INDEPENDENT RAIL CONSULTANCY GROUP
WHAT IS IT ~ WHO IS IT ?
The Independent Rail Consultancy Group (IRCG) is a networking group of UK rail industry professionals which specialises in creating small, focussed teams to meet the needs of particular projects.

Founded in 2003 by five people who had held senior positions in the rail industry, there are now 20 associate consultants and links have been established with other, similar, consortia to ensure a full range of public transport disciplines can be made available to the client organisation.

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INDEPENDENT RAIL CONSULTANCY GROUP
WHAT DO WE DO ?
The group provides support for organisations having a rail transport development brief but which lack the necessary project team resources. IRCG offers a comprehensive range of public transport management disciplines and specialisms which embrace:
• engineering
• operations
• market analysis
• business development
• business management
• services marketing
• rolling stock

Where a particular expertise is not immediately available within IRCG we have a wide network of contacts which enable us to ensure that appropriate skills are available to meet a client’s individual needs.

IRCG consultants have extensive personal experience of planning, operating and maintaining the railways and can make a vital contribution to the assessment, development and progress of rail proposals, feasibility studies and schemes. The benefits of new technologies and processes are fully utilised and incorporated into our analysis and solutions formulation. We value and recognise the importance of peer review by group members which is integrated into the structure and working practices of IRCG.

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INDEPENDENT RAIL CONSULTANCY GROUP
ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
Each member of the group operates their own business and has a client base separate from that of IRCG. Each welcomes enquiries on behalf of their own company or on behalf of IRCG.

When you employ an IRCG consultant and an IRCG-originated team one of us will act as your Contract Manager and will take responsibility for the interface between your organisation and the project team; managing workloads and work streams within the team.

IRCG only provides a networking and facilitation role – it does not have any legal status nor will it act as a contracting party. Each specific project will be contracted through a nominated IRCG consultant who will be responsible for delivering the required outputs to the agreed schedule. The contracting IRCG member will also be responsible for the professionalism and standards of the team deployed to work on the project.

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INDEPENDENT RAIL CONSULTANCY GROUP
CLIENTS
Since IRCG'S inception in 2003 a number of contracts have been awarded to teams formed of IRCG members, all of which have been concluded to the complete satisfaction of the client organisations. Projects have ranged from major, high profile schemes to local transport initiatives and in each case have been concluded within budget and to agreed time scale. Clients have included Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, SEStrans, The North East Assembly, Nexus, Lincolnshire County Council, Transport 2000, The Countryside Agency and the Institute for European Environmental Policy in association with the Strategic Rail Authority.

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INDEPENDENT RAIL CONSULTANCY GROUP
PLEASE CONTACT US
We welcome the opportunity to support and develop your business needs. To contact IRCG email info@ircg.co.uk or go to the consultant profiles and follow the links shown against any one of them.

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INDEPENDENT RAIL CONSULTANCY GROUP
WANT TO JOIN US ?
Membership of IRCG is open to UK rail industry professionals working full or part time on their own – or in small organisations with a professional staff of three people or fewer. Enquiries from suitably qualified people wishing to join IRCG should be directed to Richard Haste or Rita O’Neill – see our consultants page for contact details.