail both in terms of Geography and scope.

I find this a privilege to nominate Bridgeway’s Geomatics Team for the Rail Team of the Year award and feel certain that with their attitude and commitment they can continue to grow and innovate in a rapidly evolving industry“