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.
Tideway to offer unique contract opportunity on testing phase
Tideway, the company building London’s new super sewer, is set to invite interest for a unique contract opportunity to maintain thousands of infrastructure assets through the project’s performance and reliability testing phase.
United Utilities wins international maintenance award
United Utilities’ maintenance team has won the ‘Best Leadership for Reliability Program’ award at the International Maintenance Conference.
Strengthening asset health and resilience in AMP8 - embedding planned equipment hire into proactive maintenance activity
Asset health and resilience are set to be key features in the upcoming Price Review in 2024. In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Kevin Ockwell, Sales Director from wastewater technology specialist HUBER Technology takes a look at the role strategic equipment hires can play in predictive maintenance activities and explores the issues from a supplier point of view.
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.
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Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise. -
Welsh Water’s ORAI system shortlisted for three categories at the British Data Awards 2026
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers. -
Barhale completes two Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects for Severn Trent
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
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