March News!

March madness has swept the SVM office, with several new projects  arising or even returning after pricing some time ago.  The end of yet another financial year is almost upon us and once again we are proud to have navigated challenges that none of us could have envisaged to achieve another successful year.  The team are to be commended for all their hard work over the last 12 months and we look forward to starting a fresh year with all our clients and collaborators and hopefully some new faces too.

Big new projects getting underway this month include the next phase of the Goole Swing Bridge works; a new phase of works on the Rugeley to Colwich route; and design for sidings in the Millerhill area, all of which being schemes with which we have been involved in the past.  We are about to begin works on West Coast Station sites following electrical surveys; rectification works at further, multiple station sites; and ScotRail simulators at Glasgow Central Station.  We have also provided costs for lighting design works near Middlesbrough, additional depot protection works and extra duties associated with the station toilets refurbishment project.  Away from the Railway this month we are considering works across several Scottish lighthouses, an exciting projecting spanning some of the most far flung regions of the country, and, far more glamorously, we have also begun looking at electrical design work for a long awaited project in Barbados.

March has also seen several big projects making good progress, most notably Anderston and Glasgow Central Low Level stations; the construction phase of works at Aberdeen Station; depot design near Widnes; and retail units at Network Rail properties.  Inverness Workstations and Axle Counters is off the ground this month as are ticket vending machines across multiple stations; and substation security design.  CETs at Fort William Depot and ventilation design at Edinburgh Waverley Station are still ongoing along with works for Reston Station; Carstairs Rationalisation; Dalcross GRIP 4 works; and Edinburgh Control Centre Renewals.  The AFA scheme at Selby is just getting underway while those at Croy, Johnstone and Port Glasgow are now approaching completion of the current phase.  Other projects still ongoing include design for DBs at Cathcart; train crew accommodation design; frost protection; fluid dispensing works at Haymarket; and design for platform water heaters in Ayrshire.  The main Scottish hubs at Edinburgh and Glasgow are still busy in March with projects including gas supplies; toilet ventilation, and design for superloos at the former and ventilation survey works, retail space design, power supplies; lighting DB design; and design for the passenger management centre at the latter.  Depots across Scotland also remain lively with Eastfield, Corkerhill, Yoker and Polmadie all providing works covering accommodation design; departure roads, drainage and points converters.  Smaller scale projects remaining in March involve works at a Railway property on London Road; a new railway shed at Carstairs; and design for Troon Station while our new schemes based around the route between Aberdeen and the Central Belt and mechanical design for a SFC are raring to go in the coming weeks.  South of the border continues to buzz with schemes involving additional design for the London to Corby Route and commencement of works on the new phase of works for the Ferrybridge to Goole route.  Whitley Bay edges closer to getting underway while we remain reactive on VAMOS level crossings Birmingham Station; and 650V feeders renewal in Middlesbrough and Whitehouse.

Works related to the ash lagoons in Valleyfield created following the closure of Longannet Power Station in 2016; are heading up works in the commercial sector while provision of expert advice following a fire in a Glasow University building; and office refurbishment at a business park in Musselburgh continue to keep our commercial involvement healthy.   

SVM have been delighted this month to open up a temporary place in the team to Rim, a representative from one of our client organisations.  This placement allows Rim to get a more thorough understanding of the design process which subsequently leads to better understood relationships between SVM and the client.  SVM are delighted to support such an excellent enhancement to collaborative working across the design team which can only lead to improved, more efficient design production.  So if you are a mechanical or electrical engineer with experience in a consultancy setting could this be a team with which you would also like to become involved?  If so then why not take the chance and send your CV and covering letter to elise.mclean@svm-glasgow.co.uk – we would love to hear from you.