Tag Archives: water

New digital visualisation techniques came into their own on a complex water main replacement in Scotland during Covid-19 restrictions. 

Water supply resilience in Lanarkshire has been boosted after contractor George Leslie recently completed a major project to replace two ageing water mains near Douglas.  It was no easy task as the…

Highway flooding has always been a challenging issue in the UK. National highway design standards aim to keep water off the trafficked areas of a road in a once in a five year storm, so there’s a 20% chance it will flood in any year. Climate change means that flooding…

Decisions made in the first three months of the Covid-19 pandemic cost the Tideway project around £100M, according to chief executive Andy Mitchell.

At the start of the first lockdown in March 2020, Tideway bosses made the decision to keep paying all employees on the project, even before the furlough scheme…

A complex project to overhaul a San Francisco wastewater facility has reached a critical foundations phase.

For residents in San Francisco, the “big one” is never far from their thoughts. Aside from the major earthquake which almost destroyed the city in 1906, the last major seismic event to hit was in…

Work is progressing in Belfast with a major project to increase capacity at the city’s wastewater treatment site.

The Belfast Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) is an impressive sight. Construction is well underway on a £10M programme to construct two new 15M litre capacity treatment tanks, equivalent in volume to six Olympic-size…

Waterman Aspen divisional director Andrew Woodliffe is leading the firm’s growth in the water and environment sectors but says there are challenges facing the industry and the planet – now and in the future. What are the biggest challenges facing the industry? Without a doubt the biggest single challenge facing…

The water industry is working hard to improve network security. But more needs to be done to assure resilience for future generations. 

With the impact of climate change resulting in more frequent droughts, the challenge of improving water supply security has never been greater. But action is being taken – this…

A tunnelling boring machine (TBM), named Timmy the Tunneller, has arrived in Belfast for use on a major £7M flood alleviation project.

Once complete in early 2023, the project in the Ravenhill area of south Belfast will reduce the risk of sewers overflowing. The machine, which is over 2m in diameter…

The government has announced plans to trial feeding broadband cables through water pipes as a less disruptive way of connecting rural areas with high speed internet.

The proposal forms part of a three-year project to accelerate the rollout of broadband and mobile phone signal in rural areas and also aims to…

Barking Riverside Limited (BRL) has reached a major transport infrastructure milestone, with construction of the river bus pier commencing this month.

The £7.3M contract to deliver the new pier for Barking Riverside, which will be served by an Uber Boat by Thames Clippers service from 2022, has been awarded to McLaughlin…