Scott Wilson acquires Systemwide Pty
Ltd
21 July 2010
Scott Wilson, the global design and
engineering consultancy, today announces that it has acquired the
entire share capital of Systemwide Pty Ltd, a specialised
consultancy with expertise in operational planning and network
capacity assessments for railways.
Systemwide is based in Melbourne, Australia
and has been providing specialist rail operational planning,
modelling and strategic consultancy services to the transport
industry over the last 11 years and has built up strong
relationships with both public and private clients throughout
Australia. The company has annual revenue of approximately AUS$ 3
million.
The Systemwide acquisition has been enabled by
a strong working relationship over the last five years between the
Systemwide team and the Scott Wilson team in Australia.
The presence of an office in the centre of
Melbourne further complements Scott Wilson’s business plans of
growing its rail and transport infrastructure consultancy business
in the vibrant Victorian market.
Systemwide will continue to use its Melbourne
office as a centre of excellence for its services. However, Scott
Wilson’s strengths in services and sectors outside Australia
(including Rail, Strategic Consultancy and Transport Planning)
offer significant business development opportunities for the
Systemwide team to grow into international markets and other
service areas.
Significant recent Systemwide projects include
operational and capacity planning advice for the Cross River Rail
project in Brisbane, advisers for the successful Metropolitan rail
franchise bid for Metro Trains Melbourne, a range of planning
services for heavy-haul coal railways and major mining companies,
assisting in the development of a long-term rail strategy for SE
Queensland, capacity planning for the Adelaide rail network and
advising on new signalling technologies for RailCorp in New South
Wales.
Simon Davies, Asia-Pacific Chairman,
comments:
“We are delighted to have acquired the skills
of Systemwide with whom we have developed an excellent working
relationship. With Scott Wilson, the team will have the ability to
provide operational and network planning services to clients beyond
Australia.
This acquisition is part of our strategy to
significantly enhance our capability to clients in the metro and
rail sector and supports our strong organic growth and the
expansion of our geographic capability in Australia.”
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Lak Siriwardene
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Scott Wilson Group plc
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London, SW1P 1PL, UK
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