Scarborough Borough Council has gone out to tender with a coastal defence works contract worth an estimated £5 million.
Fareham based Boskalis Westminster Ltd has started work on the £31million contract awarded in June by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to prepare Portsmouth harbour for the arrival of new carriers next year.
Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a contract for the supply and installation of solar photovoltaic equipment worth up to £9 million.
A joint bidding pilot in Wales aimed at encouraging Welsh businesses and organisations to work collaboratively to bid for public sector contracts, has resulted in contracts being won by consortia in nearly two thirds of those awarded so far – contracts which would not have been secured independently.
The Construction Products Association is predicting further growth for the construction industry, including a 13.6% rise in infrastructure in 2015.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers has won a £6 million contract for the management and implementation of initiatives under Welsh Water’s Retail Transformation Programme.
United Utilities has awarded an AMP6 network and telephony security operations framework contract worth around £9 million.
Northumbrian Water has gone out to tender with a major AMP6/7 repair and maintenance services contract worth up to £80 million.
The Environment Agency has appointed VBA, the joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins, to work on a £21 million flood defence scheme for Ipswich.
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards.
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England.
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.