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GMRCL to recruit 135 Managerial posts in Civil and Systems

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GMRCL to recruit 135 Managerial posts in Civil and Systems

GUJARAT (Metro Rail News): Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRCL) has invited applicants to apply for many Managerial posts in Civil and Systems. Applicants who want to apply for the given posts can visit the official site of Gujarat Metro Rail at its official website gujaratmetrorail.com and apply. Applicants can apply for this coming post till the last date 3rd April 2020.

This recruitment drive will fill up 135 no of posts of Managers in the organisation. The aspirants who will apply can check eligibility criteria, vacancy break up and other related details which are given below. For checking the process follow this step: Go to the official website of GMRCL and click on Careers option, you will get the information.

Important Dates for Gujarat Metro recruitment posts:

  • Application opening date: 4th March 2020
  • Application Closing date: 3rd April 2020

Vacancy Details & Eligibility Criteria for Gujarat Metro posts:

Applicants who want to apply for the manager posts can go & check vacancy break up and eligibility criteria on the official website, gujaratmetrorail.com available here.

Selection Process

The selection process includes the overall of shortlisting of aspirants for interview. Call letters for an interview would be announced to shortlisted aspirants indicating Time, Date and Venue for the Interview. Applicants who want to check for more information can visit the official site of Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited.

Summary of the job

NotificationGMRCL to recruit 135 Manager posts in Civil and Systems: Online Application
Application Date4th March 2020
Last Date of Apply3rd April 2020
Official URLgujaratmetrorail.com/careers
CityAhmedabad
StateGujarat
CountryIndia
OrganizationGujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited
Education QualAny Graduate
FunctionalAdministration, Engineering, Other Functional Area

Delhi Metro initiates India’s 1st Metrolite project

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Delhi Metro initiates India’s 1st Metrolite project

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): DMRC initiates India’s first Metrolite project, Newly, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has floated tenders for the upcoming Metrolite corridor between Kirti Nagar-Bamnoli in Delhi. A DMRC spokesperson stated that tenders have been floated for the acquisition of 29 trains for the distance of 19-km upcoming Metrolite project. The project stretches between Kirti Nagar in West Delhi and Bamnoliin south-west Delhi. The spokesperson further added that as of now the tenders have been floated for the acquisition for the rolling stock of the project and not for civil work.

As per the DMRC, once the contract is given the contractor would have to give the Metrolite trains within 18 months. This would be the very 1st Metrolite corridor in the Country. The previous year Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri had declared the plan to develop 2 Metrolite corridors in Delhi- 1 between Rithala and Narela and another between Kirti Nagar and Bamnoli. The Metrolite trains would be smaller in size as compared to the Delhi Metro coaches and the track would be of standard gauge.

Details of Kirti Nagar-Bamnoli Metrolite project

  • The Kirti Nagar & Bamnoli corridor would be totally at-grade and will run along the arterial roads in Mayapuri industrial region, Hari Nagar, Shivpuri, Dwarka sectors 1,2,6,7,10, 20, 23, 24 areas before terminating at Bamnoli village
  • It will also pass via Dwarka sector 25, where there is an under-construction exhibition-cum-convention centre.
  • Each Metrolite train would have 7 AC coaches and every train will have a capacity of accommodating as much as 425 commuters.
  • Metrolite trains length will be 45-m. The Delhi Metro trains are 89-178-m long.
  • The running speed of the Metrolite has been proposed at 60-kmph.
  • The ticketing system for the Metrolite is yet to be settled, as per the DMRC.

Bentley Systems Announces the Acquisition of GroupBC, UK Leader in Cloud Services for Construction Information Management

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Bentley Systems Announces the Acquisition of GroupBC, UK Leader in Cloud Services for Construction Information Management

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of GroupBC, a leading UK SaaS software innovator. For over twenty years, GroupBC’s and Bentley’s software solutions have been deployed for complementary purposes to improve project and asset information management.

The transaction results from GroupBC’s expansion agenda, and Bentley’s investment appetite, for international growth opportunities stemming from the UK’s national initiatives for major infrastructure investment and towards infrastructure digital twins. GroupBC’s CDE solutions, BC Projects and BC Enterprise+ have been widely applied in the UK for information management respectively across construction and asset estates. Largely due to the UK’s substantiated ROI experience and its global thought leadership, CDEs have become increasingly availed globally in “going digital” for capital projects and resulting assets.

In 2019, the UK’s (BS 1192) construction project information management guidelines were largely adopted within the global standard ISO 19650. Also in 2019, in its inaugural study of the overall market for Collaborative BIM, ARC Advisory Group ranked Bentley’s ProjectWise system as #1 worldwide.

The new opportunity is to build on ISO 19650, and GroupBC’s UK information management experience, to advance collaborative BIM, through “evergreen” digital twins, to span infrastructure lifecycles. In combination, Bentley’s iTwin Services will now be leveraged to uniquely connect GroupBC CDEs and ProjectWise CDEs. Through semantic alignment and change synchronization, the resulting digital twin’s cloud services will securely federate – fully enabling 4D mixed reality and analytics visibility – previously separate CDEs for construction and engineering.

Keith Bentley, Chief Technology Officer for Bentley Systems, said, “Our iTwin cloud services, taking advantage of iModel-based solutions for interoperability, are ideal for federating CDEs. This enables us to assure that the users of our BC SaaS services will benefit from further extending the value of their project and asset information through digital twins.

With the help of our new GroupBC colleagues, we will now be able to better serve engineers, contractors, and owners by bringing together their collective IT (information management), OT (operational technologies including reality modelling), and ET (engineering models). I am confident that the resulting improvements in project and asset performance will be consistent with the UK’s demanding but welcome expectations for new ROI breakthroughs from digital
twins.” Simon Horsley, UK regional executive for Bentley Systems, said, “Our many UK users, projects, and owners in common with GroupBC will gain a lot from our joining forces to advance CDEs through digital twins.

I have been tasked by Bentley management to help The UK to continue to lead the world in going digital for infrastructure advancement, and our new offerings and colleagues from GroupBC bring essential momentum as we pool resources to meet our market’s expanded ‘infrastructure revolution’ requirements. I particularly welcome to Bentley Systems GroupBC’s co-founders Sanjeev Shah and Stephen Crompton, and CEO Wes Simmons.”

Sanjeev Shah, the co-founder of GroupBC, said, “This is a hugely exciting day for our shared accounts and for both our workforces moving forward. The opportunities which arise from bringing our two companies and their respective product portfolios together are enormous, as is the global reach which Bentley can now add for us. Working together we will be even better able to support, through ‘going digital,’ construction and asset lifecycles.”

Stephen Crompton, CPO and co-founder of GroupBC, added, “Bentley is going to provide a great new home for our products to thrive in. GroupBC has always promoted an integrated, best-of-breed approach, and being able to complement our leading software solutions with
existing best-of-breed products from Bentley presents a uniquely exciting opportunity for us and our user organizations, opening the door for unparalleled integration between our solutions and bridging the gaps between design, construction and ongoing asset information
management.”

Wes Simmons, CEO of GroupBC, said, “Our founders and I would like to thank our equity partner YFM for their visionary support over the last five years. For our GroupBC team, customers, and partners, joining Bentley Systems ensures a future of continued growth,
including beyond construction information management through broadly federated digital twins and international expansion. Here’s to BC CDE and digital twins advancement!”

About GroupBC
GroupBC has been developing enterprise-scale information management solutions for construction-related projects and asset owners since 1998. GroupBC’s extensible, UK hosted Common Data Environment (CDE) makes it easy for teams to collaborate, manage and share documents data and spatial information from a central, secure cloud-based platform. GroupBC is renowned for pushing the boundaries of technology, integrating project and asset data with external systems and datasets in order to provide rich and valuable insights which enable timelier and better decision making. Customers include Balfour Beatty, Costain, Nationwide Building Society, Sainsbury’s and Thames Water.

About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is a leading global provider of software solutions to engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley’s MicroStation-based engineering and BIM applications, and its digital twin cloud services, advance the project delivery (ProjectWise) and the asset performance (AssetWise) of transportation and other public works, utilities, industrial and
resources plants, and commercial and institutional facilities.
Bentley Systems employs more than 3,500 colleagues and generates annual revenues of more than $700 million in 172 countries. From inception in 1984, the company has remained majority-owned by its five founding Bentley brothers.

DMRC inaugurates women’s convenience lounge

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DMRC inaugurates women’s convenience lounge

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Shri S N Sahai Secretary Ministry of Power in the presence of MD, DMRC Dr Mangu Singh along with CMD/PFC Shri Rajeev Sharma inaugurated the Women’s Convenience Lounge at Barakhamba Road station with a dedicated diaper changing centre, breastfeeding kiosk & free napkin vending machine.

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Previously, From International Women’s Day i.e. 8th March, 21 metro stations of the Noida-Greater Noida Metro have sanitary pads available for free of cost along with other facilities that were inaugurated by Managing Director of Noida Metro Rail Corporation, Ritu Maheshwari.

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This step taken by DMRC is very helpful for the women, who go out for work or any other places, every day. This is also encouraging menstrual hygiene is maintained by real estate group Ace. “Ace Studio, the part of Ace group, will bear the expenses of sanitary pads for 1 year,” an official said.

Coimbatore Metro project to connect Vellalore and Ukkadam begin soon

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Coimbatore Metro project to connect Vellalore and Ukkadam begin soon

COIMBATORE (Metro Rail News): The CMRL has finally chosen to create a 5th corridor for the proposed Coimbatore Metro project to connect Vellore and Ukkadam. The 2 places have been recognised at Press Colony near Periyanaickenpalayam and Chinniyampalayam.

As per the engineering and consulting firm Systra MVA who had led the feasibility reports advises the 1st corridor will be 26km long made between Ukkadam-Kaniyur where the 2nd corridors between Ukkadam-Bilichi and 3rd corridor between Thanneerpandal-Karanampettai will be 24-42km and the 4th corridor would cover 44km between Karunya Nagar-Ganeshapuram.

Eventually, Chennai Metro had decided the 5th corridor that would be 11km long that would be combined with the bus stand that would be made at Vellalore at an expected cost of Rs 178.26 cr, from Vellore-Ukkadam. It had also recognised a plot at the Press Colony which belongs to the station metro train besides the Chinniyapalam. The details for the development of the project have been submitted by the District administration.

J Sravan Kumar the Corporation Minister, on the construction work of the 4th corridors, stated that the project will be performed in such a way that there would be infrastructural growth in the next 40 to 50 yrs. The routes will be composed in a way like it wouldn’t hamper the bus routes strictly.

The 5th corridor includes the construction that are Sub-structure Columns on Open/Pile foundations with pier-cap at the top of columns. The portal arrangement is given at certain sections, Superstructure by segmental construction of complete unit construction, Underground alignment by means of tunnels made by the cover method and TBM, Underground stations by means of cover and cut or NATM method, The Earth retaining structures such as diaphragm walls, sheet piles, secant piles, etc.

Officials said, “After getting financial sanctions for the land acquisition the revenue department will help Chennai Metro Rail Ltd to acquire the lands to station the trains.” He also added that “After Shifting the bus stand to Vellalore, metro station from Vellalore to Ukkadam would help commuters reach the city easily.”

Bengaluru suburban rail project finds Private funding of coaches useful

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Bengaluru suburban rail project finds Private funding of coaches useful

BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): After directive provided by the PM’s Office to explore the private funding options for the maintenance of the trains for the Bengaluru suburban rail project, the Karnataka Rail Infrastructure Development Enterprise the Nodal Agency has undertaken a detailed study to investigate that if PPP is possible and the result is feasible to have private funding of the coaches and that it will have a marginal impression on the profit margin of the railways.

It has also recommended that exploring the Special Public Entity for the funding and considering it as a backup option can also be possessed and its set to propose the detailed report in a while.

Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav offered the total funding of the suburban rail project to be Rs 18,621 Cr for 148.
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17 km where a complete of 306 ac coaches would be needed at the time of the beginning of the suburban project. “The entire expense of the coaches works out to around Rs 2,200 Cr. The PM’s Office then directed that the coaches be funded and maintained by a private firm, on the lines of the PPP model adopted in major projects”, stated sources.

Private funding will decrease the entire expense of Rs 18, 621 cr to Rs.15, 767 cr as per the sources. The expense of funding coaches as per 2025 prices is expected at Rs 2,785 cr with the coaches being leased for 30 year period to the leaser.

Though we can expect that the completion to take place by 2026, the original deadline specified in the Detailed Project Report has been maintained. During the ear of launch, the number of coaches has been named as 306 in the original DPR.

Considering the critical appraisal of the Private assistance for the coaches and if the coaches would be secretly funded then the internal cost of return that was earlier 10.99% now would be 10.74%.

This report has also declared that the expense of borrowings from the govt that was 8-9% earlier would raise up to 12% below the private leadership. The report also declared that Delhi was also looking forward to the PPP for line-5 but gave up because of the huge prices involved.

The govt may adopt the PPP model for the funding of coaches but they have to take the help of SPV proposal into consideration, further added.

DMRC appoints Systra MVA to provide CBTC consultancy services for Line 7 & 8

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DMRC appoints Systra MVA to provide CBTC consultancy services for Line 7 & 8

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): DMRC has appointed Systra MVA for providing CBTC consultancy services for the construction work of Metro Pink Line(7) & Magenta Line(8) of Delhi metro rail Network.

DMRC had uncovered its plan in august 2019 to switch to driverless train operations on Line 7 & 8 from May 2020 by using a state-of-the-art signalling technology termed as communication-based train control. Shortly, DMRC is running an overall 81 6-coaches ‘RS10’ trains provided by the consortium of Hyundai Rotem and BEML Ltd on both corridors. However, the signalling system was provided by Bombardier and Nippon for both Line 7 & 8 respectively.

DMRC has floated a tender to execute the plan last year in August for engagement of Consultant for inspection & review of several Systems with regard to implementation of UTO work in Line 7 and 8 of Delhi Metro network Phase-III. Only Systra MVA has submitted their proposal to give the aforesaid consultancy services at a complete cost of approx regarding the tender notice.

Rs 21.16 cr with tax. The firm has quoted Rs 21,15,58,841.00 against the expected expense of operation Rs 8.55 cr by DMRC which is around 2.5 times the expected value of the work. Systra MVA proposal has been approved by the Tender Appraisal Committee of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on 8th Jan and the financial bids were opened on the same day.

The trains on Line 7 & 8 is being operated in GOA2 mode since Feb 2018. As per the DMRC the Rolling Stock, Signalling, Traction, Track & Depot design are compliant for work in GOA 4 mode. Testing and Commissioning for UTO are continuing and the tentative target for work in GOA 3 is set for May 2020.

In the contract terms, Systra MVA will guide and provide basic valuable inputs, assist in the framing of many procedure orders pertaining to UTO and study of many systems as Operation Control Centre, Maintenance, Traction & OHE system, Power, Stabling Yard, Depot infrastructure, Operation, Rolling Stock, Permanent Way and Signalling for the overall implementation of UTO.

Further, Systra MVA will also study the current multiple systems, evaluate and suggest system-wise growth measures that are essential for the implementation of UTO, in accordance with international norms/global practice. Earlier implemented, Delhi Metro would be the 1st Metro Rail Operator to introduce like unattended train operation system in India.

Patna Metro awarded traction Consultancy contract to Systra MVA

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Patna Metro awarded traction Consultancy contract to Systra MVA

PATNA (Metro Rail News): Systra MVA the French consultancy firm has appeared as a single qualified bidder for the DDC (Detailed Design Consultancy) services for the 25 kV OHE system, traction & power supply, and SCADA system for Patna Metro phase-1 project.

Systra MVA and Ardanuy Ingeniera SA-Ardanuy India Joint Venture, only 2 bidders had bids submitted against the expected cost of work Rs 4.36 cr by the DMRC. SYSTRA MVA Consulting Pvt Ltd has quoted Rs 1.44 cr and bagged the contract as the quoted charge was found 44% lower than the expected cost of the contract. Moreover the 2nd bidder Ardanuy Ingeniera SA-Ardanuy India Joint Venture was not technically qualified so its financial bid not initiated.

The scope of work includes DDC for Design of 25 kV Overhead Equipment system for Elevated Line, Power Supply and SCADA for both Underground and Elevated Lines comprising checking of Design of Receiving Substations and Design Validation of 2 Corridors of Patna Metro project. The firm has to finish the work in 3 years.

DDC tender for the above traction consultancy operation was floated this year in January and technical bids were initiated on 18th Feb 2020 and subsequently, the financial bid was initiated on March-4 2020. DMRC has awarded consultancy contract to AECOM for giving four years DDC services for civil, architectural and building services comprising electrical and mechanical works for Corridor first and second of the Patna Metro Phase-1 project, last month.

Tender of construction work would be floated by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation after finalising the revised alignment of the north-south corridors of Patna Metro phase-1. CEG Group that is Jaipur based, is conducting geotechnical and soil testing at many locations on the proposed routes of corridors of the project. Patna Metro Phase-1 project consisting of 2 corridors with an entire length of 30.91 km.

Hyderabad Metro’s old city work to start soon

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Hyderabad Metro’s old city work to start soon

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): On Saturday Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao announced that the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited will soon take up construction work of the metro rail in Hyderabad’s old city region.

Previous month KCR had inaugurated the stretch between Jubilee Bus Station and Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station. Where the HMRL had initially confirmed an agreement for the metro rail to reach up to Falaknuma in an old city area the land acquisition issues and demands of realignment forced the company to cancel its plan short and conclude the corridor at MGBS.  

“I recently spoke to officials of Larsen & Toubro and they were asking for help from the state govt. I told them that we will do so, provided you complete the old city metro rail on war footing basis. Previously there were apprehensions and objections, raised by Majlis (AIMIM) also, for the change in alignment. Now, all doubt is cleared. Everyone is accepting and there is no hurdle,” in response to a question by Chandrayangutta MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi KCR said the Telangana Assembly.

Akbaruddin Owaisi also the floor leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen had asked for a status update on taking the metro rail to the old city. “I told L&T officials that I would request Akbaruddin Owaisi and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi to stand with them with other MLAs from the old city to take forward the construction of the metro rail. I hope you will do so. Then there would be no problem,” KCR declared. 

KCR request Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao to commence work on the metro and finish it as soon as possible also he spoke about the dilapidated building at the Osmania General Hospital, that has been dubbed risky for occupation and the need for a new building. He stated that many people had filed cases in the court to stall the demolition of the existing building so that a new one can be constructed in its place. 

“I also believe the old city needs one more govt hospital beside the OGH. We can sit down and discuss this. We can even build it a little away from OGH, maybe in your Chandrayangutta constituency,” KCR confirmed Akbaruddin Owaisi. 

World’s First Hydrogen Train tested in the Netherland

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World’s First Hydrogen Train tested in the Netherland

Alstom has performed ten days of tests of the Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train on the 65 kilometres of the line between Groningen and Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands. The tests follow 18 successful months of passenger service on the Buxtehude–Bremervörde–Bremerhaven–Cuxhaven line in Germany, where a total of 41 Coradia iLint has already been ordered. The latest tests make the Netherlands the second country in Europe where the train has proven itself a unique emissions-free solution for non-electrified lines.

Last October, Alstom and the Province of Groningen, local operator Arriva, the Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail and the energy company Engie signed a pilot project agreement to test the Coradia iLint, the world’s first passenger train powered by hydrogen fuel cells, in the Netherlands. DEKRA, an independent testing inspection and certification company, has been appointed test leader. This series of tests are being performed at night at up to 140 km/h without passengers. For the purpose of the tests, a mobile filling station has been erected by Engie for refuelling the Coradia iLint with completely green – sustainably produced – hydrogen.

“The tests in the Netherlands demonstrate how our hydrogen train is mature in terms of availability and reliability, providing the same performance as traditional regional trains, but with the benefit of low noise and zero emissions. It is also easy to integrate into an existing fleet and is compliant with all safety regulations. The Coradia iLint hydrogen train is a reliable emission-free train ready to help transport us to a carbon-neutral Europe,” said Bernard Belvaux, Managing Director, Alstom Benelux. 

The Coradia iLint is the world’s first regional passenger train to enter service equipped with fuel cells to convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity, thus eliminating pollutant emissions related to propulsion. The complete train is quiet, and its only emission is water. Purpose-built for use on non-electrified lines, it provides clean, sustainable traction with no sacrifice in performance. It has a range of approximately 1000 kilometres – the same as equivalent-size diesel multiple units. The train is developed and produced by the Alstom teams in Salzgitter, Germany and Tarbes, France.

The Dutch railway network has approximatively 1,000 kilometres of non-electrified line on which around 100 diesel trains currently operate daily. On Saturday 7th of March, the station of Groningen will welcome the press and public to discover the Coradia iLint at the platform between 12:00 to 16:00.

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