Pendyne provided an independent review of technical documentation to confirm how requirements are satisfied and verified, and whether the content is technically correct and applicable.

The purpose of this review is to ensure that the end-client accepted deliverables first time, to minimize cost and schedule impact.

Completed a review of the Operability process for AVENTRA and supported in the development of an Operability Breakdown structure. From this, Pendyne developed Operability Scenarios for a number of different Operational Concepts to task and actor levels. Pendyne then managed the resulting requirements in the DOORS environment to demonstrate compliance.

Contract and Programme management of the installation of an Automatic Vehicle Inspection System.

Pendyne provided expert stakeholder management, contract negotiation and project management skills to capture and deliver client requirements.

In Australia, Pendyne undertook the role of Independent Safety Assessor for Sydney Growth Trains.

Pendyne is currently undertaking the same role for the New Intercity Fleet and the Regional Rail Fleet, all of which are being introduced to the Sydney Network.

Pendyne provided strategic consultancy for a bid for the Nice Azure Franchise, supplying expert technical advice for the maintenance, depots and facilities elements of the submission.

Our experts integrated with the Franchisee and helped to submit a strong technical submission.

Pendyne developed a Functional Engineering Handbook to communicate Functional and Systems Engineering best practice across an organisation. This required learning the existing in-house processes and methods, and incorporating best practice procedures. The resulting handbook was carefully designed to be used by all employees to appreciate the role of Functional Engineering.

Delivered Human Factors expertise to multiple ETCS projects, including fitment of ETCS level 1 to existing passenger rolling stock.

Human Factors design and assurance for trackside and onboard Train Protection System (TPS) project, including cab integration.

Developed and issued the application-specific specification for the on-board ETCS fitment to Sydney Suburban Fleets for Level 1, with progression to Level 2. Managed stakeholder engagement for Australian and UK clients running internal and external workshops covering safety, human factors, operator and supplier interaction, ensuring project buy-in and an efficient route to agreement of specification.

Delivered HF assurance and validation for the CAF product for Swedish Railways.

Full train HF design and assurance including saloon, cab, and maintenance by integrating user-centred design in industrial design workshops.

Successfully finalised the Human Factors assurance and validation evidence for the Alstom AVENTRA product family.

Cab, saloon and maintenance of Crossrail Cl345 design; CL730 HF Static Operability Testing cab design.

Pendyne provided in-house HF Delivery Management and Engineering expertise to an ETCS retrofit freight project. The objective was to ensure that planned activities were delivered (e.g. quantitative human error analysis; lab, depot & dynamic testing; and operational manual updates), and emerging issues were resolved. This enabled our customer to implement a system that complied with user requirements and promotes efficient, effective, and safe deployment of ETCS.

HF assurance and validation of ETCS L2 implementation on the Alstom Electrostar fleets, including gap analysis of different train types, cab modification design assurance, alarm distinguishability testing, and cab modification end user HF testing.