Wessex Water has named the contractors and consultants selected for its eighth asset management period (AMP8), running from 2025-30.
Kier won a place on three of the four lots on the framework that is set to see £3.7bn of planned investment made by the water company – which operates across Dorset, Somerset and Bristol, as well as parts of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Hampshire.
Galliford Try landed two slots, which the contractor said it expects to be worth more than £400m in revenue.
The framework agreements are in place for an initial six years, with potential for a further five-year extension.
All the winners
Design and build projects:
Mott MacDonald Bentley, Kier Integrated Services, Galliford Try Construction and Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure.
Design consultancy services:
Aecom, AtkinsRealis UK, Stantec UK, Mott MacDonald, Pell Frischmann Consultants, Sweco UK and Gutteridge, Haskins and Davey (GHD).
Mechanical and electrical:
Kier Integrated Services, Galliford Try Construction, Bridges (Electrical Engineers), Trant Engineering and OCU Utility Services.
Civil works:
Envolve Infrastructure, Mott MacDonald Bentley, Kier Integrated Services and Knights Brown Construction.
Wessex Water engineering and delivery director Paul Lewis said: “These awards will enable a much wider reach for the delivery, training, development, secondments and apprenticeships across the partnership for a programme that is more than double the size of our AMP7 (2020-25) commitments.”
Aecom said in a statement that it would work collaboratively with other framework suppliers to support Wessex Water’s outcome targets, which include: net-zero carbon, biodiversity improvements, safe and reliable water, great river and coastal quality, and an effective sewerage system.
The water company provides services to 1.4 million customers and sewerage services to 2.9 million customers.
Its assets include 35,000km of sewers, 12,000km of water mains, 231 water sources and treatment centres, 310 service reservoirs and towers, 2,200 sewage pumping stations, and 400 water recycling centres.
Galliford Try chief executive Bill Hocking said: “The significant increase in activity anticipated in the water sector is a key part of our sustainable growth strategy, and we look forward to delivering for Wessex Water’s customers and stakeholders.”
The performance of the water sector has come in for much public scrutiny in recent months, with companies criticised for sewage discharges into rivers.
In March 2022, regulator Ofwat opened an enforcement case against Wessex Water and four other water firms over their management of sewage treatment works and sewerage networks. Similar cases were opened against four other companies earlier this year.
