Bath & Bristol Area Trams  Association Technical Advisory Board

Members of the Technical Advisory Board, do not necessarily support the notion of  trams in Bath or any of the specific proposals for trams in Bath, however they believe the tram option should be looked at. Their role is to provide advice from their areas of specialist expertise or local knowledge. They are not commercially involved in Bath Trams.

• Brendon Moorhouse – Brendon is head of Guildhall Chambers Public Law Team and practices in environmental, planning and court of protection law. He also deals with serious crime, white collar crime and regulatory crime cases.
• David Rumney: A chartered engineer, and a (retired) member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Highways and Transportation and the Institute of Arbitrators.

David’s initial background was in structural engineering, but  started to get involved in tramways in February 1987 when he was seconded to what was then called Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive to advise on forms of contract for the proposed tram system, now known as Metrolink. This was expected to be a short term posting, but he also started to get involved in the detail of what needed to be done in order to build and operate a tramway, with the consequence that he remained involved for 5½ years.

He took charge of planning and overseeing the construction of the city centre section of the route, from Victoria and Piccadilly stations to what was then GMex. This included checking the contractor’s design, overseeing traffic management, public relations and accommodation works. However, the biggest impact on the project was diversion of utilities’ apparatus. The need for this was something he picked up on shortly after the start of his secondment and carried it through until all the necessary works had been completed.

Shortly after his secondment ended, he  became self-employed. He then  continued to work for GMPTE on the development of the Phase 2 line to Eccles via Salford Quays. He planned the diversions for this, although the work was supervised by the contractor. At the same time he acted as a checker for the alignment and overhead line designs provided by the contractor. He also carried out a large part of the investigation and design of the diversions for Phase 3, but this was eventually handed over to the contractor for that phase to complete and oversee.

In 1992/3 he was commissioned by West Yorkshire PTE to help them in their preparation for an Act of Parliament to authorise the proposed Leeds Supertram. He appeared at the committee stage in the House of Lords as an expert witness on utility diversions. The Act was passed, but the scheme eventually failed due to lack of funds. In 1994/5 he  worked for Strathclyde PTE on their proposals for the Strathclyde Light Rail, but the scheme was turned down at Inquiry stage.

He  also worked on a proposal for the extension of the Sheffield Supertram, and had varying levels of involvement in Croydon, Liverpool and Nottingham.

His final project was the extension of the Birmingham Metro between Snow Hill and New Street stations. He was responsible for the utility diversions which were completed shortly before my retirement in December 2013.

In 199 he was commissioned by PTEG (the Passenger Transport Executives Group) to write a handbook called Diversionary Works for Tramway Promoters. In 2010 he prepared a set of reports for UKTram on diversion works, which are available from their website. He was also, for a number of years, a member of the Diversionary Works Working Party section of HAUC (the Highway Authorities and Utilities Committee), for the purpose of updating a Code of Practice issued under S.84 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. This has not been updated since it was first issued in 1992, and sadly doesn’t look as if it will be anytime soon.

• Andrew Braddock –  the immediate past Chairman and a Vice-President of the Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA), and Chairman of the Promotions  Group of industry body UKTram, as well as being Vice-Chairman of the UK Bus Driver of the Year Competition and a member of the Bus & Coach Forum of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT).
• C.M.A. Maltin.Technical Director, Ultra Light Rail Partners Ltd. Director: EcoTram Ltd., & Biomethane Ltd., & GoByGas Ltd., & Global Gas Logistic Solutions Ltd., & The Natural Gas Vehicle Association Ltd., etc. Chairman: Organic Power Holdings Ltd.
• David Walmsley. Chartered Member of the ILT and a Member of the CIHT.  BSc and PhD in physics.

• Colin Mawdsley -Technical Sales Manager Special Profiles – British Steel

(Sherman was with WSP, consultants to WECA,  prior to starting TenBroeke)

• Dr Nick Mallinson, Programme Manager, WMG ( West Midlands Manufacturing Group) centre HVM Catapult, mIARC Building, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL

• Bob Chard – Town Planner and Transportation consultant. Member of UK Tram (Ultra Light Rail Group) 2012-present. M.A. Geography,  Oxford University,       Dip. Ed,  Education,  Oxford University,  Dip. T.P., Town Planning, Liverpool College of Building, 1968. B.A., Environmental Science, Open University, M.Phil., Architecture, York University IAAS. Bob Chard has over 40 years experience working as a town planner in UK and overseas; in local government, as a consultant and teaching in polytechnics and universities. For the last 20 years he has worked mainly on major transport infrastructure developments in London and the south east; with particular responsibilities for town planning and environmental aspects of project development and evaluation. He has particular expertise in:-

Consents procedures for transport infrastructure developments
Environmental resources protection and management
Town planning legislation; government policy and advice

• James Harkins FCILT, MTPS Managing Director DCT Group, SSM (Rtd), Secretariat Applrg. • Adrian Howson FIMechE, CEng MBA – Chief Engineer at Transport Design International (which has just won the contract from RSSB for a Very Light Rail Train) with some tram projects in quotation.
• Clive Hinchcliffe AIRO M.D. CJH Multisourcing SNC  Associate Member of the Institution of Railway Operators   Clive Hinchcliffe AIRO  Public Transport operations specialist.  over 40 years experience both with the Public and private sectors.  Presently Operations Director at CJH Multisourcing SNC.  I have experience both in the UK and overseas at the highest levels of Government and was responsible for day to day operational  management for two lines on the London Underground network.
• Ruth Haynes MA MEng MICE CEng MFPWS. Ruth Haynes is a Chartered Civil Engineer working as a Party Wall Surveyor in central London and a design Engineer in Bath and beyond. She has 20 years experience in the construction industry and has acted as an Expert Witness (Quants) in International Arbitration.
• Adrian Howson FIMechE, CEng MBA – Chief Engineer at Transport Design International which has just won the contract from RSSB for a Very Light Rail Train) with some tram projects in quotation.
• Ara Krikorian MiCE.  Civil/structural/water engineer. During his overseas postings, he has ridden on many tram systems, e.g. in Brussels, Riga (Latvia), Romania and other central and eastern European countries and is looking forward to the day when Bath will finally have its tramway network reinstated, something that will make its residents and visitors as happy as those who ride the wonderful Manchester trams.
• Christopher Mackenzie. Director. architect and urban designer, with a lot of experience of working in Bath a Bath resident, business owner, and parent of school aged children Designscape Architects.

• David Hirst, MBCS, AIET. Electrical Engineer, Inventor/consultant. David Hirst is a (retired) IT professional and a consultant to many 10s of businesses. Work on NETA led to pursuit of demand side technologies for grid system balancing, and he founded RLtec and has several patents. The concepts have links to influencing demand (and thus congestion) for transport. He is an advocate of Land Value Taxes as a way to securely fund public services (including) transport from those who benefit from it.
• Edward Campbell-Gray, Director ECG consulting. Edward has been raising finance for various £multi-million projects in various asset classes with a focus on the renewable energy & infrastructure sector within the UK and Europe, but also specific projects in developing regions. Work email: edward.campbell-gray@ecgconsulting.co.uk
• Michael Godwin – BSc(Econ) Hons in Economics and Public Administration 1971. MSc(Econ) by research in Humanities and Social Sciences 1975.. Economist and ex-lecturer Bath University.
• THOMAS BURNFORD ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT LTD

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Bath Trams  Steering Group

Comprising a number of local individuals and also highly experienced professionals from the Financial, Rail and Tram industry this comprises the following persons:

·      • David Andrews C.Eng, M. Inst. Energy. Energy and Power Generation expert. Ex Scientific Adviser on Power to the UK Commission based at the JRC Joint Research Centre,  Petten Nuclear Reactor, Holland.  Claverton Energy Group.

·        Sarah Warren – sustainable transport researcher

• Tim Kingham –  C. Eng M. Inst. CE.  Civil engineering adviser,

·        Gary Charman – commercial manager

·        Property Manager – vacant

·        Edward Campbell-Gray – Financial expert. Managing Director ECG Consulting Limited. Project Finance Adviser –  Over 30 years experience in banking within top tier financial institutions with specific skill set in finance of infrastructure projects.

·        Richard Daniel –  Locally based Active Travel researcher. Has studied the affects of transport in the urban environment, in particular the benefits of active travel and public transport on the the well being of individuals, creating thriving communities and environmental sustainability.  .

·      Angus Fraser: Senior management posts in International companies