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Galliford Try and Imtech bid wins £36m water treatment contract
A Galliford Try/Imtech joint venture has won a £36 million deal to build a water treatment works in Lincolnshire for Anglian Water.
WSP 'confident' after stable start to 2012
Design engineering consultancy WSP has said it is “confident” in its 2012 performance after several years of restructuring.
Turner & Townsend infra director joins Davis Langdon
Construction consultancy Davis Langdon has appointed Paul Dyson as a director in its infrastructure sector team.
Pyeroy pursues growth after rise in turnover and workforce
Specialist industrial services contractor Pyeroy is planning “further growth” after a 17 per cent increase in turnover in 2011.
Bam Nuttall posts record revenue as profits continue to fall
Bam Nuttall has reported a record turnover of £809 million for 2011 - but said competitive pricing has meant a further fall in pre tax profits.
Thames Water gives £100m contract to EnServe
Support services company EnServe has won a repair and maintenance contract with Thames Water
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Lanes scoops £216m Thames Water deal
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Laing O'Rourke sees more change at the top as five directors leave
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Balfour Beatty to cut jobs in UK construction restructure
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Morgan Sindall lands metro, water deals worth £39m
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PM reveals his vision for the future of infrastructure
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Super sewer to create 9,000 jobs
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May Gurney appoints Mark Hazlewood as finance director
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Balfour Beatty 'big and ugly' enough to weather 2012, says McNaughton
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Balfour Beatty profits up 9pc despite fall in UK construction
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Costain sees drop in revenue and pre tax profits
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Peel Ports seeks bids for £300m Liverpool terminal
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Galliford Try wins water contracts worth £49m
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EC Harris pushes up Arcadis revenue by 15pc
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Galliford Try dividend doubled as profits soar 89pc
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Graham selected for Port of Grimsby £25m upgrade
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Skanska increases margins in 2011 as revenue and orders fall
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From Torbay to Tees Valley: 32 bid to be home to the GIB
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Morgan Sindall wins £28m Yorkshire Water bio-gas deal
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Energy offers hope for 2012 but concerns mount over infra funding
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Kier distances itself from TEG acquisition talk
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UK's first marine energy park to help boost £15bn industry
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Galliford Try achieves 59pc increase in housing completions
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Thames Water seeks solution for £270m sewer
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Olympic dreams shattered for Boris' £60m floating river park
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WSP reports £15m restructuring hit as it gets set for 2012
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WYG sales drop 20pc in six months
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Industry wishlist: The projects that made the autumn statement cut
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Mouchel chief exec launches review to decide firm's fate
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ACE welcomes plans to simplify procurement and help firms trade overseas.
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FMB slams Autumn Statement for not doing enough to help SMEs
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Chancellor pledges to clamp down on costly employment tribunals
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Slashing VAT on RMI works would generate 100,000 jobs, government told
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Construction bodies set sights on low carbon agenda
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Construction workers £1k worse off as 5% inflation bites
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Autumn Statement: Industry wishlist names 72 projects to ‘unlock’
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CECA warns of double-dip recession as falling workloads hit civils firms
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Major contract wins push Costain order book to £2.6bn
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IUK chairman: Time to prioritise economic infrastructure
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Costain wins first Northumbrian Water project
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Balfour and Tata in Indian tie up
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Carillion urges government to heed Canadian PPP lessons
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Utilities buoy Hyder in face of cuts
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Babcock to manage Lafarge plant fleet in £50m deal
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CH2M Hill acquires Halcrow in £124m deal
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Pipe dreams
Morgan Est has installed three major pipework connections at the Frankley Water Treatment Works as part of its £31 million contract at the site with Severn Trent Water.
Indepth
United Utilities builds pipe network
The increasingly unpredictable UK weather conditions with torrential rain one month, drought the next leaves water companies with a constant challenge to safeguard domestic supplies, according to United Utilities’ Jon Higham.
No plans for a UK water grid
Earlier this year, Nick Herbert, the former shadow environment secretary for the Conservative Party and now policing minister, backed the UK-wide introduction of a grid enabling water companies to trade treated water and avoid capital intensive projects where necessary.
Winning construction work: Utilities
Utilities frameworks due to begin next year may be lucrative for firms
Doing business with Utilities: Top tips
Contractor Barhale director Andy Flowerday talks about the five rules for winning work
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Doing business with Utilities: What subcontractors should know
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Utilities projects boost civil deals
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Helping Portsmouth go with the outflow
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Change must happen before the Water and Floods bill comes into force
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Huge tank and sewer to save Barrow from flooding
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How to stave off a flood invasion
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It is not all doom and gloom for construction
