b'KELLY RAILThe UKs leading Rail publication, Rail Business Daily, recently contacted us regarding two stories we published within The Networker featuring Kelly Rails newly appointed regional directors Ali Fagan and Neil Shearwood. RBDs copywriting team took our stories and rewrote the articles with a more business approach, publishing the features as Guest Writer storiesfull articles below:Starting Out in Rail commence at the beginning of December. Ibeganmyrailcareerin1989,workingonNew RelationshipsamajorprojectatMarbleArchStation.A year earlier, the industry had been rocked by a devastating fire at Kings Cross. Thought toIam excited, not just about these have been caused by a discarded match, this fire claimed 31 lives, and led to a four-year-longambitious new projects, but also the projecttoimprovesafetyacrosstheLondon Underground.new business relationships we have forged since I joined Kelly Rail in I worked as a commissioning engineer for fire alarmsystemsduringthisperiod,graduallyJanuary.progressing to site manager, project manager, constructionmanager,andseniorprojectWe work extensively with Siemens in manager.In2010,IbecamemanagingScotlandand, in the last three or director of the rail divisiona role I held forfourmonths,havealsoestablished nine years.arelationshipwiththeirCISteam When I joined my previousin the South. We are now actively company in 1989, a projectcarrying out work for this team; involvingtemporaryour first project, at Guildford powerdistributionworksstation,involvesinstalling atCanaryWharfhelpednewducting,cabinets, toestablishthefledglingcabinet bases, and CCTV raildepartment.Byaroundcamera poles and bases.2012, this department had takenLooking Aheadonresponsibilityfortechnicalservicesthroughout England, Scotland, and Wales. Each across London Underground.new lock is linked to a smart keywhich, inWhen I joined Kelly Rail at the beginning of turn, can be registered to an individual. This will2022, I had a clear objectiveto re-establish enable NRT to establish exactly who has access A New Journey with Kelly Rail to the buildings, improving security. We startedourworkflowinthesouthofEngland.Nine the project in May and are working towards amonths on, we have achieved and surpassed this IjoinedKellyRailasaregionaloperationscompletion date at the end of December.goal, and are working for Siemens, Cubic, BAM, directorforthesouthinJanuary2022.Myand TFL. focus is developing new rail projects in the southAndthisisnttheonlymajorprojectinourW e are also growing our team, both of England and forging strong relationships withpipeline.KellyRailrecentlywonanSISS existing and new clientsincluding the likesframework in Wales and will be working directlyin the office and out in the field. It is ofNetworkRailTelecoms(NRT),Siemens,for TfW. We expect to begin receiving enquiries Transport for London (TFL), BAM and Transporton the four-year frameworkwhich representsimportant to have the right support for Wales (TfW).amajoropportunity-inthefirstquarterofstructure in place for progressive 2023. O ur hard work is already paying offgrowth, and we have excellent I m particularly excited about oursupport functions and, earlier this year, TFL awardedinvolvement in a project at LeedsinourbusinessinthePMO,HSQE,Pre-us a framework to carry out CRMSStation, which is set to undergo aConstruction & Commercial teams, all of whom works on its behalf. have vast knowledge & experience of working 10-year programme of upgrades. withintherailindustry.Indeed,withavery Iwasalsoabletore-establishabusinessstrong secured pipeline for the next two years, relationship with TFL associate Cubic. Our team has been tasked with carrying outKelly Rails future in the south looks bright.tag and trace works and will help BAM Nuttall Exciting Projects toestablishthelocationofservicesand equipment (including lighting, air conditioning, We are currently working on a major project toandtelecoms)throughoutthestation.BAM replace security locking system at 2,332 REBwill refer to our maps when identifying potential (replaceableequipmentbuilding)locationsconstructionareas.Thisprojectisdueto 14 .The Networker Winter 2022'