Plant Standards Committee
The Plant Standards Committee (PLT SC) is responsible for Railway Industry Standards (RISs) covering the technical requirements and assessment of mobile plant used for the maintenance and construction of the railway infrastructure.
"Our areas of focus include on-track plant used in engineering possessions, on-track machines also capable of movement on the operational railway, and other plant designed or adapted for railway use. We are also the BSI panel for European and International standards that influence railway plant and equipment used to service trains."
Scope
Within the scope defined in the remit, the committee’s coverage includes fixed and mobile plant used in the railway industry, and the management of risk from the use of this equipment. Coverage includes:
- Mobile equipment and machinery used on and off the rails
- Fixed equipment (for example lighting)Fixed machinery (for example escalators) and power supplies
- Consideration of the interfaces between any of these items and those covered by other standards committees
- Consideration of requirements relating to activities dealt with in general, multifunctional documents in so far as they affect items within the committee’s coverage. Examples include: competence, procurement, construction, engineering acceptance, and record keeping.
Specifically excluded are:
- Traction power supply
- Locomotives, wagons, and coaches that are used on rail outside of possessions and are not on-track machines
Membership
The Plant Standards Committee has members representing the following industry categories:
- rolling stock owners and leasing companies
- freight and other non-passenger train operators
- infrastructure managers and owners
- infrastructure contractors
- suppliers and rolling stock manufacturers
- RSSB.
Chair of committee: Neil Halliday, RSSB
RSSB main representative: Neil Dinmore
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Committee members
Name Company Representing Status Andy Crago Morgan Sindall Co-opted Member Co-opted Member Carl Hunt Network Rail Infrastructure Managers Member Carl Jones GOS Engineering Services Suppliers Member David Geering DG Rail Consultants Limited Infrastructure Contractors Co-opted Member David Wass AtkinsRealis Supplier Member Edd Davison High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Infrastructure Managers
Member
John Ockenden Amey Rail Limited Suppliers Member John Rose Transport for London Infrastructure Manager Member Jordan Skey Network Rail Infrastructure Managers
Member
Neil Dinmore RSSB RSSB Chair Neil Halliday RSSB Chair RSSB Neil Hewitt Volkerrail Limited Rolling Stock Owners Member
Nick Powell Colas Rail Limited Non Passenger Train Operators Member Nick Wilkinson Babcock Rail Limited Infrastructure Contractors Member
Paul Milner Matisa Matériel Industriel SA
Suppliers Member Rachel Ahern RSSB RSSB IGM Member Russell Keir Office of Rail and Road Regulator Observer Shaun Mycock Balfour Beatty Rail Limited Infrastructure Contractors Member Vacancy Suppliers x 1 Suppliers Member
