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A PROFILE OF CCT E-CONSULT GROUP COMPANIES
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF CCT
Originating in London in the mid 1980s
Communication Control Technology Ltd. was the
first CCT company, established to provide
consultancy and technical services in
telecommunications and control systems
engineering.
Operating predominantly within the offshore oil
and gas industry, CCT gained a reputation for
cost-effective solutions and responsive services
to clients, including several of the Worlds
largest energy producers.
In addition to energy, CCT was also active in
space exploration and earth satellite technology,
providing reliability, system assurance and
quality assurance services to European Space
Agency and its major contractors.
In the transportation sector, CCT became involved
in the Channel Tunnel project, with conceptual
design studies for telecommunication systems and
establishing computer systems and software
engineering requirements. CCT InfoTech Limited
was formed in 1991, as the IT arm of CCT with
emphasis on industrial networks and high
integrity real-time computer solutions.
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CCT
Throughout the 1990s CCT InfoTechs market
expanded to include software-based systems for
roads, bridges, harbours, ferry terminals and
tidal barriers, in addition to process and
manufacturing applications.
In 1995 CCT InfoTech became involved in railway
communication systems, with responsibility for
management of a major telecommunications
replacement contract for London Underground.
In 1997 CCT undertook the management and
leadership of a technical studies contract for
communications and main control system for a new
railway in Hong Kong, leading to the
establishment of CCT InfoTech (Hong Kong) Limited
as the focal point for development of business in
South East Asia.
From 1998 to the present day, CCT has undertaken
numerous contracts and consultancy assignments
throughout Asia and the Middle East, most
recently on projects in Taiwan and Dubai, United
Arab Emirates.
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CCT

• CCT originated in UK in 1984
• CCT InfoTech Ltd founded 1988 in UK
• ISO 9000 Accredited in 1997
• CCT InfoTech (HK) Ltd founded 1997
• E-Consult founded in 1999 ( formed partnership
  with CCT)
• CCT InfoTech (NZ) Ltd founded 2004

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CCT GROUP ORGANISATION
With the objective of strengthening regional
coverage of the Pacific Rim, CCT InfoTech (New
Zealand) Limited was established in Christchurch,
New Zealand as the latest company to be formed
within the CCT Group.
The relationship between E-Consult and CCT Group
companies is illustrated below
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CCT regional coverage is defined in the table
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Services Provided by CCT E-CONSULT
CCT / E-Consult Group companies provide a range
of services under the following main headings

• Systems Software
• Control Engineering
• Safety and Protective Systems
• Environmental Services
• Project Services

Some examples of these services are described on
the following pages
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Services Provided by CCT Group
The diagram opposite illustrates the sub-division
of disciplines within the main categories of
services provided by CCT E-Consult.
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Services Provided by CCT Software Assurance
Software Assurance is a discipline employed to
provide confidence that software produced will be
fit for its intended purpose in every respect.
Such assurance is of particular importance for
safety critical and safety related applications
and for any software required to have increased
integrity. CCT has recognised the importance of
software assurance since the companys formative
years, with involvement in space satellite
technology, transportation and energy production
projects. The company draws on broad experience
of its professional staff, from many branches of
engineering, to establish standards of excellence
for cost-effective software solutions. A
systematic and structured approach has been the
key to CCTs success in this field.
A successful software lifecycle begins with good
planning and the establishment of requirements
that are clearly and unambiguously defined and
culminates in the whole-life maintenance of the
application. CCT Software Engineers and Assurance
Consultants have extensive experience in the
delivery of successful software solutions,
on-time, within budget. Since the early 1990s
CCT has participated in software projects ranging
from the provision of engineering and programming
to overall management of turn-key solutions, to
satisfy the most demanding requirements of
clients. CCT has been awarded numerous contracts
for software assurance services, verification and
validation services, auditing and assessment on
large-scale projects, to satisfy clients
requirements for software quality, safety and
integrity. CCT has been appointed Independent
Software Assessor for safety critical and safety
related software, to comply with International
Standards such as IEC 61508 and EN 50128.
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Services Provided by CCT EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) can be
defined as the ability of a device, equipment or
system to function satisfactorily in its
electromagnetic environment without introducing
intolerable electromagnetic disturbances to
anything in that environment.
In a broader sense, Human beings may be
considered as part of a system in which
electromagnetic effects must be minimised and
controlled. In the design phase, the EMC measures
applicable for the project should be incorporated
into the design. In the procurement phase, the
requirements that have been specified during the
design should be met by the supplier and during
the commissioning phase the EMC requirements as
specified in the design need to be checked on
site, as part of the overall EMC verification and
validation process..
Calculated Magnetic Field in a Railway Signaling
System ATO Loop
CCT and its partner company, Bit Tips Asia have
extensive experience in EMC relating, in
particular to transportation projects, providing
expertise in EMC over a wide range of systems and
applications, applying International EMC
standards where appropriate. CCT and Bit Tips
Asia provide in-depth EMC knowledge to
multi-discipline teams on a wide range of systems
engineering projects and have been involved in
extensive testing performed at EMC Certification
Laboratories to ensure compatibility requirements
are fully satisfied.
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Industry Sectors Served by CCT
Oil and Gas The foundations of CCT were laid
during the period of primary development of
offshore oil and gas fields in the North Sea,
serving major British, European and American
corporations involved in exploration of new
fields and construction of production and
delivery facilities. CCT has also provided
services for on-shore oil and gas facilities in
the Middle East and Africa.
Petrochemicals CCT was involved from its
inception in the petrochemical industry, serving
the operators of process plants from refineries
to feedstock, fine chemicals, plastics, pigments
and agro-chemicals. Projects included process
control computer systems, safety systems,
security and telecommunications, from conceptual
design studies to commissioning.
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Completed Projects Process Control
In the major North Sea oil and gas development
period, CCT was involved in the design,
specification and implementation of computer
based process control systems, employing
proprietary distributed control and supervisory
control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. CCT
engineers and programmers, trained in the special
programming languages of the proprietary systems,
designed and configured the application software
to control and monitor offshore production
platforms, oil and gas terminals, refineries and
chemical plants. CCT was also engaged to install,
test and commission the hardware and software for
large systems, having may thousands of real-time
inputs and outputs.
CCT completed the implementation of a design and
build contract, supplying a metering and flow
control system for one of the largest oil and gas
gathering complexes in the North Sea. The system
replaced the original equipment that had become
obsolete and incapable of meeting the expanding
capacity of the gathering facilities. CCT
designed an built replacement control panels,
programmed the controllers and special computers,
installed and tested the complete system. The
final stage of the project involved the transfer
of operations from the original equipment to the
new system, without shutting down the oil and gas
flows through the offshore gathering platform.
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Completed Projects Offshore Control Systems
Support
In offshore oil and gas development CCT InfoTech
has provided on-site services for control and
communications systems, ranging from providing
advice on the choice of suitable hardware and
software, installation, user training and
technical support and maintenance.
CCT was appointed by Conoco to provide
engineering and support services for
computer-based control and communications systems
used to monitor and control offshore gas
production facilities delivering 50 of the
natural gas energy consumed in the United
Kingdom. These systems were in operation 24
hours per day, 365 days per year and therefore
demanded the highest possible integrity from the
software employed. CCT consultants, engineers and
technicians were assigned to provide support to
Conoco in the development and maintenance of
large-scale software applications, employing
formal methods for production and life cycle
management of the software, in addition to
helping develop, prototype and implement bespoke
electronic control and monitoring equipment.
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Industry Sectors Served by CCT
Transportation - Railways CCT companies have been
involved in the development of some of the most
advanced railways in the World, providing
expertise in control and signalling systems,
telecommunications, software assurance,
reliability, safety and electromagnetic
compatibility.
Recent railway projects undertaken include
high-speed rail, metro, light-rail and monorail
systems, for railway operators including London
Underground, KCRC in Hong Kong, LTA in Singapore,
MMLRT in Philippines, THSRC in Taiwan and DMTD in
Dubai, as well as contracts for numerous railway
manufacturers, contractors and prime consultants
around the World.
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Current / Completed Projects KCRC Hong Kong
West Rail, Light Rail and East Rail
Extensions CCT InfoTech (HK) Ltd. has been
involved with KCRCs new rail projects since 1997
to the present day, with the contracts listed
below

• West Rail Technical Studies Telecommunications
  Control Systems (TS1500)
• West Rail Control Systems Control Centre
  Consoles Ergonomic Studies (DB1510)
• Light Rail Extensions Grade Separation
  Control, Communications Signaling System
  Contract Specifications
• West Rail Rolling Stock Software Assurance
  (SP1900)
• West Rail Communications - Software Assurance
  (DB1500)
• East Rail Extension Ma On Shan Line
  Communications - Software Assurance (DB1552)
• East Rail Extension Lok Ma On Chow Communications
  - Software Assurance (DB1562)
• East Rail Extension Ma On Shan Line Rolling Stock
  Software Assurance (SP1950)
• Kowloon Southern Link Communications - Software
  Assessment (KRS950)
• Kowloon Southern Link Main Control System -
  Software Assessment (KRS951)
• Kowloon Southern Link Signalling Software
  Assessment (KGS419)

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Current / Completed Projects Taiwan High Speed
Rail
Railway Systems Software Assurance Services The
Taiwan North-South High Speed Rail Project is the
country's first and the largest
build-operate-transfer (BOT) project. Under the
BOT structure, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation
(THSRC) was awarded a concession to plan, design,
finance, construct, commission and operate the
railway for a period of 35 years by the
Government of Taiwan. The railway is a high speed
rail link between Taipei and Kaohsiung along the
western corridor of the Taiwan island,
approximately 345 km in length.
In January 2003, E-Consult International Limited
signed an Agreement with Atkins China Limited,
the appointed RAMS Consultants, to provide
software assurance services to Japanese
consortium Taiwan Shinkansen Corporation (TSC),
the Prime Contractor for the Core System of the
Taiwan High Speed Rail Project. The scope of the
Core System for the railway includes Rolling
Stock and all project-wide signaling, protection,
control, monitoring, information and
communication systems. There are some 35
software-based subsystems, ranging from small
embedded applications in rolling stock equipment
to network-wide systems such as signaling, SCADA
and telecommunications.
E-Consult provided a team of software assurance
specialists, lead by a Software Assurance
Manager, to establish the safety and quality
framework for all Core System software (ranging
from SIL 0 to SIL4) and to conduct audits and
assessments, for compliance with EN 50128 and IEC
61508, throughout the development lifecycle of
each software system. In addition to auditing and
assessment, the E-Consult team provided
management and coordination of the software
development teams to ensure adherence to software
development standards, approval of Software
Personnel appointed by the software developers,
attended software audits conducted by THSRC,
their Independent Checking Engineers and
Independent Verification and Validation Engineers
and convened periodic coordination meetings with
TSC software suppliers.
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Current / Completed Projects Dubai Metro Rolling
Stock
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is developing
an integrated transport network that is to
include an urban rail system known as the Dubai
Metro, to support the rapidly growing population
and enhance the public transport infrastructure,
as a catalyst for tourism. Dubai Metro is
forecast to become one of the most advanced urban
rail systems in the World, employing fully
automatic, driverless operation. Safety and
environmental impact considerations will be of
uppermost importance to the Project. The Main
Contractor (MHI) awarded a contract to KSCL for
the supply of the rolling stock, comprising
99-5car trains.
Kinki Sharyo appointed E-Consult/CCT as Software
Assurance Consultants and Independent Software
Assessors for the Dubai Rolling Stock systems.
CCT have undertaken similar roles for Kinki
Sharyo on rolling stock for KCRC East Rail and
West Rail in Hong Kong since 1999. Dubai Metro
statistics are as follows- System Length - 70km
(50km Red Line, 20km Green Line), Projected Cost
- AE 14.3 billion (US 4 billion), 57 Stations,
Power Supply -Third rail, 3.5km Tunnels,
Projected Ridership - 1.2 million per day,
Minimum headway - 90 seconds, Projected Opening
(Phase 1) 2009. Further details of the project
can be found on the web site- http//vgn.gov.ae/D
MEGOV/dm-metro-news
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Completed Projects Transportation Communications
Systems
CCT carried out design and build contracts for
main contractors on Government and utility
projects. A major area of activity for CCT was
road, rail and marine transportation, in which
CCT was responsible for the design and
implementation of telecommunication and control
systems for road bridges, marine freight
terminals, tidal barriers and various other
marine and water utility projects. Systems
provided by CCT for these projects included
public address, CCTV surveillance, mobile radio,
telephone and data communications.
CCT were appointed by London Underground Major
Projects Division, with responsibility for the
management of major telecommunications contracts.
CCT assigned the Telecommunication Project
Manager for the New Northern Line project, to
serve as the LUL Engineer responsible for
co-ordination and approval of contracts having a
value in excess of US 100 million. The scope of
the telecommunications contracts within the area
of responsibility included trunked radio, optical
fibre transmission (SDH) system, track-side to
train-borne CCTV and data systems, as well as
upgrades to the station communications
systems. In Singapore, CCT was subcontracted by
PB-MM Consortium to conduct the pre-tender design
review of Telecommunications Systems for Marina
Line, the scope of which included Fibre-optic
transmission backbone, TETRA trunked radio,
telephone, public address, CCTV and passenger
information systems. CCT engineers were seconded
to India to prepare tender specifications and
provide radio systems technical support to
Parsons Brinckerhoff on the Delhi Metro Project.
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Current / Completed Projects Palm Jumeirah
Monorail - Dubai
E-Consult, in partnership with CCT and Lloyds
Register Rail, have been appointed by Marubeni
Corporation as RAMS and EMC Consultants for the
Palm Jumeirah Monorail Project. The RAMS
approach is based on the use of proven monorail
technology and detailed comparison will be made
with selected Reference Systems to demonstrate
that any differences in design, environment,
application, operation or maintenance do not
compromise RAM or safety.
This approach will provide a robust assurance of
RAMS performance, while minimising the cost and
burden of assurance activities on the project.
Marubeni are the main construction contractor for
a straddle-beam monorail system on the man-made
resort island of Palm Jumeirah, part of the
largest land-reclamation project in history.
Located in Dubai, one of the United Arab
Emirates, the monorail will provide
transportation from Gateway Station at the
islands entrance to the marine resort complex of
Atlantis. This automatic system will be 5.4
kilometers long and operate without a driver.
Marubenis subcontractors for the project are
Hitachi Ltd., Nippon Signal Co. Ltd., Omron
Corporation, a joint venture of Obayashi
Corporation and Oriental Construction Co. Ltd.,
Tonichi Engineering Consultants Inc., and Tostems
Inc. The contract for the project is worth
approximately US 390 million.
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Industry Sectors Served by CCT
Ports, Harbours and Tidal Barriers CCT has
designed and implemented automatic control
communications and electrical systems for
passenger and freight terminals and ports. The
company also provided the complete electrical and
control schemes for a mechanised tidal barrier,
as part of the UK coastal protection and flood
prevention measures.
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Current / Completed Projects Control Systems
CCT has been involved in electronic and computer
based control systems since the mid 1980s,
providing support to oil and gas production
companies in UK and Middle East. Control systems
engineering has continued to the present day,
with experience in many applications and
industries, including but not limited to

• Energy production and distribution
• Rail, road, air and marine transportation
• Freight services
• Chemicals and plastics
• Marine facitlities
• Water treatment and supply
• Building services and Intelligent Buildings
• Manufacturing and heavy engineering

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Current / Completed Projects Control Centres
CCT has undertaken the design and planning of
operations control centres. This has included
layout and ergonomic studies and modeling,
control console mock-ups, workplace analysis and
development of man-machine interface (MMI)
specifications and standards
CCT was awarded a contract by Siemens, the
contractor for the KCRC West Rail Main Control
Systems Control Centre / Console Design. This
involves the integration of technical, ergonomic,
engineering and architectural aspects of all the
railway control centres, including Operations
Control Centre, Backup Control Centre, Incident
Management Room, Depot Control and Management
Centres, Station Control Rooms and Platform
Supervisor Booths.
CCT applied its experience, gained over the past
fifteen years, in the development of control
centres for transportation as well as a diverse
range of other industries, to help produce and
optimum group of control centres for the West
Rail Project. The requirements for equipment from
all railway systems contractors, in addition to
the Siemens Main Control System, were integrated
into the designs.
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Industry Sectors Served by CCT
Horticulture and Agriculture CCT has provided
computer and automation systems and software
services to the horticultural and agricultural
companies in UK and middle east.
Roads and Bridges CCT gained a reputation in UK
as the leading supplier of computer control and
monitoring systems for mechanised road bridges,
including local road traffic control and
communications.
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Current / Completed Projects Computer Control
Systems
Within Government infrastructure and utilities
projects, solutions have made extensive use of
programmable logic controllers (PLCs), linked to
computer workstations, running graphical user
interface (GUI) software to provide the
man/machine interface. CCT has developed special
application software to interface the control and
monitoring systems to hydraulic machinery for
moving heavy loads such as road bridges and loch
gates, traffic barriers, traffic lights and toll
collection systems.
CCT InfoTech became involved in computer-based
transportation control systems, winning contracts
in the UK, Hong Kong, Philippines, Signapore,
Taiwan, Japan and Dubai (UAE). During recent
years, CCT and E-Consult have undertaken
assignments or some of the Worlds most advanced
road and rail transportation projects, with
sponsibility for the conceptual design and
specification of traffic control, signaling, main
control and SCADA systems, employing the latest
technology to satisfy increasingly demanding,
International safety and availability standards.
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Industry Sectors Served by CCT
Telecommunication Networks Since its foundation
in 1984 CCT has been involved in the planning,
design and implementation of local, national and
international telecommunication networks,
employing a range of technologies that include
satellite, terrestrial radio, optical fibre
transmission and broadband cable, in addition to
secure data transmission and data management
facilities.
CCT has been involved in the development of
communications and astronomical satellites,
including mission reliability work on Hipparcos,
launched in the early 1990s, which successfully
pinpointed and photographed over 100,000 stars.
Hipparcos laid the foundations of astrometry,
measuring the positions, motion, colour and
brightness of stars, which is scheduled to
continue with European Space Agencys Gaia
mission, due to be launched in 2012.
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Current / Completed Projects Telecommunications
Engineering
CCT partner companies have been involved in
telecommunications engineering and management
since 1984, with involvement in transportation,
space satellite technology energy production and
infrastructure projects. CCT won contracts with
energy production companies involved in the
development of oil and gas production facilities
in the North Sea and the Middle East. CCT
produced conceptual and detail design packages
for telecommunication on major oil and gas
production facilities. These systems included
radio, cable transmission, audio and data
communications. CCT consultants, engineers and
technicians were also assigned to provide support
in the maintenance and operation offshore
telecommunications systems.
CCT telecommunications engineers were responsible
for the development and design of radio systems
providing the main communication links between
remote offshore installations in the North Sea
and onshore bases in the UK and Europe. The radio
links employed predominantly microwave line of
sight technology but for long distances, where
the offshore facilities were located beyond the
horizon, tropospheric scatter or satellite radio
systems were employed. In addition to main
onshore-offshore radio links, CCT was also
involved in the specification and implementation
of VHF marine radio, UHF short-range radio links
and MF/HF emergency and general purpose radio
systems. In the desert oil field developments of
the Middle East, CCT was involved in radio relay
systems used to connect pipeline pumping and
control stations. These systems employed
microwave and VHF line of sight radio links or
optical fibre cable transmission over long
distances.
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Completed Projects Communications Transmission
Systems
An International joint venture company, operating
an oil pipeline and distribution system
connecting refineries, operated by Conoco, Fina
and Total, via a common pumping station to a
marine loading terminal appointed CCT InfoTech UK
Ltd. to carry out the detailed design of a new
fibre-optic communication link. The link connects
the customers premises with the refineries,
pumping station and marine terminal. The fibre
network, covering a total of approximately 10-km,
was designed to carry data, video, voice, control
and safety information, with capacity for the
addition of future, undetermined traffic. CCT
were also responsible for the hardware and
software interfaces with existing and future
planned systems which use the link.
From head quarters in Hong Kong, CCT has
provides expertise in the latest
telecommunications technology, to clients
throughout Asia and the Middle East, with
professional and technical resources permanently
based in the region. In other projects CCT
pioneered the application of multi-media,
broadband transmission technologies, in
particular ATM, to private Metropolitan Area
networks. CCT InfoTech client base for
telecommunications and control systems was
initially energy producing companies, Government
and public utilities. These clients became CCTs
first customers for data communications and
computer networks. Applications for Information
Technology services soon expanded into other
areas of business including chemical and food
production, manufacturing, legal and professional
services, emergency and prison services, freight
and transportation.
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CCT / E-Consult Clients Patrners
CCT GROUP MAJOR CLIENTS BUSINESS PARTNERS The
following list includes some of the major
companies CCT E-Consult have worked with in
recent years
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