SOURCE DESIGN SERVICES - Key Persons
I started my career as an apprentice Site Engineer for a national civil engineering company based in Warwick, working in a variety of construction roles to develop my capabilities. After joining McNicholas in 1998 working on a water maintenance contract for Seven Trent Water, I joined the Planning/ Design Department as a Design Manager. McNicholas then started a Multi- Utility Consultancy and Connections business for which I was Operations Manager. In 2018 I was promoted to Head of Construction for Source Design Services.
I joined SDS from the Rail Business within the Kier Group and have been working on our utility framework with HS2. It is a close knit team who are keen to support one another and my experience on one the largest infrastructure projects in the UK has been invaluable in aiding my professional development and my colleagues have been supporting me in my route to chartership.
I started my career as a Graduate Engineer after one-year work placement for ITM Soil where I contributed to a number of Crossrail projects. I joined Source Design Services as a Civil Design Engineer in 2014 after completing my BSc in Civil Engineering with Sustainability at Brunel University.
My long term career goal is to be a professionally qualified engineer with multidisciplinary experience in the rail engineering sector and Source Design Services are supporting me through the process toward chartership. I am now studying towards a master's degree in Project and Infrastructure Management.
SDS recently welcomed Meirion Edwards as its new Head of Consultancy. With over 30 years of experience in utilities design and planning, Meirion brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the team.
Meirion has worked for a variety of utility and consultancy companies such as Thames Water , Peter Brett Associates and DBK culminating in running his own consultancy for 13 years
Throughout his career, Meirion has been crucial in supporting numerous blue-chip developers in delivering residential, mixed-use, regeneration, and strategic schemes across the UK.
Some notable projects he has been involved in include the Kings Cross Regeneration, Kidbrooke Village SE3, and various high-rise developments in central London.
Having worked for a leading distribution network operator (DNO) for over 23 years , I took the opportunity to join Source Design Services (SDS) at the beginning of 2016 to create a design team to deliver electrical schemes for the newly formed UKPN alliance framework. My design team has successfully managed to deliver multiple schemes which involved complex trenchless installation techniques including horizontal directional drilling and micro-tunnelling. I have also successfully led the design team for a major infrastructure project for RAF from 2019 to 2022. I was promoted to Head of Design in early 2022 and have successfully managed our utility design teams including obtaining and retaining our NERS, WIRS and GIRS accreditations. I really enjoy working with our team here at SDS who are energetic and constantly finding innovative ways of finding design solutions to the challenges we face. Our leadership team are proactive and always support each other to reach our goals.
I joined McNicholas in 2007 as Multi- Utility Business Manager, setting up and running a thriving consultancy and connections business. A two-year secondment as Head of Design for McNicholas at the London 2012 project gave me an invaluable insight into the critical importance of design to the success of a major project. In 2015 I was made Business Director of Source Design Services and built the business to a turnover of £8m p.a. McNicholas was then purchased by in 2018 and the SDS business retained and continuing to thrive serving both internal and external clients.