Balfour Beatty lands £13m Helix canal contract
Construction giant Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £13m contract to extend the Forth and Clyde canal under the M9 motorway.
AECOM awarded £49m contract by Yorkshire Water
Technical support services firm AECOM has been awarded two design-build contracts together worth £49million to upgrade the Blackburn Meadows Wastewater Treatment Plant in Sheffield.
Black & Veatch win Dwr Cymru Welsh Water framework
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) has chosen Black & Veatch as one of three framework partners to help optimise efficiency across its distribution network.
Government tackles construction procurement
Radical changes to public sector construction will lead to up to 20 per cent fall in costs of building schools, hospitals and roads
Construction sector subcontractors fear new downturn
The order books of specialist contractors in the construction sector are continuing to shrink according to the latest National Specialist Contractors’ Council State of Trade Survey.
UK construction sector expectations grow
Despite a decline in output and a slow-down of growth in construction sector activity, construction companies’ confidence about the future has strengthened markedly to reach an eight-month high, according to a new survey of the sector.
Environment Agency goes out to tender with £40M waterway construction contracts
The Environment Agency has gone out to tender with a waterway construction contract.worth up to £40 million.
More construction sector insolvencies likely in 2012 says PwC
Leading audit firm PwC says that with the number of construction insolvencies likely to increase in 2012, major contractors must take a pro-active approach to managing risk in their supply chain.
Thames Water opts for early contractor involvement on £multi-million Deephams upgrade
Thames Water has opted for early contractor involvement (ECI) on a major new scheme to upgrade its Deephams sewage treatment works.
Sharp fall expected for UK construction sector in 2012
UK construction output is forecast to fall by more than 5% next year and remain flat throughout 2013 according to the latest forecasts published by the Construction Products Association.
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Sulzer launches global Water Treatment Center of Excellence for integrated water solutions
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. -
Pumps prove to be smooth operators for Anglian Water
“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 takes over as Director of BPF Plastic Pipes Group
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. -
Ledbury engineering firm strengthens senior team as demand for water process systems grows
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.
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