Rail Infrastructure Consulting

Drees & Sommer Switzerland supports public and private clients in the initiation, planning, and realization of infrastructure projects. Public interest is usually particularly high in this area. Therefore we work with our clients to clarify the requirements and objectives before the project begins. This means we can set the course for the success of the project at an early stage.

OUR SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONSULTING

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

We use our expertise in project management to support public and private clients in the initiation, planning, and realization of rail projects. We either act in a supporting role as project managers or assume overall responsibility as client-side project managers.

This means we can support:

Organization and project structure
360° analysis
Schedule controlling and management
Document management
Procurement management
Quality assurance
Risk management
Building information modeling (BIM)
Costs and finances
Reporting
Project controlling
Stakeholder management
Authorization and planning approval procedures
Contract and change management

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING

We ensure that your railway projects run smoothly with integrated and consistent construction scheduling. As part of capacity planning, we ensure the route view of the construction measures as portfolio management. We develop the construction phase planning for the execution, taking into account railway operational and constructional aspects, and create a detailed interval/closure plan. If required, we also take care of the proper awarding and invoicing of services as well as the overall cost management.

This means we can support:

Capacity planning
Construction phase planning
Interval planning
Lean construction management

ENGINEERING CONSULTING

With our experience in project planning, realization, and maintenance of infrastructure buildings, we are the ideal partner from the feasibility study to project completion. We manage projects as senior site manager or (specialist) site manager or lead projects as specialist project manager. We prioritize the individual needs of our customers. Our 360° analysis and consulting means we lead projects to success.

This means we can support:

We provide (sub-) project management in the role of senior site manager and/or (specialist) site manager	We manage (sub-)projects in the role of specialist project manager	We advise clients on their individual project management needs
Managing construction sites and the companies involved in day-to-day business Creating award strategies for construction services and defining interfaces Supporting with safety planning and its implementation Checking dimensions and conducting supplementary negotiations	Managing projects in day-to-day business Defining measures for the maintenance and renewal of structures Determining variants taking into account operational conditions and costs Accompanying the planning approval process	We assess projects and prepare second opinions We create construction phase and logistics plans We optimize project organizations together with our clients