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And what an excellent read it is
Senior Design Engineer(Signals) - Toronto Transit Commission (Ret.)
3moMike Palmer provided good illustration why the 3rd supplier for the Toronto interlocking refurbishment project was terminated in 2014. While client has the over sight of the whole project but they will rely on the consultants to ensure the interface design would match up smoothly between different suppliers (i.e. fixed block fall back system & CBTC system) in this TTC project. Look like there were some insufficient in here apart from the technical challenge.