The current economic situation has cost the global construction industry billions of dollars through halted, cancelled and re-scoped projects. For troubled projects, budgets are drastically reduced or cancelled entirely and sites all over the world remain dormant, where the build should be nearing completion. It is a modern tragedy that impacts on communities, prospective structures intended users, and companies operating at all levels of the construction sector. Constructors are pushed to breaking point to cut costs and reduce prices and this pressure is exerted throughout the supply chain. The highest quality cannot be achieved for the lowest price and the net result is deeply troubling: buildings that ought to be magnificent and wholly safe completed to a substandard level potentially leaving that structure exposed to horrifying levels of risk. The situation sounds perilous but it is certainly avoidable, a maxim frequently cited by the FM Sudafix Group is “if a job is worth doing, it is worth doing right,” and this is applicable to all endeavours. It is better to pool resources into the truly viable projects and then completing those buildings to the highest standards, this in turn will result in a more efficient structure returning the investment value in a swifter time, without the potential risk of litigation if hazards are not effectively managed by safety systems. Through the prudent deployment of resources and the selection of the right constructor and supply chain structures will simply be better, safer, and provide swifter remuneration of investment. There is nothing to gain in cutting corners and hoping nothing goes wrong. The FM Sudafix Group does not compromise on quality, and it freely admits that there is a cost for the highest performance items due to their higher cost of production. FM Sudafix electrical safety systems, be they earthing/grounding, lightning protection, cathodic protection or stray current management, are high performance and priced at the smallest margins that still protect the integrity of quality. It is the FM Sudafix Group’s high performance and quality services and products that have led to them being recognized as a safety seal of approval on any structure.

This month the FM Sudafix Group have acknowledged a notable increase in enquiries for both light and heavy rail projects in a number of countries around the globe. Locating the potential reasons for the increase in orders for services and materials are not immediately clear, although it is entirely likely to be connected to the global financial situation. It seems paradoxical to consider a difficult economic period as an impetus for growth, yet there may be some truth to this. A number of governments have sought methods of driving domestic stability through the construction industry. Whilst commercial projects require a reciprocal demand from commercial entities, or a marketplace robust enough to sustain developments until they find an interested party, infrastructure projects derive their customers from their domestic population and tourists. Effectively governments following this route to reignite a flagging economy utilise their national fiscal resources recognizing that such projects are effective at repaying their initial investment over time, and they immediately expand the opportunities for local enterprises. The reason for rail companies seeking to obtain the services and products of FM Sudafix is self-evident, with the ability to support projects from pre-design to the completion of construction the FM Sudafix Group is regarded by many leading rail sector operators as peerless. With a catalogue of successful projects in continents spanning the world the FM Sudafix Group is always pleased to assist project teams in the creation of reliable, effective and compliant rail systems.