GHD has been appointed as one of the lead designers for Portsmouth Water’s Havant Thicket Reservoir project in Hampshire – the first major new UK reservoir in more than 30 years.
First reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering, the £325M Havant Thicket Reservoir will be designed to provide storage for…
Northumbrian Water's contractors are gearing up for over £15M of improvement works at various County Durham treatment facilities to protect water quality in the River Skerne.
The utility company said it would invest more than £10M upgrading Chilton Lane Sewage Treatment Works near Ferryhill, as well as sites at nearby Fishburn…
The Environment Agency expects to deliver far less through its £5.2bn flood-safety programme than originally forecast as skills shortages and inflation hold it back, a bleak report has warned.
Spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) said the public body had subtly slashed its forecast for properties protected in the six…
An innovative tunnel boring shaft technique has enabled Northumbrian Water to lay a new water pipe under a 200-year-old railway without disruption.
Northumbrian Water’s partner Mott MacDonald Bentley successfully used the underground tunnelling method which allowed the pipes to be laid underneath the Bowes Railway Company Hauler site near Durham, which…
The Environment Agency has launched a £30M programme to reduce flood risk and boost biodiversity on the River Tees estuary.
The Tees Estuary has been heavily modified by human hand in the last 200 years as it transformed into a hub of industrial activity. While vital for jobs and the economy,…
Network Rail has commenced “detailed tests” to uncover the issue behind the discolouration of water in the Whitehaven harbour and the rail tunnel that runs beneath it.
The tunnel sits on the Cumbrian Coast line and takes trains 1km underground between Corkickle and Whitehaven. It has been known to flood and…
Bam Nuttall, Aecom and Mott McDonald-Bentley JV are three of the 15 companies appointed by South West Water to support its delivery programme over the coming five years.
South West Water recently announced its new business plan for Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8), up to 2030, which will see it upgrade…
Wessex Water has received full planning permission for its £100M plans to upgrade infrastructure that will improve water treatment in the Bristol area.
Work will commence next year on constructing more storage and processing infrastructure at the water recycling centre in Avonmouth, which treats sewage and wastewater from Bristol, South Gloucestershire,…
Associated British Ports (ABP) has started procurement for a contractor for the marine works at the proposed Immingham Green Energy Terminal (IGET) in a contract worth £140M to £170M.
The IGET will support the import of green ammonia (NH3) from Neom in Saudi Arabia and the import of carbon dioxide (CO2).…
Anglian Water's @one Alliance will start work on a £10M storm tank at its water treatment works in Peterborough this month as part of a £27M investment in water infrastructure in the area.
The @one Alliance features Anglian Water Asset Delivery, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB), Sweco, Skanska and…
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