June
Sotera, working in conjunction with ERM Risk, carry out a high-level risk assessment for Crossrail looking at tunnel design options to establish the relative cost effectiveness of providing intervention and evacuation shafts, and cross passages.

May
Sotera, working with Davis Associates, awarded a contract to assess the risk associated with train crowding on the UK rail network.

March
Sotera awarded a contract to carry out a risk assessment of the current operational communications systems in use on the UK rail network for RSSB. In particular, this work will assess the risks associated with train drivers’ use of mobile phones, and will develop recommendations for future rules. The project is scheduled to finish at the end of October 2006.

January
Final report produced in conjunction with RSSB’s risk team: Risk Assessment of Failure of the Interim Voice Radio System. The risk assessment considered the safety and operational impacts of various means of response to failure of the interim voice radio system installed on sections of the West Coast and Dorset Coast railways.