Sydney Metro City and Southwest (SMCSW) Project
Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest public transport project. This new standalone railway will deliver 31 metro stations and more than 66 kilometres of new metro rail, revolutionising the way Australia’s biggest city travels.
SMCSW is Stage 2 of the Sydney Metro delivery strategy as an extension of Stage 1 Northwest Rail Link. It encompasses 18 stations and 30 kilometres of track from Chatswood to Bankstown. The City section of the project opened in September 2024 which marked a key milestone.
VICTOREM were engaged to manage the project risk on the 6 new greenfield stations, Crows Nest, Victoria Cross, Barangaroo, Martin Place, Pitt Street and Waterloo, including risk workshops facilitation, risk reporting and management of the risks using Risk Management Information System.
Our first engagement was to provide resources and undertake the role of Senior Risk Manager within the City & South West (C&SW) section of the Metro network. The role was specifically focussed on supporting the Greenfield Stations and associated Over Station Developments (OSD).
These were later referred to as Integrated Station Designs (ISD). The Senior Risk Manager role had a number of key deliverables and activities including but not limited too;
- Risk identification Workshops
- Risk Reviews
- Quantitative Risk Assessments (Cost & Schedule)
- Risk Reporting
- Risk Documentation (e.g. – Risk Management Plans)
- Risk Working Groups
In addition, the role also involved closely working with the 6 Delivery Directors and teams supporting their requirements from a risk perspective, assisting Commercial through tender evaluation phase, ongoing liaison with Interface Management and other key teams and TA’s.
The duration of the engagement was for approximately 2 years and VICTOREM still maintain good relationships with Metro and C&SW teams.
We also provided SESA support to the project’s City Line V&V activities on the review of Safety Interface Agreement and liaison with third parties on the acceptance and handover of residual risks for trial running in support of the First Passenger Services. On the Southwest section, we supported the delivery of safety assurance services including development of a design Safety Assurance Report at early design phase of the Bankstown Additional Corridor delivery. These supported the project transition to the Construction and Operational phase with appropriate evidence on the justification of SFAIRP at design.
Enterprise Risk Management Framework
Our team was engaged by Sydney Metro corporate risk team to carryout a full review and updated of their Risk Management Standard and Risk Management Framework.
As part of this process, VICTOREM researched other leading organisations, risk management institutes, consultation with existing risk resources within Metro and we also used our wealth of practical risk management knowledge to test appropriate frameworks. We wanted to ensure our output met the requirements of Sydney Metro as an organisation and the end user at the working level too.
VICTOREM satisfied the requirement and produced the updated documentation in a tight time frame of 3 weeks.
Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport (SMWSA), SSTOM Project
VICTOREM has been engaged in several SESA scope through lifecycle for the Stations, Systems, Trains, Operations and Maintenance (SSTOM) package of the SMWSA Project. The SSTOM contract includes 12 new metro trains, six new stations between St Marys and the new Aerotropolis, core rail systems and the stabling and maintenance facility to be built at Orchard Hills.
Our SESA services covered Human Factors in design, which included undertaking HF workshops with designers and developing Human Factor Issues Log (HFIL). In parallel, we provided Reliability Availability and Maintainability specialised service support and undertook RAM assessment, generated RAM modelling using AvSim+ and submitted relevant reports.
We also led the Systems Engineering works for construction in strategising NAC gateway submissions, undertaking interface control for assurance as well as Safety in Design assessment facilitation. Further, we reviewed the integrated requirements and liaised with interfacing parties for requirements decomposition and allocation using DOORS NG for compliance demonstration.
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