Standard

NR/L2/RSE/02009

Engineering Management for Projects

Issue 8, 4 March 2023

How engineering is managed on NR projects: who the project engineers are (DPE, CEM, CRE), how TQs and RFIs are raised, how designs are checked across disciplines (IDC/IDR) and accepted by NR, and the forms used, including the document review notice (DRN)

Section headings

We have not yet written plain-words notes for every clause of this one; the headings below show its shape.

1	Purpose	What it is for: a consistent way of managing engineering on NR projects
2	Scope	Which projects and work it applies to, exclusions, and the associated modules and forms (the DRN, IDC and IDC/IDR certificate, TQ and RFI forms are listed here)
3	Roles and responsibilities	Who does what: NR designated project engineer (DPE), contractor engineering manager (CEM), contractor responsible engineer (CRE) and others
4	Definitions
5	Relationship with Other Key Standards and Legislation
6	Links between programme management / engineering
7	Technical integration
8	Identification of engineering resources for projects	NR and contractor engineering resources a project needs
9	Arrangements for Alliances
10	Appointment of project engineering roles	How DPE, CEM and CRE roles are appointed and when duties can be delegated
11	Engineering and Construction Management Plans
12	Managing non-compliances to engineering and technical standards	What to do when a design can't meet a standard
13	Technical Query and Request for Information	When and how to raise a TQ (a design question needing NR's answer) or an RFI (a request for information), and the forms used
14	Impact of new and updated standards	How a project deals with standards that change during the job
15	Network Rail Acceptance	How NR accepts designs: interdisciplinary coordination, IDC, IDR, combined IDC/IDR, technical approval and acceptance, and where the document review notice (DRN) fits
16	Production of Engineering Compliance Certificates (ECC)
17	Briefing of Standards