Piccadilly Line upgrade: engineering challenges & contributing carbon net zero 2030

Ashraff Cader CEng, FICE

Ashraff is a highly experienced and motivated Chartered Civil Engineer and Fellow of ICE, having worked in the railway industry for over 20 years starting as an intern in the Japanese Railway working on Ginza Line Extension. During 11 years at Transport for London, Ashraff has undertaken roles which have put him at the forefront of design, construction, Asset Management Risk Based Strategies, Whole Life Cycle and Assessment, Asset Performance and Reliability.

Presently Ashraff is a Lead Civil Engineer for Piccadilly Line Upgrade Programme and Leading 12 Civil and Structural Professional Engineers and responsible for Asset Protection wide LU Networks.

Amarnath Paul CEng, MICE

Amarnath has more than 30 years of experience in the design, planning and construction of various rail and road bridges, underground station buildings, cut and cover tunnels, Network Railway depot, London Underground’s rail structures and other projects. He has extensive experience in leading multi-disciplinary design team in the successful delivery of complex infrastructure schemes.

He has worked in senior positions with ARUP, AECOM, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., STUP consultants Ltd. on several major civil infrastructure projects including Crossrail Project, Four Lines Modernisation (4LM) Project, Wessex Capacity Programme, Waverley Railway Project - Borders Rail, Brisbane Airport Link and Northern Busway Project, Thomson Line (Package D) - Singapore, London 2012: Olympic Park Infrastructure, Railway Bridge over river Mahanadi at Naraj etc.

He is now working as ‘Senior Engineer’ – Bridges and Structures – in Transport Infrastructure team with TfL, as lead reviewer for Piccadilly Line Upgrade project.