Barhale continues to build its role within Thames Water’s dedicated programme to improve the performance of London's water network with new project awards at Victoria and Regent’s Park.
NI Water has reached the mid-way point in its ongoing Trunk Mains investment programme across Northern Ireland. The main contractor for the Trunk Mains Framework as part of the Price Control six-year PC21 Business Plan (2021-27) is Farrans Construction, with WSP providing technical and support services.
Scottish Water is starting work on £40 million upgrade to the water network between Peterhead and Ellon.
Thames Water has awarded civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale a £16.8 million contract to upgrade an important water trunk main running through the London Boroughs of Barnet and Enfield.
Thames Water has been given the go ahead for its ambitious plans to transform London’s network of Victorian water pipes, having met additional requirements set out by industry regulator Ofwat.
A £1.2 million trunk main testing facility, a first for the UK water industry, is helping Thames Water improve the efficiency of its water network investment programme.
Irish Water is continuing to progress work to replace problematic trunk mains as part of the its National Leakage Reduction Programme.
NI Water is holding a market engagement event for its upcoming Water Rehabilitation Integrated Partnership Framework which has an estimated total potential value of £270 million.
Southern Water is seeking supply chain input on clean water optimisation ahead of going out to tender with a formal contract in May 2022.
Thames Water has gone out to tender with a leak-testing services framework contract for trunk mains leak detection worth an estimated £25.6 million.
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“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.