Name	Brett Hooper
Job Title	Electrical Design Team Leader, Connect Enabling Project
Current Secondment	Tube Lines, London

Brett joined Robert West in 2003 with a wide range of electrical engineering and project management skills gained through experience in the railway, commercial building and residential sectors.

He is currently seconded to Tube Lines where he manages a team of 6 electrical engineers, 2 electrical site inspectors and 2 electrical design draftsmen working on the £350M Connect Enabling Project. The objective of the project is to install a new integrated communications system that will provide improved levels of communication throughout the Underground network, leading to improved train services.

Initially working on the Piccadilly Line Brett's team undertook a review of the stations existing electrical infrastructure and designed additional electrical equipment to accommodate Connect equipment.

Additional electrical services included:

	Additional earthing systems
	Additional lighting services
	Additional power services
	Additional un-interrupted power supply (UPS) systems
	Additional containment systems
	Lightning protection systems
	Provision of power supplies to trackside amplifiers
	New station switch rooms, new communication equipment rooms (CER's), and general upgrades of electrical services at selected stations and depots

Brett's team has now moved on to the Northern Line phase of the project and he is focussing on means of improving the quality and delivery provided by the team.