Cyril Sweett is delighted to announce their recent appointment, in partnership withDrees & Sommer, their German partner company. The five to seven year commission is to provide consultancy services to the Scottish Executive in the form of programme management support to deliver a portfolio of major public transport infrastructure projects in Scotland. The commission requires a variety of management activities including project and planning services, cost management, risk and value, quality management and contract and procurement advice.

The projects are funded substantially by the Scottish Executive.

Gordon Blackwood, Regional Operations Director for Scotland said “We are proud to be selected for this prestigious project and excited about being able to combine our UK experience with our partner Drees & Sommer’s experience of working in German rail.”

Ralf Schwiede, Deputy Chairman of Drees & Sommer AG, sees this as confirmation of the common strategy. “With this contract, we have already exceeded goals set jointly with Cyril Sweett for the year 2005”, said Schwiede.

The transport projects are all at various stages of completion, varying from feasibility, Parliamentary approval, detailed design, procurement and also in construction to ‘near completion’.

The portfolio of transport projects comprises:

1. Edinburgh Airport Rail Link
2. Waverley Station Re-development (Phase 1)
3. Larkhall Milngavie
4. Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link
5. Borders Railway
6. Edinburgh Trams Network
7. Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Link
8. Haymarket Interchange Redevelopment
9. Glasgow Airport Rail Link

The projects involve an investment by the Scottish Government of approaching £2bn over the next five to seven years and each project has or will have its own Promoter and project team.

Cyril Sweett and Drees & Sommer’s role is to help manage the interfaces both between the projects and with other construction works (whether planned or being undertaken concurrently) and the many different stakeholders. Also, Cyril Sweett will provide regular reports and feedback to the Scottish Executive of the progress and performance of the projects and of the overall programme.