Severn Trent explores potential development of framework agreement for Water Process Treatment Hire services
Severn Trent Water is exploring the potential development of a framework agreement for Water Process Treatment Hire services with the launch of a preliminary market engagement exercise to better understand the capabilities, capacity, and level of interest within the market for the provision of Temporary Treatment Solutions.
Equipment hire services set to play key role in delivering AMP8 capital programme
HUBER Technology UK has taken further steps to strengthen its hire business team for AMP8 with the recent appointment of Alistair McFarlane as Hire Business Manager for its hire division.
Thames Water tenders £147 million AMP8 framework contract for plant hire
Thames Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 framework contract for plant hire worth an estimated £147 million. The water company intends to award a framework agreement for the hire of equipment that is crucial to its business operation.
Pembrokeshire County Council tenders £3.6m contract for hire of plant and machinery
Pembrokeshire County Council has gone out to tender with a contract for the hire of plant and machinery worth an estimated £3.6 million
UK water companies make increasingly strategic use of hire equipment in AMP7
The UK water companies are making increasingly strategic use of equipment hire as part of their their regular AMP7 activities, according to wastewater technology specialists HUBER Technology.
Scottish Water tenders £60m equipment and plant hire contract
Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a contract for a managed operated service and self-drive equipment and plant hire services worth an estimated £60 milllion in total.
A-Plant places record £50m order with JCB
A-Plant has announced its largest ever single order for new equipment in the firm’s history - the company has purchased more than 1,550 machines from JCB in a ground-breaking deal worth more than £50 million.
Anglian Water sets out plans to upgrade faulty pumping station
Anglian Water has set out plans to upgrade a faulty pumping system on a single vacuum pumping station built by developers and subsequently adopted by Anglian Water.
Rollover results in stark warning for plant hire firms from HSE
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning plant hire companies to ensure their vehicles are supplied in a safe condition after a Treharris company were prosecuted for hiring out an excavator without suitable rollover protection, and for failing to carry out pre- and post-hire checks on equipment and hirers.
£110.2m sale of UK equipment rental firm Hewden
UK construction equipment rental business Hewden has been sold by Canadian parent company Finning International for £110.2 million to Sun European Partners.
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Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
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. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
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. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
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.
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