Welcome to Viewpoint The new view on Rail & Transit Following the rebrand of Interfleet to SNC-Lavalin on 1 January 2016, and the global name change, welcome to the first issue of Viewpoint, the brand new magazine delivering news and views from the world of Rail & Transit at SNC-Lavalin. Since the launch of our magazine Interview in 2013, we have been delighted to win a number of communications and magazine awards for our efforts. We hope Viewpoint will continue to deliver the same quality – but now with a wider remit of news from across the business. As a client-focused enterprise, I’m happy to report that our name change has had little impact on day-to-day business. We did have one or two people hang up the phone in confusion when some of our former Interfleet staff answered the phones ‘SNC-Lavalin, can I help you?’, so we’ll continue to drive the message of the new name with even greater levels of combined expertise. Take a look at what this means for us going forward in my article on ‘reasons to be cheerful’. As a global business, no two days are the same and I continue to be excited by the level of investment and focus on rail wherever I go around the world. After nearly 40 years in rail, it’s great to see that the industry is stronger and a more interesting place to be than at any time I can remember – I’m very happy to be part of that story. This issue features some of the very different areas that we cover in our organisation. We have articles on our team in Malaysia; meet one of our employees from Sweden; and take a look at some of the projects we have featured in the past, with an update on their progress. There’s also the usual news updates from across the business, an article on central Europe, and a preview of InnoTrans, where we will be exhibiting later this year. We hope you like our new-look magazine, and if you have any queries, suggestions or comments, please email the editorial team here. Richard George Group Managing Director, Rail & Transit Engineering SNC-Lavalin viewpoint@snclavalin.com Building what matters Editorial snclavalin.com