GBV jv wins appraisal contract for UK’s largest flood scheme
The UK’s largest inland flood risk scheme has moved forward with the award of a major appraisal study to GBV, a joint venture comprising Galliford Try and Black & Veatch.
RJ McLeod win £31m+ Selkirk Flood Scheme contract
Glasgow-based construction company RJ McLeod has won the main £31m-plus construction works contract to build the Selkirk Flood Protection Scheme.
Environment Agency awards £15m temporary IT staff contract
The Environment Agency has awarded a three year contract for the services of temporary IT staff worth an estimated £15 million.
Veolia to operate water plant for Ghanaian gold mine
AngloGold Ashanti, one of the largest companies in the gold mining industry, has chosen Veolia to optimize, operate and maintain the water treatment plant of its open pit gold mine of Iduapriem in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western-Region of Ghana.
ARCADIS wins $50m-plus Brazilian water contracts
ARCADIS has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary ARCADIS Logos has signed two contracts with SABESP, one of the largest water supply and waste water treatment firms in the world.
BAM in Austrian hydroelectric power scheme jv
Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau, the German tunneling specialist arm of Royal BAM Group nv, has won a joint venture contract worth around € 14 million, for the construction of a turbine building as part of an hydroelectric power scheme in Austria.
Shetland firm wins tidal turbines contract
A Shetland company will manufacture blades for a bank of tidal turbines that will power 300 homes, Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced today.
Salini wins €260m hydroelectric project in south east Turkey
Milan-headquartered Salini Impregilo has won a € 260 million contract for the construction of the civil works for the Cetin main hydroelectric plant on the Botan river in the southeastern part of Turkey.
Continued growth drives demand for specialist contractors
Specialist contractors are benefiting from increased workloads and rising tender prices according to the latest NSCC State of Trade Survey, but higher demand is putting increased pressure on an already overstretched workforce.
G4S wins £50m Tideway Tunnel security services contract
Thames Water has awarded a security services contract for the Tideway Tunnel worth up to £50million to G4S Security Services (UK) Ltd.
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South West Water explores new approach to sludge dewatering in UK-first municipal trial
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 strengthens its UK presence with acquisition of Hy‑Ram Engineering
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 in new collaboration for Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal
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. -
BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
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.
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