The end of an era
Rugby Station and junction and the
third being in Scotland where several
multi-disciplinary route enhancements
were delivered in a £200m package of
works.
PROJECT
As the largest engineering project of the existing two track railway was The WCRM project led to the
FACTS
its type in Europe draws to a close, upgraded to four tracks over a length development of the Railways Sector’s
Scott Wilson ends over a decade of of 20km between Armitage, Lichfield major projects capability and the
involvement on the West Coast Route and Tamworth to the north east of experience gained has allowed the
Modernisation (WCRM) project. Birmingham. The second key element Sector to confidently provide services
Proposals to transform the was the £200m remodelling of to clients on other major projects. ■
13,000
principal railway linking London,
drawings have
Birmingham, the north west and
been produced
Glasgow were announced in 1996.
Scott Wilson has been involved in this
700+ major £10bn project since 1998, acting
estimated staff as the multi functional consultant.
have contributed
Scott Wilson was responsible
for providing design services for
11
three distinct key elements of the
number of years WCRM project. The highest profile
involved of these was the £350m Trent Valley
Four Tracking project (TV4) where
The principal railway linking London, Birmingham, the north west and Glasgow
This is one of the latest images constructed in two stages with the first
Project
showing the progress of reclamation already 95 per cent complete and the
Snapshot
work on the Diyar Al Muharraq project second approximately 35 per cent
in Bahrain. complete. It includes sandy beaches
Scott Wilson is the consulting which, when completed, will be freely
engineer on the project, one of accessible to the public.
the largest mixed-use residential The beach sand is to be sourced
developments in the Kingdom. from borrowed areas already assigned The latest
Diyar Al Muharraq
The 12km
2
development is being to the project.
project
news from
Crossrail has confirmed its intention
around
to award Scott Wilson the design
packages C136 for Farringdon Station the Group
and C152 for Pudding Mill Lane Portal
on the central section framework.
The contracts are worth £9.6m
over two and a half years for
Farringdon Station and £4.15m over
one year for Pudding Mill Lane.
Pudding Mill Lane Portal
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