Robert Macdonald

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Technical Director Rail Alignment and Track at Mott MacDonald @ Mott MacDonald
london, greater london, united kingdom
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Greater Sydney Area, Australia
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About Robert Macdonald

Robert has experience in the design and documentation of major railway infrastructure projects including expertise in track alignment and track design for light rail, passenger, metro, heavy haul freight and high speed rail projects. Robert brings strong technical capability in the design and delivery of rail and road infrastructure projects with a key strength in the route selection and 3d modelling of the rail track and formation. His design experience includes 15 years with two state road authorities and 27 years with some of Australia’s top consulting engineering firms. Specialties: Design Management Permanent Way Design Railway Engineering Transit Design Highway Design Rail Alignment Design and Documentation Depot and Rail Facilities Design (Stations, Marshalling Yards ETC) Rail Track Formation and Earthworks Design Route Selection MXrail, AutoCAD, BRT and QuantmProjects completed in: Australia  United Kingdom USA Indonesia United Arab Emirates Singapore Malaysia Vietnam Philippines Egypt

Robert Macdonald's Current Company Details
Mott MacDonald

Mott Macdonald

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Technical Director Rail Alignment and Track at Mott MacDonald
london, greater london, united kingdom
Website:
mottmac.com
Employees:
15741
Robert Macdonald Work Experience Details
  • Mott Macdonald
    Technical Director Rail Alignment And Track
    Mott Macdonald Apr 2018 - Present
    Sydney, Australia
    Major Projects Include:• Engineering Design Solutions (EDS) Sydney Metro (City and Southwest Metro, Southwest Metro, West Metro and Western Sydney Airport Metro WSA)• More Trains More Services Projects *Concept Designs for Quadruplication of Hurstville to Sutherland. Design of rail alignment and civil design formation *Concept Designs for Duplication of the railway at Tooljooia (Berry) for an 8km faster rail passing loop and a new platform at Bomaderry at provide additional capacity. Rail alignment design and civil formation design • Greater Parramatta Rail Corridor study. Station locations and tunnel alignment at Parramatta for future rail corridor’s •Western Sydney Freight Corridor. Freight rail options between the Southern Sydney Freight line at Leightonfield and Yennora •East West Metro Corridor Study. Metro rail options between WSA and Westmead.• Parramatta Light Rail Definition and Reference Design. Client Transport for New South Wales. Design of options and finalized reference design for the Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 (Camelia to Homebush Bay Precinct.• Sydney Metro. Client Sydney Metro. Technical Adviser to the client for the Track and Alignment components for the Sydney Metro Project. Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Sydney Metro• Central Station Precinct. Client Transport for New South Wales
  • Rjm Civil Design
    Principal Rail Consultant (Rail Alignment And Track Design)
    Rjm Civil Design Jan 2002 - Present
    Sydney, Australia
    Major Projects Include:• Parramatta Light Rail Depot Design SOM Package. Client SMEC. Tender design of the rail depot at Camellia and rail options for alternative stop design and locations.• Cross Island Line Singapore Contract C1006. Client WSP. Track and Alignment Manager for the Advanced Engineering Stage of a 13.8km tunnel metro scheme for the Cross Island Line and the North Shore Line linking Changi to Singapore’s West Coast.• Torrens Junction Adelaide. Client KBR, Aecom, and Laing O’Rourke JV to design and build a grade separation of the ARTC Line and the Gawler lines over the lowered Outer Harbour line including a new station at Bowden• Jurong Regional line Singapore Contract J1001- Client WSP. Track and Alignment Manager for the Advanced Engineering Stage of a 12km elevated light metro scheme in Singapore’s West Coast.• Melbourne Level Crossing Removal Package 2 Client CPB, Aurecon, Arcadis. Designer 3d modelling of Earthworks and Structures Detail Design Stage.• Dubai Metro Red Line extension to 2020 Expo Site. Rail Alignment Specialist. Client Aecom. Seconded into RTA for the Design Review of the tender documents and tender queries.• Cairo Metro Stage 4B Egypt. Client Dar Al Handasah. Alignment options for Cairo Metro.• Cheltenham Spa Station Upgrade United Kingdom Client North to South Railway. Track and Alignment Manager Concept Design stage.• Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit Contract CP103. Alignment Manager Detail Design Stage. Client Obayashi Corporation, Shimizu Corporation and Hewson Engineering JV.
  • Parsons Brinckerhoff
    Rail Consultant (Rail Alignment And Track Design)
    Parsons Brinckerhoff Oct 2013 - Mar 2015
    Singapore
    Major Projects Include:• Jurong Regional Line Contract ER246 Track and Alignment Manager for the Feasibility Design stage. Design of a 23km elevated light metro scheme on Singapore’s West Coast including a depot and 2 stabling yards with 28 stations.• Eastern Regional Rail Singapore Contract E1001 Track and Alignment Manager of the detail design stage of a 3 level rail depot and stabling yard for 220 trainsets at Changi. Project includes reception tracks, two new underground stations, tunnels, viaducts, and a bus depot for 550 buses.
  • Arup
    Rail Consultant (Rail Alignment And Track Design)
    Arup Mar 2010 - Oct 2013
    Sydney, Australia
    Major Projects Include:• Sydney Light Rail Strategic Plan Track and Alignment Design Manager for feasibility, concept and reference designs stages for this 13km light rail scheme in Sydney’s CBD and Eastern suburbs.• Melbourne Metro Track and Alignment Designer for an options study put to the Victorian Transport Ministry.• South West Rail Link Track and Alignment Design Manager for tender design stage.• North West Rail Link Extension Track and Alignment Design Manager for a corridor study for an extension to the project.• Northbridge Rail Link Track and Alignment Designer for tender design stage.
  • Ws Atkins Abu Dhabi (Seconded By Arup Australia)
    Track And Alignment Manager On Etihad Rail Project
    Ws Atkins Abu Dhabi (Seconded By Arup Australia) Feb 2011 - Sep 2012
    United Arab Emirates
    Seconded to a WS Atkins team as the Track and Alignment Manager responsible for the track and alignment design and documentation for stages 2 and 3 of this freight and passenger railway for the UAE. Concept and preliminary engineering design have been provided for all rail tracks, depots, stations, transfer stations and terminals. Earthworks have been generated for the preliminary design stage. Track and alignment design for alterations to stage 1, and answering of tender design questions. Total length of track formation approx. 265 km for stage 1 and 640 km for stage 2 and 560 km for stage 3. The designs incorporated many freight terminals (bulk materials and container), marshalling yards, Border transfer station, passenger stations, and a major depot at Mussafah.
  • Parsons Brinckerhoff
    Senior Rail Track Designer
    Parsons Brinckerhoff Jan 2005 - Mar 2010
    Sydney, Australia
    Major Projects Include:•North West Metro Track Technical Advisor. Alignment Lead for the feasibility and concept design of a new 40 km of rail line between the Sydney City and Rouse Hill.•Western Metro Technical Advisor. Track and Alignment Lead for the feasibility, concept and reference design of new 24 km of rail tunnel between Sydney Central Station and Westmead Stabling.•CBD Metro Technical Advisor. Track alignment Lead for the feasibility and concept design of a new 6.5 km of rail line between Sydney Central Station and Rozelle Station.•Main Northern Freight Line Study Concept design Strathfield dive, Concept design 4 track Concord West to West Ryde, Concept design 4 track Epping to Pennant Hills, Concept design 4 track Thornleigh to Hornsby.•Mid-West Regional Rail Geralton WA Feasibility design for 1000km of heavy haul iron ore rail alignment and formation.•North West Rail Link Track Alignment Lead for the feasibility and concept design of a new 20 km rail line between Cheltenham and Rouse Hill•Cronulla Duplication Track Alignment Lead for the tender and detail design including all civil works. Detail design of 10 km of duplicated passenger rail track between Sutherland and Cronulla•Dubai Metro Purple Line Track Alignment Lead for the design for two express lines and two commuter lines between the Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport. •Kuala Lumpur to Singapore HSR Track Alignment Lead for the pre-feasibility design of 320 km of high-speed rail alignment between Kuala Lumpur Airport and Singapore.•Gunnedah Track Alignment Designer for the concept design of a passing loop and rail formation.•Wallarah Mine Track Alignment Designer for the concept design for a rail loop and access roads for a new coal mine.•Western Coal Track Alignment Designer for the concept design stage of a rail loop and access roads for coal unloading facility.
  • Connell Wagner
    Senior Track Designer
    Connell Wagner 2004 - 2005
    Sydney, Australia
    Major Projects Include:•Pacific Motorway Bus-way section B Brisbane highway design for the reference design•Pacific Motorway Bus-way section A Brisbane highway design for the reference design•Southern Sydney Freight Line Track and Alignment Lead for the feasibility and concept design stage of the new dedicated 30km of freight line between Glenlee and Sefton. The design includes new yard layouts at Leightonfield, Liverpool, and Campbelltown and a grade separated crossing at Glenfield.•Clearways Projects Track alignment designer feasibility and concept design stages Homebush turn back.•Clearways Projects Track alignment designer feasibility and concept design stages Lidcombe turn back.•Clearways Projects Track alignment designer and civil works detail design stage Berowra additional platform.•PRL GC6 Contract Track alignment designer for the detail design stage of the rail formation and civil design between Chatswood and Artarmon on the North Shore Line in preparation for the Parramatta Rail Link Construction.
  • Kbr, Inc.
    Senior Civil Designer
    Kbr, Inc. 2003 - 2004
    Sydney, Australia
    Major Projects Include:• Eyre Highway designer for the tender design stage.• M5/F5 Road Widening detail and concept design stages.• Mount Panorama Detail design stage.
  • Parsons Brinckerhoff
    Senior Designer
    Parsons Brinckerhoff 2000 - 2003
    Sydney, Australia
    Major Projects Include:• South West Metro Rail Perth Western Australia Track alignment and civil works designer for the tender design stage.• Wilpinjong Coal Mine Track alignment and civil works for the tender design stage.• Rozelle Marshalling Yards track alignment detail design stage for rail and civil works.• Epping Chatswood Rail Link track alignment and tunnel set out for the tender and detail design stages. • Lane Cove Tunnel Highway design for the tender design stage.• Kempsey to Eungai Upgrade Highway design for the route selection and optimization phase. • Western Sydney Orbital Highway design for the tender design stage. • Illawarra Waste Water Treatment Project Civil works design for the tender and detail design stages.• Greystanes Estate Roads and Civil works design for the detail design stage.
  • Aecom
    Senior Civil Designer
    Aecom 1994 - 2000
    Sydney, Australia
    Major Projects Include:• Parramatta Chatswood Rail Link Track alignment reference design stage.• Speedrail High Speed Rail Track alignment and civil works lead for the tender and proving up design stages.• Brisbane Busways Project design of the detail design stage.• Cross border Rail Link Study Track alignment route selection study.• Shell Corner Highway detail design stage.• Stacey Street Highway detail design stage.• Homebush Bay Olympic site road and civil detail design stage.• Crafers Freeway Adelaide Highway detail design stage.• Blanchtown Bridge Highway detail design stage.• Port Kembla inner Harbour reclamation.• Spendido Taal residential development Philippines detail design stage.• RTA Intersections Highway detail design stage.• My Thuan Bridge Vietnam Highway detail design stage.• RAS Showground detail design of civil works.• Burying ground Creek Highway detail design stage.• Port Kembla outer Harbour reclamation.• Mamre Road Highway detail design stage.• Eastern Distributor Highway tender design stage.
  • Department Of Transport And Main Roads - Maritime Safety Queensland
    Road Design
    Department Of Transport And Main Roads - Maritime Safety Queensland 1992 - 1994
    Brisbane North
  • Rta
    Road Design
    Rta 1980 - 1992
    Parramatta

Robert Macdonald Skills

Rail Civil Engineering Feasibility Studies Road Railway Autocad Highways Infrastructure Bridge Design Management Engineering Contract Management Rail Transport Commercial Management Public Transport 3d Modeling Rail Track Formation Light Rail Design Metro Earthworks Passenger Rail Design Light Rail Permanent Way Design High Speed Rail Design Tunnels Transportation Engineering Project Planning Infrastructure Design Metro Rail Design Drainage Structural Engineering Heavy Haul Design Microstation Transportation Planning Traffic Engineering Construction Project Engineering

Robert Macdonald Education Details

  • Civil  Engineering Certificate+Associate Diploma Of Applied Science
    Civil Engineering Certificate+Associate Diploma Of Applied Science
  • Deniliquin High School
    Deniliquin High School

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