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A focus of the refurbishment was to reduce running costs and energy consumption; prior to that time the building had single-glazed metal framed windows, almost no insulation and a poor heating system.<ref name=SVR185>'Creating new offices for the Railway, Chris Bond, SVR News 185</ref> Following tender, contractors Ryan Chance undertook works including on the roof structure and windows. A complete internal fit out took place with including new electrical systems, sanitary ware and messing facilities. A volunteer-led IT/Telecoms project saw the installation of data and IT communicationsincluding some 10km of cables. A <ref name=SVR185/> The mixture of volunteers and contractors refitted the building at a projected cost of £149,300. WFDC allowed two years of non-national domestic rate relief on the SVR’s rates with an SVR undertaking to spend this relief contribution on the refurbishment. This relief provided £144,500 towards the cost.