News and Insights Archive

On behalf of Network Rail, Linbrooke Services have recently completed the Tower Strengthening works on Dalwhinnie North, Drumochter Summit, Liskard Station and at Railia. The process included leg replacement which involved temporary fitment of a support leg, full removal of the existing legs, new legs fitted then temporary support removed. Liskard & Railia Towers are 29m in height, Dalwhinnie North & Drumochter Summit Towers are 20m in height, this was the first time this type of works has been undertaken in the UK.

Proud winners of UKRIA 2018 Signalling and Telecommunication award for the Bromsgrove Corridor resignalling project. Linbrooke delivered the Bromsgrove Corridor resignalling telecoms, improving efficiencies by providing a highly resilient, scalable telephone concentrator and a compatible large bandwidth, high-speed IP/MPLS/Ethernet network, designed to facilitate the digital railway and ERTMS.

Linbrooke is taking part in Rail Safety Week 2017! Our senior management team is visiting operational sites distributing our new safety initiative: “STOP, CHECK” – aiming to address, engage, promote, and bring rail safety to the forefront of people’s minds. #buildingsafetytogether #makingitsafertogether #railsafetyweek #railsafety

Joining the Royal Marines at 16, our CEO Lee Hallam is passionate about the military, the values it instils and is dedicated to supporting the resettlement of those who have served their country. With a number of our workforce made up of former military personnel, Taryn Edge, Linbrooke’s head of military programmes was interviewed by The Royal Marines Charity to find out how and why Royal Marines are such an essential part of our business. To read the interview and see Taryn post ‘Sheep Dip’, click here: https://lnkd.in/grMa6Eh

Designed to provide training in emergency first aid for the workplace, several of our office staff attended the 6-hour Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) training course at our National Training Academy! Dedicated to health and safety in all that we do, the course covers topics such as communication and casualty care, minor and severe bleeding, burns, adult choking, seizures, CPR and defibrillator pad placement! Trainer Dave Mallinder stated that “this kind of course is absolutely essential for safeguarding our workplaces and our colleagues.”

Committed to safety, collaboration, sharing and learning new ideas, we were delighted to attend Network Rail’s Signalling Safety Suppliers Forum in Westwood last month. With great speakers and ‘round table’ discussions surrounding the terms and expectations of future meetings, along with key safety risks, proposed mitigation plans and how to increase our resilience to incidents and failures, the day is already proving to be a valuable one!

As a company dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility and the supporting of many charities, our HSEQ Manager, Lisa Maddocks, is raising money to provide support for Parkinson’s UK! Currently training to complete the largest half marathon in the world, The Great North Run, you can read Lisa’s story and donate by clicking on the link below:

Sourcing evidence and demonstrating various aspects of the business through our accreditations, competencies and management systems, we are proud to have successfully attained the Safety Schemes in Procurement’s (SSIP) Safety Management Advisory Services (SMAS) certification! With support from both site and office, this highlights that we provide an effective Health and Safety Management System to ensure that any work we are engaged in is carried out without unnecessary risk.

Delivering all telecommunications design, installation and commissioning works for Network Rail’s Bromsgrove Corridor Resignalling project, Linbrooke provided both power and Ethernet connectivity for Gai-Tronics Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) trackside telephones. This has been achieved through the use of a centralised Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) with IP connectivity, connected via FTNx infrastructure to trackside Cisco IE2000 Ethernet switches.

Click on the link below to read all about this exciting approach in last month’s Rail Engineer!

https://issuu.com/railmedia/docs/tre-january-2017/66

Bringing together the key politicians and practitioners to discuss and debate the future transport strategy for the north of England, we were delighted to attend the North of England Transport Summit in Manchester on the 7th of December. With orators such as Chris Grayling, the Secretary of State for Transport, and Chief Executive for Transport for the North, David Brown, discussing infrastructure investment as a crucial productivity boosting element, the day was both an edifying and informative one.

Raising money for one of our local families, we were proud to don our colours for Kasabian on Friday the 25th of November! Fighting a courageous battle and beating cancer twice, 8-year-old Kasabian has now devastatingly been diagnosed with two inoperable brain tumours. Raising £450 in support for him and his family, we are delighted to have been a part of such a worthy cause.#1lastsmile4kasabian

We’re delighted to have successfully replaced the two existing Customer Information System displays on the main concourse at Manchester Piccadilly with 3 more informative, modern equivalent displays. Comprising 3 banks of 8 as opposed to the original 2 banks of 6, the screens present all relevant passenger information in full, providing a comprehensive and efficient passenger information model.

Commissioned in 2014 to commemorate the 350th Anniversary of the Royal Marines, The Sir Donald Gosling Sword is presented annually to the business that has provided the most significant support to The Royal Marines Charity (RMC) over the previous 12 months. Celebrated for being a symbol of gratitude and recognition, this year the honour was bestowed upon Linbrooke Services ltd and presented to former Royal Marine and Linbrooke CEO, Lee Hallam.

As the 3rd person ever to receive the sword, Lee “stands out from the crowd” for his dedication to helping military personnel receive training, gain a profession and transition smoothly back into civilian life. Inculcating his passion into his company, Linbrooke have placed a large number of Royal Marines into successful civilian employment and supplied the charity with the most noteworthy support.

Working with Royal Marines charities since 2011, Linbrooke have provided training, development and employment to circa 50 ‘bootnecks’ and over 350 military service leavers, providing each individual with exceptional training and ensuring that they are all positioned within a role that is best suited for them. With a workforce made up of 40% former military personnel, Linbrooke provides the perfect atmosphere for service leavers to transition back into civilian life and find a new career path to suit them.

Former Royal Marine, Lee Carroll said, “Attempting to support my pregnant wife while dealing with an uncertain future, I became severely depressed. Since joining Linbrooke for an extended placement, I have regained my purpose and my pride. This company has truly given me a reason to get up every morning.”

Sharky Ward, Deputy Chief Executive for the Royal Marines Charity, stated that “Linbrooke are leagues above the rest. They have helped our boys out on such a massive scale, providing support to the core! As the catalytic agent for his business, Lee has ensured that the company offers more than just a temporary fix – they provide an entire future for those who are besieged by uncertainty.”

Introducing a number of other companies to the process of military resettlement, Linbrooke are infused with the commando spirit and a quality driven, can-do ethos that is further demonstrated by a commitment to providing extra housing, welfare and social environment maintenance for the bootnecks they assist.

“Joining Linbrooke has quashed my negative feelings about leaving the Armed Forces; it provides a diverse and challenging environment and it is reassuring to know that I am in an organization with a lot of like-minded people.” – Ian Ronald, Assistant Delivery Engineer

Thrilled to have been selected for the Sir Donald Gosling Sword, Lee Hallam said, “As a former member of the core, I have dedicated myself to giving back to the family who gave so much to me. Aiming to serve those who serve our country, it is a constant goal of mine to do as much as I can to help former Royal Marines transition smoothly back into civilian life. Knowing that I have made any kind of progress in this regard is amazing and I am honoured to have been chosen to receive such a meaningful accolade”

Impressed by the magnitude of passion and proactivity displayed at all levels, Sharky vehemently stated that “Lee’s unparalleled dedication to assisting Royal Marines quite clearly goes all the way into the very heart of Linbrooke”.

With safety being fundamental in all that we do, we have taken Rail Safety Week national! Visiting 10 of our operational sites, we have also delivered interactive safety briefings within a number of our offices, discussing the impact that office work has on our site teams. With interactive briefings taking place in our Glasgow, Sheffield, Swindon and York offices, we have received a lot of brilliant feedback and input, helping us to continue building safety together

Have you ever wondered what our transmission engineers do and where they work? Deployed all over the world for protracted periods of time, our team members deliver mission critical infrastructure on a global scale.

Joining Linbrooke as a Communications Systems Engineer after spending 12 years in The Royal Signals, we have been following Simon Kidd as he travels around the world helping Infinera deliver their subsea trials. As part of their business activity, Infinera – provider of Intelligent Transport Networks for network operators – perform these subsea trials to fully characterise customers’ undersea fibre infrastructure to maximise their capacity and therefore return on investment. Working closely with Infinera, we support them in their vision to deliver unparalleled scalability, convergence and automation for service providers who aim to begin their journey to trial new networks in preparation for the Terabit Era.

Working away from his family for months at a time, Simon has been spending his weekly day off absorbing the local cultures and scenery. Encouraging him in this pursuit, we tasked Simon with visually documenting his surroundings so we can demonstrate the diversity of locations we deploy our engineers to.

To date we have followed Simon as he has travelled from New Zealand to Australia and then on to Puerto Rico, Japan, Egypt, America and finally round to Alaska.

Simon’s travels in photographs

AUCKLAND – Spending 3 weeks in New Zealand North Island, assisting Infinera with Tasman-2 cable system tests, Simon managed to explore the island on his days off and take some photographs of the iconic locations he visited.

Working on an internationally high profile project, Linbrooke are currently carrying out critical equipment trials on a global basis. Setting up trial equipment and assisting lab engineers with testing at several exotic locations from Hawaii to Australia and Japan to New Zealand, we are helping to showcase the capabilities of our client to possible customers.