AECOM Europe will cut a further 350 jobs in the UK and Europe as a result of the ongoing effects of recession. In January this year AECOM (previously Faber Maunsell) laid off 4% of its employees.
In a letter to staff, Ken Dalton, chief executive of AECOM UK and Europe, said the 350 jobs cuts, which represent some 12.7% of the remaining workforce, were due to a further downturn in its order book in the last four months of 2009.
The water sector was one of a number areas said to be hit hardest, attributed to delays “in terms of AMP5 implementation.”
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water.
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.