12-30-2017, 05:04 PM
I'd prefer not to guess, it doesn't really help us determine whether those cases would be applicable to us.
Gold Coast claims to have been on schedule. However, they talk about the "unique challenge of working on and around a live light rail system during the testing and commissioning (T&C) phase" -- wouldn't a system always be live at this point?
http://www.acaa.net.au/wp-content/upload...t-Rail.pdf
One factor that might have extended the testing phase is the development and testing of the traffic signal system: "McConnell Dowell recruited an internationally renowned traffic coder to develop and implement a traffic control system which would integrate the new tram system, with the State Governments higher order signalling control system into the existing traffic network."
Norfolk's system opening was more than 18 months behind schedule; apparently "cost overruns and extended testing of trains and electronic signage required three delays." How this is reflected in the length of the testing period is anyone's guess.
Gold Coast claims to have been on schedule. However, they talk about the "unique challenge of working on and around a live light rail system during the testing and commissioning (T&C) phase" -- wouldn't a system always be live at this point?
http://www.acaa.net.au/wp-content/upload...t-Rail.pdf
One factor that might have extended the testing phase is the development and testing of the traffic signal system: "McConnell Dowell recruited an internationally renowned traffic coder to develop and implement a traffic control system which would integrate the new tram system, with the State Governments higher order signalling control system into the existing traffic network."
Norfolk's system opening was more than 18 months behind schedule; apparently "cost overruns and extended testing of trains and electronic signage required three delays." How this is reflected in the length of the testing period is anyone's guess.