BMT Reliability Consultants, the engineering consultancy, has been contracted to provide reliability and maintainability consultancy for the new rolling stock of the planned Heathrow Express. This follows the #40m award of the British Airport Authority to Siemens Transportation (UK) to design and supply rolling stock. Among other activities, BMT is working with Siemens Transportation UK and Germany and Construcciones Auxiliar De Ferrocarriles of Spain on the design of the train.