{"id":919,"date":"2014-01-14T09:03:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T09:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slcrail.com\/\/?p=919"},"modified":"2014-01-14T09:03:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T09:03:11","slug":"the-slc-rail-team-welcomes-melissa-thompson-alan-newland-and-mike-haigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slcrail.com\/the-slc-rail-team-welcomes-melissa-thompson-alan-newland-and-mike-haigh\/","title":{"rendered":"The SLC Rail team welcomes Melissa Thompson, Alan Newland and Mike Haigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SLC Rail team has grown over the past couple of months with our new project and programme managers. Each team member brings specialist knowledge and a strong skill set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slcrail.com\/alan_newland.php\">Alan Newland<\/a>\u00a0joined us in September to programme manage the GRIP3 process for Worcestershire Parkway and act as a client advisor to Worcestershire County Council. I\u2019ve worked with Alan before and I am confident that with his skills and experience Worcester Parkway is in safe hands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slcrail.com\/mike_haigh.php\">Mike Haigh<\/a>\u00a0joined us in September as the Project Director for Worcestershire Parkway.\u00a0 It is great to have someone with Mike\u2019s experience and knowledge joining the team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slcrail.com\/melissa_thompson.php\">Melissa Thompson<\/a>\u00a0joined us in November 2013 as a Project Planner for several clients.\u00a0 With Melissa\u2019s experience, we can now offer in-house project planning services to support our clients and the SLC business.<\/p>\n<p>We will provide updates on the projects they are involved with as they progress. You can read more about the new team members\u00a0<a title=\"The Team\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slcrail.com\/the_team.php\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ian Walters, Director, SLC Rail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;    \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SLC Rail team has grown over the past couple of months with our new project and programme managers. Each team member brings specialist knowledge and a strong skill set. Alan Newland\u00a0joined us in September to programme manage the GRIP3 process for Worcestershire Parkway and act as a client advisor to Worcestershire County Council. 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