Underground CommunicationsLondon Underground (LU) has a large number of diverse and legacy telecommunication assets. With increasing pressure to reduce costs whilst improving the overall functionality of the communication systems, LU needed to develop an asset strategy that utilised existing assets to their maximum potential and facilitated the adoption of new types of communication technologies for future business needs.
The resulting strategy was informed by:
Risk Solutions demonstrated that significant cost savings could be realised by rationalising redundant and non critical telecommunications assets, implementing an LU wide Internet Protocol (lP) network, and upgrading CCTV and station management systems. We have also demonstrated that this strategy delivers better performance than current systems. A Whole Life Asset Management (WLAM) modelling tool was developed to calculate the costs of alternative asset strategies and demonstrate how well each strategy performed against London Underground’s communication requirements. This enabled London Underground to select the strategy which offers best value. |
