The agreement will see Grontmij utilising its extensive range of water services, offering feasibility and design across networks and treatment facilities, including water and wastewater network modelling and analysis, as well as asset management.
Lawrence Hughes, Group Director Water & Energy Grontmij: ‘The appointment is testament to Grontmij’s leading skills in the water industry, our innovative techniques and our ability to work with United Utilities to create more efficient processes. Add to this our breadth and depth of experience, including over 20 years working with the UK’s regulated water companies, means we have the knowledge and expertise to deliver the low cost, high quality, sustainable solutions required by United Utilities.’
Lorraine Morton, Category Manager at United Utilities, said: ‘United Utilities is dedicated to delivering cost effective, efficient, high quality services for our customers, and we are looking forward to working with Grontmij to implement initiatives and processes.’
* The so-called ‘United Utilities AMP5 Professional Engineering Consultancy Services (PECS) Framework’.
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Notes to the editors
Grontmij is a leading sustainable design, engineering and management consultancy active in the growth markets of water, energy, transportation and sustainable planning and design. At the core of our business is the principle of sustainability by design that is a leading value proposition for our customers. Grontmij is the fourth largest engineering consultancy in Europe with almost 300 offices across the region and a further 50 offices globally. We have nearly 11,000 professionals around the world.
Our value chain of services stretches from major renewable water and energy infrastructure through designing efficient and environmentally-sensitive mobility and transportation networks to shaping our urban and green living spaces.
Whilst we are approaching our 100th anniversary, and benefit from the experience nearly a century provides, we prefer to look to the future to enhance the world we live in. By applying sustainability considerations to all our design, consultancy and management services right across the value chain, our highly-skilled, expert people are able to create lasting solutions that plan for, connect and respect the future.
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