Firstco: Press Releases
Firstco Awarded Tyne and Wear Metro Framework Agreement
Firstco has been awarded preferred supplier status, becoming one of three contractors to undergo further competitive competition to design and build a 10G IP network linking the sixty stations...
Firstco Wins Two New Projects as Part of London Underground's Cooling the Tube Programme
The Cooling the Tube programme has been established to minimise the problem of increasing temperatures across the London Underground network, which can surpass 30°C at some locations...
Firstco Undertakes Study for TFL Tramlink
Transport for London (TfL) is investing in the future of Tramlink and is developing a comprehensive programme of enhanced maintenance, renewals, upgrades and capacity enhancement for...
Ian Fugeman Joins Firstco as Non-Executive Director
Ian Fugeman has joined the board of Firstco, the specialist controls and communications systems company, as a non-executive director. Firstco chairman Mark Calnan said: "We are...
Firstco Appointed At Gatwick Airport for Specialist Systems at the North Terminal Landside Redevelopment
Firstco have been appointed by Costain as systems integrator for the specialist systems work across the programme; these systems involve security, wireless communications and operational systems...
Firstco Successfully Completed Their Way-Finding Project for Heathrow Express
Firstco are pleased to have successfully completed their Way-Finding project for the Heathrow Express. The project involved delivering 11 new digital displays throughout Heathrow Express...
Firstco Gains a New Senior Engineer
Firstco are delighted to announce that Adam Anderson has joined the company as a senior engineer. For the last six years Adam has worked with or for BAA. Most recently he has been...
Firstco Wins Prestigious Support Contract
Firstco are delighted to announce that, following a competitive tender process, Heathrow Express has chosen Firstco to support all their communication and control systems. The contract will run...
Firstco Reduces Heathrow Express' Energy Consumption
Firstco devised ways of saving Heathrow Express money and time by helping them to reduce their carbon burden by 200t/year, saving them annual charges of over £30,000 at Heathrow Central...
Firstco Designing Communications and Controls Systems for Crossrail
Firstco has been continuing its work with the London Crossrail project throughout 2008 and 2009. Currently work is being performed on the design of intervention and escape shafts which need to...
Firstco Improve PA System on Heathrow Express
Between the end of October and early December 2008, Firstco carried out improvement works to enhance the PA systems at Heathrow Central and Heathrow Terminal 4 stations. Heathrow Express...
Testing and Commissioning Fixed Telephony
One of the main responsibilities of Firstco recently was to test and commission the telephone and public address / voice alarm systems within the new T5 rail station and tunnels. The...
Testing and Commissioning Passenger Information Systems
Firstco has been responsible for the passenger information systems at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 rail station. This includes the PA, clocks, and four train-information display systems. ...
T5 Live Media Case Study
The advertising at Heathrow Central and T4 previously was in the form of static illuminated posters, scrolling illuminated posters and tunnel-mounted posters. The scrolling posters could only...
Firstco’s Three Peaks Challenge Nets £1,200 for COSMIC Children’s Charity
Seven members of staff at Firstco, the technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialists - Rupert Exham, Darren Grey, Steve Haynes, Peter Laing, Stephen Nuttall,...
Firstco Oversees HEx Optical Transport Network Upgrade
Firstco, the technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialists, have recently completed an upgrade to the Heathrow Express (HEx) Optical Transport Network (OTN)...
Firstco’s Project Management Experience and Expertise Helps the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
When Union Railways North (URN), a subsidiary of London and Continental Railways (LCR), needed some experienced engineers on site to report on progress and advise on problems involved in...
Firstco delivers UK’s largest Allen-Bradley SIL2 ControLogix Project
Firstco, one of the UK's leading technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialists, has just completed the customer factory acceptance testing of a ControLogix...
Firstco Plays a Part in the London Crossrail project
Firstco, one of the UK's leading technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialists, has completed initial Functional Design Specifications (FDS) to enable...
Firstco Establishes Companies in Dubai and Mauritius
Firstco, the technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialist, has opened companies in Dubai and Mauritius. Firstco in Dubai and Firstco (Mauritius) Ltd offer...
Firstco Uses Value-Assured Engineering to Save £Millions
Thanks to the application of Value-Assured Engineering (VAE) by Firstco, technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialists, the Heathrow Express station at...
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