Anglian Water picks 20 firms for £301m M&E framework
Anglian Water has named 20 firms, including Amentum and Galliford Try, to a £301m mechanical and electrical maintenance framework running to 2035.
News · AMP8 contractors
The AMP8 frameworks decide who hires until 2030.
Who has won what across the water companies' AMP8 programmes, award by award, and what each framework means for commercial, delivery and engineering roles.
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Anglian Water
Barhale's £14.6m Anglian Water deal opens 6,200 homes
Anglian Water has awarded Barhale a £14.6m contract to build a wastewater pipeline enabling 6,200 new homes at Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire.
Anglian Water hands £1.5bn framework to two JVs, unlocking AMP8 work
Anglian Water has picked two contractor joint ventures for a £1.5bn major projects framework running to 2036, with the first tranche of work already defined. For anyone with water sector experience, this is where the next few years of AMP8 hiring will concentrate.
Thames Water
Thames Water names nine teams for its £4.8bn framework
Thames Water has picked nine contractor teams, including BAM Nuttall, Costain, Murphy and Kier, for its £4.8bn AMP8/9 major projects framework.
Three JVs chase £5.7bn Thames Water reservoir job
Balfour Beatty, Bouygues and Webuild lead rival joint ventures shortlisted to build the £5.7bn White Horse Reservoir near Abingdon.
Costain's £150m Thames Water deal shows where AMP8 jobs are landing
Costain has been appointed to a £150m wastewater upgrade programme for Thames Water, one of the clearest signs yet that the industry's five-year AMP8 investment cycle is converting into site-level contracts. It is worth tracking closely if you work in water or want to move into it.
Kier's £265m Maple Lodge win is a marker for water sector hiring
Kier has landed its biggest wastewater job yet on Thames Water's AMP8 programme. It is a useful signal for anyone weighing a move into water and utilities.
NI Water
NI Water opens a £10.5bn framework that could run to 2039
Northern Ireland Water has begun procurement for a new civils, pipelaying and M&E framework worth up to £10.5bn over 12 years. For engineers and QSs across the water sector, this is the clearest signal yet of where the next decade of work sits.
Severn Trent
Galliford Try's £110m Severn Trent deal opens environment sector jobs
Severn Trent has awarded Galliford Try a £110m contract to build a 23km pipeline protecting the River Mease, a sign of where the current wave of AMP8 environmental spending is actually landing.
Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water's £80m framework hands work to Arup, AECOM and Jacobs
Yorkshire Water has awarded an £80 million multi-supplier technical services framework to 15 engineering and consultancy firms to deliver its AMP8 programme. It is a four-year pipeline of named work, and a clear steer on who is hiring designers now.
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