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Technical Note TN 002 : 2014
Issued date 24 January 2014 Effective from 01 March 2014
Subject: Replacement of RailCorp Waiver Processes
This technical note is issued by the Asset Standards Authority as a notification to removal from
use for the RailCorp Waiver Processes and associated files listed in Table 1 as of 1 March
2014. The documents listed Table 1 are legacy RailCorp documents and should be used for
reference purposes only. The TS 10765 : 2014 Concessions to ASA Requirements supersedes these documents.
Table 1 - Superseded files
Reference number
Title Version Issue Date
EPA 243 Engineering Standards Waivers 1.0 June 2011 TMG J049 Signal Engineering Waivers 2.0 May 2010 EP 00 00 00 17 TP
Electrical Engineering Waiver Management 1.2 March 2013
TMM P227 Telecommunications Engineering Waiver Management
1.0 August 2010
EPA 243 FM01 Engineering standards waivers request form 1.0 26/07/2011
Authorisation
Technical content prepared by
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Inter disciplinary coordination checked by
Authorised for release
Signature
Name K Kwan J Peiris David Spiteri Graham Bradshaw
Position Manager Program Management Office
Manager Network Standards
Chief Engineer Rail Principal Manager Network Standards & Services
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Engineering Procedure Common
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ENGINEERING STANDARDS WAIVERS
Version 1.0
Issued June 2011
Owner: Manager, Engineering Standards and Configuration
Approved Jagath Peiris by: Manager
Engineering Standards and Configuration
Authorised Jim Modrouvanos by: General Manager
Chief Engineers Division
Disclaimer This document was prepared for use on the RailCorp Network only. RailCorp makes no warranties, express or implied, that compliance with the contents of this document shall be sufficient to ensure safe systems or work or operation. It is the document users sole responsibility to ensure that the copy of the document it is viewing is the current version of the document as in use by RailCorp. RailCorp accepts no liability whatsoever in relation to the use of this document by any party, and RailCorp excludes any liability which arises in any manner by the use of this document. Copyright The information in this document is protected by Copyright and no part of this document may be reproduced, altered, stored or transmitted by any person without the prior consent of RailCorp.
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Version Date Summary of change 1.0 June 2011 First issue
Summary of changes from previous version
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Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................4 2 Scope........................................................................................................................................4 3 Purpose....................................................................................................................................4 4 Referenced documents ..........................................................................................................4 5 Terms and definitions.............................................................................................................4 6 Requirements ..........................................................................................................................5 6.1 General......................................................................................................................................5 6.2 Waiver request ..........................................................................................................................5 6.3 RailCorp response ....................................................................................................................6 7 Forms .......................................................................................................................................6 8 Review of waivers ...................................................................................................................6 9 Responsibilities.......................................................................................................................6 9.1 Requestor..................................................................................................................................6 9.2 Assessor....................................................................................................................................7 9.3 Authorising or approving officer ................................................................................................7 Appendix A Sample engineering standards waiver request form...........................................8 Appendix B Sample engineering standards waiver approval notice ....................................11
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1 Introduction RailCorp engineering standards include mandatory requirements. A deviation from a standard requirement is only permitted with the written waiver authorisation from the relevant standards authority.
In the first instance every effort should be made to comply with the engineering standards. A waiver is a last resort when compliance to the standards is not possible or unrealistic to achieve.
2 Scope This procedure sets out the requirements for the requisition, assessment and authorisation of engineering standards waivers to RailCorp engineering standards. It applies to all engineering disciplines.
This procedure applies to designers, constructors and maintainers of RailCorp assets, operators of rolling stock that request access to RailCorp tracks and to RailCorp staff involved in assessing waiver requests.
3 Purpose The purpose of this procedure is to specify:
minimum information to be supplied in a requisition for a waiver factors to be taken into account when assessing the waiver request the form of advice returned to the requestor the requirements for record keeping.
4 Referenced documents EPD 0001 Design management process
SMS-12-PR-0371 Managing Engineering Design Control
SMS-12-SR-1363 Engineering standards
5 Terms and definitions ALARP as low as reasonably practical
authorising officer the RailCorp discipline head or delegate authorising or rejecting a waiver request
assessor a RailCorp person with engineering authority who is responsible for evaluating and making recommendations on the waiver request
discipline head person recognised as having responsibility for assuring technical integrity of a particular class of assets (e.g. Chief Engineer Track being responsible for assuring technical integrity of track infrastructure) (from SMS-12-PR-0371)
engineering authority the authority to make and approve engineering decisions
engineering standards the types of engineering technical documents listed in SMS-12-SR-1363
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http://engintranet.railcorp.nsw.gov.au/Disciplines/AllStandards/Design_Management_Process.pdf
RailCorp Engineering Procedure Common Engineering Standards Waivers EPA 243
engineering standards waiver a written authority issued by a discipline head or an authorised representative that allows a particular design to deviate from a RailCorp engineering standard subject to given conditions
may indicates the existence of an option
requestor a person who identifies an existing or proposed item that does not or will not comply with RailCorps engineering standards or standard designs
shall indicates that a statement is mandatory
should indicates a recommendation
waiver see engineering standards waiver
6 Requirements
6.1 General The process for a waiver request generally follows the path in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Typical Path of Waiver Request
6.2 Waiver request A waiver request shall be submitted to the appropriate discipline head or delegate.
The information required is set out in the sample waiver request form in Appendix A
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