Upon completion of work, prior to fulfilling the LPA the PPO must:
- Confirm the location of work trains, track vehicles and Hi-Rails and workgroups have cleared the possession area and removed Worksite Protection
- Confirm all possession protection including point clips, flags, RTS, lights and delineation lights have been removed
- Confirm all points and signals are restored and tested before returning the track for service.
Confirm power has been restored - Advise the Network Control Officer of any speed restrictions or other restriction that may affect track usage
- Advise the Network Control Officer of staged handback or addition track work authority if additional protection will be required following the LPA to complete any work
- Ensure that all work groups have signed and forwarded a copy of the following to the PMC:
o Infrastructure Handover and Certification Form and restoration checklist – forms which have Booked Out infrastructure or Residual Risk identified on the form (Refer Possession Notice 10) are to be collated and sent to the ICON Duty Manager
o Infrastructure Booking Authority (where applicable)
o Report (for Safety, SafeWorking, Damage, Environmental, or Reliability incident).
Network Access Manual Volume 2
2 General Requirements
2.1 Master Schedule
2.2 Baseline Master Schedule
2.3 High-Level Scope and Resource Plan
2.4 Monthly Resource Confirmation meeting
2.5 Possession Planning Sequence
2.6 Program Coordination Unit (PCU)
2.7 Primavera (P6)
2.8 Possessions setup in PACT
2.9 Possession Constraints Register
2.10 Track Diagram
2.11 Possession bids in TRAK 2
2.12 Scope of work entered in PACT
2.13 Possession Start times
2.14 Late Scope Approval
2.15 Late/Change of Scope Submissions
2.16 Who Must Attend the Meetings3 Works Coordination Meeting
3.1 Critical Projects for possession on time handback
3.2 Electrical Controls
3.3 Chronological Train List
3.4 Coordinated Worksites
3.5 Congested Worksites
3.6 Interface Issues4 Finalisation Meeting
4.1 Final Chronological Train List
4.2 Coordinated Worksite Coordination Plans
4.3 Congested Worksites and Access Restrictions Plans
4.4 Records of Meetings
4.5 Possession Scope changes5 Neighbour Notifications
5.1 Interface Issues
5.2 Late/Change of Scope Approval6 Prepossession Meeting
6.1 Details Presented at Prepossession Meeting
6.2 Prepossession Meeting Notes Include Specific Forms
6.3 Worksite Incident Reporting
6.4 Work Train and Track Machine movements
6.5 Records of Meetings7 Delivering the Possession
7.1 PPO Induction
7.2 Track Vehicle movements
7.3 Taking the Local Possession Authority
7.4 Possession Protection
7.5 Cascading the Prepossession Meeting Requirements
7.6 Work Commences
7.7 Possession Manager – Monitoring Critical Work
7.8 Possession Handback
7.9 Possession Reporting
Our Partners
- FR2 Infrastructure –Â Constructability advise and project and planning controls
- Staging Diagrams – Staging diagrams for possession planning
Possession Planning – Current Possession Calendars
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