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# Site Services and Access Planning

![Site Services and Access Planning](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/site-services-systra.jpg)

**The experienced, multi-disciplinary team at SYSTRA provides a ‘one stop shop’ of site services for complex infrastructure and construction projects, including principal contractor support, surveying, access planning, site works management, and providing safety-critical resource.**

### Delivering safe, efficient, compliant site works

Any major infrastructure or construction programme demands careful planning and
site management to ensure projects are delivered in the safest and most
efficient way, while completing work to the highest standard and complying with
all regulatory requirements.

Providing site services and planning access to construction sites and transport
networks requires the expertise of a broad range of specialists. It involves
undertaking intrusive and non-intrusive surveys – often in highly regulated
environments – managing safety on hazardous or difficult sites, planning safe
and compliant access to those sites, and coordinating multiple sub-contractors
from a wide range of companies to deliver a common objective.

The SYSTRA site services team has the multi-disciplinary expertise and extensive
resources required to plan, manage and deliver a full range of services for
complex construction and infrastructure projects in many sectors.

## Our Experience

- ![Leeds Station – Revitalising Rail Spaces](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/leeds-station-exterior-systra-474x474.jpg)
- [ Leeds Station – Revitalising Rail Spaces ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/leeds-station/)
- ![Transpennine Route Upgrade (East)](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/wires-being-installed-between-colton-junction-and-church-fenton-from-nr-474x474.jpg)
- [ Transpennine Route Upgrade (East) ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/transpennine-route-upgrade-east/)
- ![rose-lane-user-worked-level-crossing](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/05/rose-lane-user-worked-level-crossing-474x474.jpg)
- [ Level Crossings Enhancements for the Transpennine Route Upgrade ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/level-crossings-enhancements-for-the-transpennine-route-upgrade/)
- ![Leeds Recycling & Energy Recovery Facility (RERF)](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/leeds-energy-from-waste_150702-934-2-474x474.jpg)
- [ Leeds Recycling & Energy Recovery Facility (RERF) ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/leeds-rerf/)
- ![Reading Station](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/reading-station-area-redevelopment-project-2-474x474.jpg)
- [ Reading Station ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/reading-station/)
- ![Gatwick Airport station: Modernising a key UK transport hub](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/gatwick-cgi-view-03-ae-1-474x474.jpg)
- [ Gatwick Airport station: Modernising a key UK transport hub ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/gatwick-airport-station-transformation/)
- ![The Elizabeth Line](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/elzabethline-thumb.jpg)
- [ The Elizabeth Line ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/the-elizabeth-line/)
- ![HS2 Marston Box Bridge Slide](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/hs2-vl-50976-dji_0084-474x474.jpg)
- [ HS2 Marston Box Bridge Slide ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/hs2-marston-box-bridge-slide/)
- ![HS1 - London to the Channel Tunnel](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/creditunionrailwayseurostaronmedwaycrossingr570151003-4-5300-474x474.jpg)
- [ HS1: Pioneering Britain’s first high-speed rail line ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/hs1-london-to-the-channel-tunnel/)

[ See a selection of SYSTRA's projects ](https://www.systra.com/uk/our-projects/)

**The hugely experienced team at SYSTRA offers a multitude of specialist in-house capabilities to support successful construction programme delivery, while minimising risks and maximising efficiencies.**

### Understanding client requirements

Any site services or access planning project begins by gaining a full
understanding of client requirements. That enables us to provide clients with
clear and robust scopes of work, cost efficiencies and an accurate delivery
programme.

### Access planning support

A well planned and fully compliant access strategy is essential for successful
project delivery. Our in-house planners produce access strategies that ensure
safe access while meeting all client expectations and project requirements. Our
site services team can advise on relevant constraints when planning access to
both railway infrastructure and the highways environment. We have a specialised
rail access/interface team who manage access onto the railway infrastructure in
full compliance with Network Rail access rules and systems.

Our access planners will also recommend opportunities to accelerate the
programme, implement mitigation methods and provide safety-critical resource, as
well as supporting traffic management plans. We manage the entire access
process, resolve any compatibility issues and provide all necessary safety
paperwork to ensure projects run smoothly.

### Principal contractor support

SYSTRA has a full principal contractor licence, enabling us to plan, manage,
monitor and coordinate works programmes, and take a central role in managing
health and safety on site. Our principal contractor work includes producing
health and safety documentation, managing approval processes, providing safety
inductions and ensuring welfare facilities provide a safe and comfortable
working environment.

SYSTRA is the only major consultancy with a Network Rail Principal Contractors
licence – allowing us to undertake construction work on all Network Rail
controlled infrastructure.

### Provision of safety-critical resource

We have full capabilities to provide safety-critical resource and other key
competencies for the rail and construction industries. Our teams are highly
trained and have an array of experience of working on large-scale infrastructure
projects. Our safety competencies range from COSS (Controller of Site Safety),
SWL (Safe Working Load) and PC (Practical Completion) to NEBOSH General
Construction, First Aid at Work and SSSTS (Site Supervision Safety Training
Scheme).

![site-services-project](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/site-services-project-1024x645.jpg)

### Site survey capabilities

SYSTRAhas comprehensive in-house capabilities in all aspects of intrusive and
non-intrusive site surveys. Our survey teams and CAD technicians work closely
with our access planners to minimise the time they require on site – reducing
risks while developing the most efficient ways of working safely.

Our site survey capabilities include geomatics, utilities and drainage surveys,
Building Information Modelling (BIM), topographical surveys, 3D laser scanning,
3D modelling and visualisation, intrusive surveys and as-built surveys.

### Sub-contractor management

Sub-contractors employed by SYSTRA are an extension of our team and contribute
to the successful delivery of projects. As such, they undergo a rigorous
selection process, focusing on quality, safety and cost. We provide a single
point of contact for all sub-contractors, ensuring we maintain consistency
across all functions, prevent confusion and mitigate risk. We ensure all
sub-contractors understand the scope of work, project constraints, expectations,
reporting and contractual obligations – and hold regular progress meetings to
ensure all requirements are being met consistently.

We appoint site works coordinators to oversee and manage all site work and
ensure full cooperation between teams on site, including integration with third
parties, so that each team can concentrate fully on its own work.

### Value-adding site services

SYSTRA adds value to every project by focusing on our core values of quality,
safety and delivery. We understand how to build productive working relationships
with clients and contractors, ensuring clear communication between all parties
to achieve successful outcomes.

We’d love to help with your next project

[Connect with our Specialists](https://www.systra.com/uk/contact/business/)

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opportunities.

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