Kier is getting ready to hold a Supplier Engagement Day in Exeter in July the Regional Civil Engineering team are keen to talk to suppliers across the South West interested in becoming part of the firm’s supply chain over the coming years.
The energy sector regulator Ofgem has gone out tender with a contract worth up to £100 million for consultancy services on a wide range of issues and sectors, including energy, water, competition and market behaviour, on behalf of a number of other Government organisations.
Credit ratings agency Moody's says that today's announcement by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs that the Thames Tideway Tunnel project is being specified under the Water Industry(Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013 is a key step towards implementation of the project.
Specialist MEICA contractor Nomenca has secured three frameworks at the beginning of 2013, bringing in an estimated £10 million over the next 6 years.
Thames Water will be looking for bids from contractors as far afield as China or Singapore when the Thames Tunnel project is put out to tender.
Costain, one of the UK's leading construction and engineering solutions providers, has announced this morning that it has been instructed to undertake two major water contract extensions.
Galliford Try, the construction and housebuilding group, has just announced a £200 million contract win in its GCA joint venture with Costain Group plc and Atkins (WS) plc to upgrade and extend Liverpool waste water treatment works for United Utilities Group plc.
Scottish Water has put a massive £150 million contract fo the provision of electro-mechanical repair and maintenance services out to tender.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has put out a £40 million tender for its minor civil engineering works framework.
Thames Water has signed a five-year contract with procurement specialists Efficio, who from April 6 will manage up to £500m a year of its direct and indirect spend on everything from pipes and heavy machinery to office supplies.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
bNovate has launched BactoCloud, a secure cloud-based platform that connects and manages its BactoSense instruments, enabling real-time monitoring and optimization of microbial water quality.