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Plovdiv – Svilengrad Team –Building Seminar

The Plovdiv Svilengrad Railway Project, in Bulgaria, is undergoing a transformation at the moment with the commencement of two new contracts, awarded on the 5th September. The new contracts mean that the Supervision Team is now responsible for ensuring the satisfactory delivery of three large railway contracts, with a fourth anticipated before the end of next year. The total length of the overall project is approximately 140Km, with design speed 160 Km/hr for conventional trains (200Km/hr tilting trains) and includes modern signaling, telecommunications and SCADA systems.

The Supervision Team, lead by TYPSA and including four international partners; SYSTRA, Louis Berger, Trademco and Rubicon have focused considerable attention this year on the development of a strong team and management systems. The result of these efforts is that the team has recently been recognised in the Country for the way it is approaching its task.

The Audience during a presentation of the Beneficiary on the Systems Contract

On the 10, 11 and 12 October the team (comprising thirty engineering and administrative staff), joined representatives of the Beneficiary (National Railway Infrastructure Company) and the Employer (Ministry of Transport) for a collective ‘team building’ seminar.

The objective of the seminar was to focus on ‘Lessons Learned’ by the parties during the implementation of the first contract on the project and to communicate the requirements for the new contracts. Representatives from the Ministry of Transport responsible for the other significant project in Bulgaria, the ‘Danube Bridge’ project also attended.