Costain has won an award for innovation for its novel use of a new scanning instrument in the London Tunnels.
Costain is using the latest mobile technology that takes advantage of its cloud platforms to develop innovative smartphone and tablet device applications for use across its operations, which could potentially help to save time and money on its projects.
Costain has won a contract with the Environment Agency (EA) to help keep rivers and waterways in the Midlands flowing.
A joint venture of Costain, Atkins and Veolia Water has been appointed as design and build consortium to Thames Water’s AMP6 programme, which is worth up to £3 billion.
Costain is among a group of organisations that includes De Montfort University, Bluefrog Design, M Wright and Sons, Virtalis and Loxcius that has secured co-funding from the government-backed Technology Strategy Board for a project aimed at improving the company’s operational performance and service delivery at Severn Trent Water.
Contractor Costain has begun work on a major scheme to replace Ambergate reservoir for Severn Trent Water.
The 4Delivery Alliance, a contracting consortium of Costain, MWH and Veolia Water has gained National Skills Academy for Construction (NSAfC) status for the next three years.
Engineering firm Costain has won a significant contract to build a new duplicate raw water main for Northumbrian Water from an existing intake point at Ovingham on the River Tyne, west of Newcastle, to Horsley treatment works.
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.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.