Strategic Pipeline Alliance
The Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) is an alliance of Anglian Water (AW), Farrans, Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB), Costain and Jacobs who are contracted to deliver one of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK.
Yorkshire Water awards £550m water services contracts
Previously, clean water network repairs and maintenance were delivered by one contractor. Under Yorkshire Water’s new Water Services Partnership, contracts are divided into five lots – in order to drive innovation, competition, customer s...
Poo-to-hydrogen project unveiled as Welsh Water works towards carbon neutral
An innovative project to convert sewage into a zero-emission fuel has been given the green light – alongside a raft of renewable energy projects being advanced by Welsh Water. The "Make Your Poo Work For You" project – a collaboration be...
Yorkshire Water names final AMP7 framework winners
The last set of framework awards complete a 12-month AMP7 procurement process following the recent announcements of the MEICA and Civils framework awards. The £400m Infrastructure Networks framework covers the delivery of infrastructure pipeline projects for both clean and wastewater assets.
Severn Trent to begin million pound water improvement project in Worcester
Severn Trent is to begin work in Worcester, as part of a £1.25m project that will make sure its customers have wonderful water for years to come. The listed utilities company will begin working in The Shambles, where it will install new water pipes to help prevent leaks and bursts.
Thames Tideway Tunnels Project
The Thames Tideway scheme – coupling improvements to London’s three main wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with the construction of a storage-and-transfer tunnel nearly 35km long – forms one of the city’s most ambitious wast...
Peatland work kick-starts multi-million pound project
A programme of peatland restoration has kick-started a £2.1million natural flood management (NFM) project in the North East. It will help reduce flooding further down the dale, as well as encouraging carbon capture and improving the land for nature.
£1.5 Million Glasgow Water Deal For Fastflow
The Fastflow Group, a utilities and property services specialist, has been engaged to carry out a major water mains diversion for Glasgow’s biggest regeneration project. The £1.5 million contract involves the installation of arou...
Scottish Water begins environmental investment project
Scottish Water is embarking on a major project on its wastewater infrastructure in the West End of Glasgow to improve the environment and water quality in the River Kelvin. The project forms part of Scottish Water’s £250 million,...
Executive Search Case Study: Anglo places Managing Director
The following case study is not a traditional example of an Executive Search assignment as it is not from the client’s point of view but rather from the candidate’s, here an experienced Managing Director (MD).
South East Water starts £4.3m Canterbury WTW upgrade
South East Water is about to commence work on a multi-million pound upgrade of the Kingston water treatment works, near Canterbury, to improve the quality of its water and to upgrade existing boreholes which collect ground water.
Work starts on £120m Scottish Water Renfrewshire project
Preparatory works have begun on the first phase of the £120m, 13-mile long drinking water network which is expected to benefit over 200,000 people in Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire. The improvement works follow on from an ann...
Calif. plans $15.7B water project
California is proposing its most ambitious water project in a half-century. At $15.7 billion, it would run two giant tunnels, each four stories high, for 35 miles under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Northern California, sending water to cities and farms to the south.
Doosan Enpure appointed lead contractor on £22m Woodmansterne WTW upgrade
Sutton and East Surrey Water’s £22m project to upgrade Woodmansterne Treatment Works in Chipstead, Surrey, has been awarded to Doosan Enpure who will deliver the works as principal contractor.
Winning bidders for Thames Tideway Tunnel announced
According to Rigzone, 71% of respondents in a survey of 963 UK oil workers are considering moving overseas to find work due to a lack of job security in the North Sea and Scotland. 52% of those surveyed by Rigzone also reported a lack of co...