Balfour Beatty has taken delivery of the largest UK-owned Earth Pressure Balanced tunnelling machine, as part of a £32m project to improve water quality in the Manchester Ship Canal for its customer, United Utilities.
The 140 tonne machine is designed for operation in soft ground conditions containing water under pressure, differing from other large tunnelling machines that operate in dry conditions. It was driven from Staffordshire to the Manchester site before being lifted down into one of the three 30 metre deep shafts the company has constructed as part of a project to prevent undiluted sewage entering the ship canal.
Balfour Beatty’s supply chain partner Murphy’s will now start tunnelling under the Trafford Park site, including a road, to create a 3.66 metre wide, 700 metre long tunnel.
The company is also constructing a 35 metre wide, 12 metre deep screening facility and a 30 metre deep stormwater detention chamber.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
Börger UK, which has firmly established itself as a leading pump brand since it was set up in Staffordshire in 2004, has moved into bigger, brand-new premises in Shrewsbury.
HUBER Technology UK & Ireland are inviting people to register for their March webinar where they will be providing information about HUBER water intake screens for municipal and industrial applications.
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.
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.
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