Working with Yorkshire Water, the team will carry out improvement works to clean and waste water treatment works in batches across the region. The scope includes all design- and consultancy activities for the civil, water process, mechanical and electrical engineering works throughout the value chain; from investigation and feasibility through to commissioning and handover. Work will commence in April 2010.
Lawrence Hughes, Group Director Water & Energy Grontmij N.V. said: ‘We are delighted with this appointment to the Yorkshire Water framework. Coupled with the recent announcement about the frameworks with Wessex Water and Anglian Water,
we have a positive forward order book in the UK water business.’
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Notes to the editor:
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 which is a leading value proposition for our customers. Grontmij is the fourth largest engineering consultancy in Europe with over 150 offices across Europe and a further 20 offices globally. We employ over 8,000 professionals across 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.
Morgan Est is a leading UK provider of infrastructure services across the public and private sector. The business specialises in the design and delivery of complex engineering projects and provides specialist tunnelling, utilities, civil engineering and mechanical and electrical services to the water, transport and energy sectors. It is part of top UK construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall plc which operates through five divisions of fit out, construction, infrastructure services, affordable housing and urban regeneration, which are supported by two specialist units of investments and professional services.
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