McLeod Rail in West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Construction company

McLeod Rail

Locality: West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9687 3955

Address: 702 Footscray Road 3003 West Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://mcleodrail.com.au

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25.01.2022 McLeod Rail recently paid a visit to the Metro Training Academys purpose built training facility in Kensington. Tony Laycock, the Business Development Manager for National Training, showed us around the training track constructed by rail trainees and designed for training entry level staff in railway safety awareness. The facility can also provide for safeworking training, signalling and train driver training. We also got a sneak peak at the "Performance At The Limit Facil...ity" featuring an actual F1 car. The PATL facility focusses on group training on twelve key business lessons with an emphasis on areas such as building high performance teams, teamwork, communication, focus, and a "no blame" environment. Tony said "We at the Metro Academy and our shareholders... believe that leaders are everywhere, not just at the top, and this is another area our one day PATL course develops". For more information on the Metro Training Academy including PATL contact please feel free to contact Tony on 0429376722

23.01.2022 Our NSW weld teams at work in the July possession performing Turnout Steel Replacement

21.01.2022 Ian OBrien, our NSW Manager and Bianca Moore, our Inspection Engineer, recently visited Alex and Cam at Kennards Hunter Valley Rail Depot in Rutherford. What an impressive array of rail equipment they have (and thanks for sharing the tasty BBQ lunch guys)!

21.01.2022 McLeod Rail recently completed the installation of 5 flagged derailers at a large maintenance facility at Hunter Valley. Our crew worked tirelessly to provide high-quality results for an area with increasing transportation and rail demands.

21.01.2022 Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar form the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. The trade bloc intends to spend $200billion on a seamless rail network servicing all 6 states. In order to better understand the challenges that arise when laying down 10, 000km of new track, representatives from all levels of the Gulf States met with a wide range of SMEs from Melbourne. This trip includes tours of the USA, Mexico, China and Europe with the aim of increasing the Middle Easts rail expertise.

19.01.2022 IMPORTANT BULLETIN: McLeod Rail would like to advise all TrackForce staff that re-training is required for those with ARTC Vic and SA Safeworking, Track Certifiers, TVO and Signalling Roles. The re-training must be completed by 4th Oct 2015, otherwise your safeworking role will expire. You can contact training organisations including Cert and the Instruction Company for further information and training dates. Is there a cost involved? Yes, TrackForce employees will need to pa...y costs to cover trainers and venues. Costs associated with workshops have been capped and further details will be provided by the two (2) training organisations tasked with delivering the content of changes. Workshops will be held in the following locations across Victoria and South Australia: Victoria (TA20 Changes) South Australia (CoP and ARTC Addendum) Melbourne (Various Locations) Adelaide (Various Locations) Ararat Ararat Albury Broken Hill Braybrook Dimboola Dimboola Edwards Town Geelong Horsham Horsham Kalgoorlie Junee Mile End Seymour Murray Bridge Sunshine Peterborough Wangaratta Port Augusta On-site for group bookings Snowtown Norwood To book a workshop you will need to contact: 1. Centre of Excellence for Rail Training: South Australia Enquiries: (08) 8447 8031 Victorian Enquiries: (03) 8620 8980 Course booking log into: www.certrail.com.au 2. The Instruction Company: www.instructionco.com.au Phone: (02) 6924 1679 Email: [email protected] Fax: (02) 6924 3570

18.01.2022 In late 2015, McLeod Rail completed works for a private Victorian freight company. The project involved removing the existing timber sleepers from a high traffic section of track and replacing them with the new recycled composite plastic sleepers. The location of these composite sleepers next to their timber counterparts will allow McLeod Rail and our client to analyse the performance of this new technology. The side by side analysis of the new sleepers against the traditiona...l timber sleepers will enable McLeod Rail and our client to test the operating capacity of these new sleepers. Hopefully paving a way toward an increased use of recycled material in the rail industry. Have a look at our updated website for some more photos of this project and other projects we have delivered. http://mcleodrail.com.au/pro/composite-sleeper-installation

17.01.2022 We recently had a visit from Real Serious Games who demonstrated the use of advanced visual technologies to assist industries to plan, communicate and teach complex or high risk concepts. They do this using Real Time 4D Visualisations, Animations and Serious Games. This is a photo of one of our Project Engineers getting up close and personal to Visual tendering/design and planning. http://www.realseriousgames.com/

17.01.2022 Notification of changes to: 1. The ARTC Code of Practice for the Victorian main line operation TA20 2. The ARTC annotated version of the Code of Practice for the Defined Interstate Network, (CoP) and ARTC Addendum Changes are to provide continuous improvement and gain consistency across the ARTC Network.... ALL Contractors and ARTC employees will need to complete this training by 4th October 2015. The certificate received from each workshop is to be uploaded into Onsite. A new competency has been created for each role. The new competency will be made mandatory on the 4th October 2015. If you have not completed a workshop by 4th October your RIW role will default to working towards. Contractors and ARTC employees impacted by these changes are: Victoria (TA20 Changes) South Australia (CoP and ARTC Addendum) Rail Industry Worker (RIW) Role Workshop Rail Industry Worker (RIW) Role Workshop Signal Technicians/Electricians Day Signal Technicians/Electricians Day Signal Engineering Roles Day Signal Engineering Roles Day Track & Civil anyone who certifies track Day Track & Civil anyone who certifies track Day Network Controllers Full Day Network Controllers Full Day Track Protection Lookout Day Handsignaller Day Track Protection Handsignaller Day Track Worker Level 1 Full Day Track Force Protection Coordinator Level 1 Full Day Track Worker Level 2 Full Day Track Force Protection Coordinator Level 2 Full Day Track Worker Level 3 Full Day Track Force Protection Coordinator Level 3 Full Day Track Worker Level 4 Full Day Track Vehicle Operator Full Day Track Vehicle Operator Full Day Safeworking Level 1 Full Day Safeworking Level 1 Full Day Track worker Implement TRI for walking inspections in the Danger Zone Day Contractors and ARTC employees will need to attend a training workshop including assessment. NOTE: If you hold Victorian and South Australian Safeworking, Signals, Track and Civil roles you will need to attend the two (2) different types of session. NOTE: If you do have Signals or Track and Civil (anyone who certifies track) roles with no Safeworking roles you still need to attend

16.01.2022 As a result of growth in our civil division and the establishment of Compass Traffic Management, we are looking for people holding Traffic Management Qualifications to join our team! Please email [email protected] if you are interested.

15.01.2022 WE ARE RECRUITING!! McLeod Rail is looking to hire for two office based roles. Our Admin Team is looking for an experienced part time Administrative Assistant with experience in MYOB, Payroll and Accounts Payable / Receivable. Our Engineering Department is looking for an additional Contract Administrator to join our estimating team to assist them with tender and contract document management, and general administrative duties. The Contract Administrator role is full time an...d would suit admin experts with an eye for detail, strong numeracy and communication skills. We also encourage applications from graduate lawyers/civil engineers, looking for a career pathway in the rail and civil construction sector, as well as non graduates, or those who have completed part of a relevant degree who wish to work full time. Please apply to [email protected], stating the position name in subject line. We look forward to your application! See more

15.01.2022 Ronnie took a moment of appreciation for our beloved forklift this morning, Ronnie stated "It has been with the company over 20 years and has been a true workhorse... Never missed a beat!" Thanks Ronnie !

15.01.2022 We are recruiting! McLeod Rail is recruiting for a Part Time Payroll Officer, based at our West Melbourne office. Email your application to [email protected] reference PO2015-11 by close of business Friday 4 December.

15.01.2022 Today we are attending the Ai Group Leadership Revolution in Melbourne. The management guru, Gary Hamel, is presenting wild new ideas about next generation management!

15.01.2022 On Tuesday 24 November we are participating in the "Meet a Rail Engineer" event as part of AusRail Plus 2015. The purpose of this event is for enthusiastic Rail Engineers who believe rail is a positive career choice to be paired with the students from universities around Melbourne and spend a couple of hours with them during their visit to AusRAIL, answering questions and discussing the benefits of applying their skills to our industry. If you are interested in joining then please register and we would like to meet you there!

13.01.2022 New Hitachi 17 tonne excavator Unit 1 of 4 has arrived! Hi rail conversion by Harrybilt in Ballarat. Team very excited!

12.01.2022 We are very proud of the extensive and high-quality work that our rail and civil arms combined to complete at the Melbourne Operations Terminal. The project was comprised of works completed over a three month period, including devegetation, light pole removal, the installation of permanent track drainage measures, slope preparation, the construction of a spoon drain, extensive shotcrete application and the installation of new hand rails. The successful completion of this project will ensure the safe and effective operation of freight rail through the Terminal. Check out some of the photos from the works below!

12.01.2022 Congratulations to Metro Trains who ran their third Annual Safety Contractor Forum at Docklands today. With another 8, 000 staff expected to enter the Victorian rail industry in the next 3 years, recruitment, training and monitoring were relevant topics of todays forum. New safety initiatives announced including automated safeworking, PlantGuard (hi-rail plant registry) and new social media initiatives at at public safety around the rail corridor.... The contractor forum is a great initiative, and Metro should be proud that it was well attended and well received.

10.01.2022 We just turned 25! In March 2018, we celebrated our 25th anniversary of continuous operation with a Key Client, Supplier and Stakeholder Function hosted by cricket great Merv Hughes at our West Melbourne depot. Merv entertained guests with many memorable cricket stories and anecdotes, and shared fishing and cooking tips from his latest adventures. We appreciate the loyalty and support of our many clients of the last two and a half decades, and look forward to another 25 exciting years! ,

09.01.2022 Over the weekend the McLeod Rail maintenance crew completed resleepering works on the Moonee Ponds Creek bridge. Included in the project was the replacement of 200 sleepers with new ballast on both the up and down tracks of the bridge. The crews worked well for three shifts, two days and one night, to safely and successfully deliver the project. While the location of the bridge complicated the job with frequent train movements and height limitations the boys made the best of it, working efficiently and consistently over the 2 days (and very much enjoyed the views of the fish!).

08.01.2022 Greg Fill, GM Safety of QR is a big believer in ATSB style investigations of safeworking incidents, identifying up to 30 causal factors in incident investigation, or "unpeeling the onion". The 4 major causes of safeworking incidents in QRs network: 1. Poor communication/ no communication between field workers and network control. Communications training is now shifting away from technical matters eg correct use of radio, and more to things like sticking to the facts, asking... questions correctly and knowing when to seek the validation of safety critical information. 2. Incorrect identification of locations 3. Inadequate planning prior to the commencement of work 4. Incorrect application of work site protection rules and procedures

06.01.2022 This time last year, the McLeod Rail crew, was up in beautiful Harcourt conducting bridge reconditioning works. Thanks for the great shot guys!

05.01.2022 ATTENTION ALL TRACKFORCE EMPLOYEES: McLeod Rail is reaching out for rail labourers and welders available to work during this years Christmas Shutdown period. If you know anyone or are available yourself, please let us know ASAP. Thanks!

05.01.2022 An exceptional effort by our McLeod Rail/TrackForce team! We recently completed over 49 shifts removing rail defects on the MTM network in Melbourne. Crew sizes varied from 2 - 5 weld teams included supply of labourers, safeworking, plant and equipment. Well done to our excellent supervisors, weld teams, labourers and safeworking staff for delivering a safe, productive and well executed project.

04.01.2022 Qr rails strategic plan has 7 key elements to reduce safe working risk: Have a Safeworking strategy Have safeworking principles Have safeworking data... Have rail resource management Safeworking in yards Track access system GPS application See more

04.01.2022 Yesterday we attended a CEDA presentation by Mark Wild, PTV. Mark shared some very interesting insights including that 740 million trips will be made by 2021. He stated that the relentless agglomeration of Melbourne is unlikely to stop - in 20 years Manhattan will be here! There are only 56 major roads into CBD and reliance on roads alone is not going to work. It isnt trams & trains vs. roads, it is trams & trains AND roads. Trams and buses can only work with viable integrat...ion with the suburban rail network. The current constraint in increasing train services is the signalling system, we have been abiding by 120 year old rules. We will soon be reducing distances between trains and this system will first be deployed on the Sandringham line. Also, the D9 project will produce increased CBD road and rail capabilities with 24-26 trains per hour. PTV believes that Victoria has the best rolling stock capacity in Australia. Combine better trains, signalling and infrastructure and you have a world class system that can support 8 million people. Mark also advised that $50 million has been allocated for a one year trial of 24/7 public transport as of 01.01.2016.

03.01.2022 This week our home city, Melbourne, hosted the AusRAIL conference. Here is a photo of some of the team at the McLeod Rail stand on Day 1 of AusRAIL in Melbourne. It was great to catch up with many clients, suppliers and contacts, both old and new, who stopped by to say hello. It was also very pleasing to see such high levels of confidence and optimism, amongst both rail operators and the rail supply chain alike, with the ARAs figures indicating a domestic rail spend of A$28 billion in the next few years.

03.01.2022 Over the last month our Rail and Civil teams have been working on stabilising Pacific Nationals MOT Embankment. Check out our guys building formwork for the spoon drain - our rail guys can do anything!!

02.01.2022 Great photo showing a few of MTMs finest cruising around the network. Thanks for the photo, Lincoln.

02.01.2022 AusRail hits Melbourne next week between 24 - 26 November. McLeod Rail will be hosting a stand in the exhibition hall as well as attending the 3 day conference and evening network functions. We look forward to networking with thousands of rail professionals - including operators, contractors, suppliers and government and hearing from guest speakers on the comprehensive plan for growth and and employment in the Australasian rail industry.

01.01.2022 Over a weekend shutdown in June we completed a bridge replacement job in Harcourt for V/Line. Our teams worked extremely well over the weekend and thankfully we avoided the rain and produced a quality output! Check out the before and after photos below. Stay tuned for some exciting time lapse videos of the works!

01.01.2022 This week a McLeod Rail representative was a guest at the inaugural 2016 National Rail Safeworking Conference in Brisbane. We just heard from the QR CEO, talking about 4 core values and their application to safety: 1. Planning 2. Leadership 3. Capability... 4. Connecting hearts and minds On the agenda is "a national rulebook for safeworking". Watch this space!