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Business News for July 2010
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29-Jul-10
WSP Group reports “steady” performance in H1 2010
Enviro & Energy lowest margin business, but ready for recovery Read article
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29-Jul-10
Growth forecast for Scottish enviro consultancy market
Growth greater than 5% predicted over the next few years Read article
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29-Jul-10
Argyll Environmental joins Landmark Info
Environmental data and risk analysis firm, Argyll Environmental, will become part of Landmark Information Group, following news that Landmark's parent, Daily... More
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28-Jul-10
Atkins hires contam land experts from Golder & Ground Restoration
Appointments expand regeneration capability, while cuts to highways team on horizon Read article
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28-Jul-10
Arup signs MOU in pursuit of bigger & better offshore wind turbines
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by engineering consultancy Arup and Wind Power Ltd, a British company whose “aerogenerator X” wind... More
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28-Jul-10
SRA buys US energy consultancy Sentech
American consultancy SRA International has acquired Sentech, an energy consulting firm whose clients include the US Department of Energy and the US Energy... More
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28-Jul-10
Gifford wins West Dorset technical framework
West Dorset District Council has awarded Gifford a place on its four-year technical services framework contract, allowing the consultancy to bid for a broad range of projects including contaminated land site investigation, ecological monitoring, environmental impact assessment work and engineering services. -
28-Jul-10
SgurrEnergy wins Infinis wind contract
Renewable electricity generator Infinis has chosen SgurrEnergy as its technical advisor during construction of Glenkerie wind farm, near Biggar in southern Scotland. Services provided by SgurrEnergy will include environmental management. Commenting on the contract win, SgruggEnergy engineering group manager, Alasdair Miller, said: “Being selected for this project demonstrates the wealth of SgurrEnergy’s construction supervision capabilities. Delivery of such projects reinforces our position at the forefront of technical advisor expertise worldwide”. The Glenkerie wind farm is financed by Lloyds and BNP Paribas and will comprise 11 turbines with a combined capacity of up to 22MW. It is due to begin operations next year. -
28-Jul-10
Aecom wins US Navy solar power framework
A partnership between Aecom and Solar Power Partners (SPP) has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity – or framework – contract with the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command. The one-year contract (with options for up to four additional years) will see Aecom-SPP work together to develop “solar power installations” at naval and marine corps sites in the American states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Under the terms of the partnership, Aecom will provide engineering, procurement and construction services, while SPP will finance and own the solar power systems. Four other companies also won places on the framework contract, which has a total potential value of $100 million. -
22-Jul-10
Risk of regional overcapacity in waste treatment
New forecasts for waste arisings, treatment capacity & market shares Read article
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22-Jul-10
Mott Mac wins South Shields regeneration contract
Regeneration of a 35 hectare site near the mouth of the River Tyne in South Shields will proceed with sustainability, civil, structural and infrastructure... More
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22-Jul-10
Scott Wilson buys Australian rail consultancy
Less than a month after Scott Wilson was itself acquired, by URS Corporation after the latter outbid C2HM Hill (Environment Analyst 01-Jul-10), Scott Wilson has announced that it has purchased an Australian consultancy specialising in railway operational planning and network capacity assessments. Based in Melbourne, Systemwide Pty Ltd has annual revenue in the region of £1.7 million (AU$3m). The purchase is the outcome of a “strong working relationship over the last five years” between Systemwide and Scott Wilson's Australian team. Commenting on the acquisition Scott Wilson says that Systemwide's “office in the centre of Melbourne further complements Scott Wilson’s business plans of growing its rail and transport infrastructure consultancy business in the vibrant Victorian market”. -
21-Jul-10
Cefas revenue steady in 2009/10
Growth spurt of recent years falters; “resilience” is watchword for the future Read article
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21-Jul-10
Mott Mac wins Indian transport & sewerage contracts
Two major projects in India have been won by Mott MacDonald. In the north eastern city of Shillong, Mott MacDonald will lead a consortium chosen to deliver a... More
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21-Jul-10
Natural Power wins 3 Scottish wind farm contracts
The assessment management team at renewable consultancy Natural Power has won site management contracts for three Scottish onshore windfarms. Natural Power will... More
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21-Jul-10
Frazer-Nash wins UK nuclear new build work
Horizon Nuclear Power, a joint venture between RWE npower and E.ON UK, has chosen Frazer-Nash to provide regulatory and licensing services to support Horizon's efforts to building and operate new nuclear power stations in the UK by 2025. A five-year framework contract and “three significant work packages” awarded to Frazer-Nash represents “the start of a long term strategic partnership”, says the consultancy. Work will focus initially on assisting Horizon with site licence applications for new power stations at Oldbury, Glos and Wylfa, on Anglesey. Commenting, Frazer-Nash business manager Paul Deeran said: “Frazer-Nash now has significant involvement in the development of the UK’s next generation of nuclear power stations, and these contracts complement our ongoing work for the Health and Safety Executive on the Generic Design Assessment, which is considering the options for nuclear reactor design.” -
21-Jul-10
Spain's Eptisa wins Serbian landfill contract
Madrid-based consultancy Eptisa has been chosen to prepare a feasibility study, conceptual design, project implementation plan and action plan detailing the training needs of local staff for a new landfill site planned for the Serbian region of Valjevo. The new landfill will be designed to serve a population of 440,000 in an area currently without “an appropriate sanitary landfill”. Serbian's national waste management strategy foresees 24 regional landfills, of which 12 are to be built by 2012 and the remainder by 2019. The new Valjevo landfill will be the ninth to be built, with funding for feasibility and other “necessary documentation” provided by Spain. Eptisa's 2009 revenue included €166 million from engineering-based services, including consultancy. The company employs more than 1,600 staff and 35% of its revenue is derived from work outside Spain. -
20-Jul-10
Market “stabilising” but still highly variable, says Sweco
Swedish engineering-led consultancy Sweco has released headline financial figures for the first half and second quarter of 2010 indicating that both sales and... More
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15-Jul-10
ERM UK revenue cut by a quarter, outlook improving
Profit fell by almost 20% last year, client demand “stable” Read article
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15-Jul-10
Long-term demand for consultancy intact
Impact of public sector cuts on infrastructure & enviro consultancies quantified Read article
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15-Jul-10
AEA wins US contract to research airport PM2.5
The American division of AEA has won a contract from the US Transportation Research Board to conduct research into the contribution to local air pollution from... More
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15-Jul-10
MWH consortium wins €5.8m energy finance project in Turkey
A consortium led by MWH has been awarded a major contract by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to launch and operate a $200 million credit... More -
15-Jul-10
Defra publishes industry env'l expenditure data for 2008
Defra has published the results of its environmental protection expenditure (EPE) by industry survey for 2008. The annual survey of UK businesses provides... More -
13-Jul-10
Grontmij appointed to Scottish Water frameworks
Grontmij has been appointed by Scottish Water to three frameworks for delivery of part of its quality and standards IIIb (Q&SIIIb) four-year, €3... More -
13-Jul-10
SLR acquires Alaskan consultancy
SLR has acquired Alaska-based environmental consultancy Hoefler Consulting Group (HCG) for an aggregate consideration of around £5 million. Headquartered... More -
13-Jul-10
Pöyry advice on UK gas security of supply published
Three studies produced by Pöyry's energy consulting division and commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change to inform the UK government's recent gas security of supply policy statement have been published. -
12-Jul-10
Apology to Hyder Consulting
Last week, Environment Analyst reported on Hyder Consulting UK's integration of its environmental services within other areas of its business (Environment... More -
12-Jul-10
ERM wins windfarm contract from Vattenfall & ScottishPower Renewables
The developers of the East Anglia offshore windfarm zone have appointed ERM as lead environmental consultant to assist in the zone's first project. ERM will provide a zonal environmental assessment (ZEA), an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the zone, and specialist survey work in relation to ornithology, marine mammals, fish and seabed ecology. -
12-Jul-10
Amec awarded Slovakian nuclear contract
One-year contract from Skoda JS is for supply of decontamination and remotely operated equipment for its ENEL newbuild programme at Mochovce reactor and is of undisclosed value. -
12-Jul-10
AEA launches sustainable construction service
A bespoke design and specification review for new buildings and refurbishment projects aimed at both commercial and public bodies has been unveiled by AEA. The review covers all relevant aspects of energy efficiency and renewable energy, materials selection, water use, sustainable drainage, waste and ecology. The company already provides a range of 'green building' services, including building modelling, energy performance certificates, display energy certificates, SAP calculation, Breeam and Code for Sustainable Homes assessments. -
08-Jul-10
MWH UK falls into the red in 2009
AMP cycle trough hits water-focussed consulting and engineering group Read article
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08-Jul-10
Two Tomorrows & Biocensus launch biodiversity screening tool
Two Tomorrows and ecological consultancy Biocensus have launched a new product to help companies assess their biodiversity risks and opportunities. The desk-based assessment involves screening a company's sites, whether in one country, a region or worldwide, against a set of risk and opportunity indicators. -
08-Jul-10
Ex-AEA director to head rival ICF's Eurasia business
US-based consultancy ICF International has appointed Christina Cameron to the position of senior vice president for international business in Europe and Asia. Based in London, Cameron will be responsible for growing business in Europe and Asia across the fields of energy, environment and transportation. Before joining ICF, she held various senior roles at climate and energy consultancy AEA in the UK, including acquisitions director, operations director and marketing director. -
07-Jul-10
Greenstone Carbon wins CRC clients
PayPoint & Investindustrial latest to choose software solution Read article
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07-Jul-10
Breeam relaunches data centres standard
A “far reaching” revision of the Breeam method for evaluating the environmental performance of energy-hungry data centres has been completed. Cuts... More
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07-Jul-10
Atkins wins 6 Scottish Water framework contracts
Places on six framework contracts to supply “strategic support services” to Scottish Water, representing a combined value of approximately £2.5 billion, have been won by Atkins. The contracts cover the 2010-2015 period and will require Atkins staff to provide services related to: asset performance and business planning; non-infrastructure design; water infrastructure design; wastewater infrastructure design; wastewater modelling; and dams and reservoirs. Commenting on Scottish Water's ambitions over the coming five years, asset and investment manager Ken Hutchison said: “Scottish Water is embarking on a £2.5 billion investment programme, which is, per household, one of the largest in the UK water industry. It is our aim during this investment programme to ... put Scottish Water on a par with the best in the UK water industry". -
07-Jul-10
Jacobs launches global transport consultancy
A new company, LeighFisher, has been unveiled by Jacobs Engineering Group. LeighFisher will operate globally, providing “management, strategy and planning advisory services to the transportation sector”. In the longer term, it is expected to expand into “other industry segments”. -
06-Jul-10
Apem wins Enviro Agency & Natural England frameworks
The laboratory arm of aquatic specialist consultancy Apem has won two framework contracts to provide freshwater and marine sample analysis for the Environment... More
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05-Jul-10
Hyder UK enviro services integrated into other BUs
Enviro consultancy reorganised; part-time role for Stephanie Wray Read article
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05-Jul-10
Growth for Waterman's 'Greenspace' EMS tool
The number of organisations making use of Waterman's online environmental management tool, Greenspace, continues to grow at a healthy rate. New clients include... More
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05-Jul-10
Amec, Balfour Beatty & Areva win Sellafield 'highly active effluent' contract
A partnership between three firms – Amec, Balfour Beatty and Areva – has been awarded a contract to define, design and cost a new “highly active effluent facility” earmarked for construction at Sellafield nuclear park in Cumbria. The aim of the two-year “early contractor engagement phase” contract is to lay foundations for the procurement, construction and commissioning of a facility capable of storing safely radioactive wastes arising from nuclear processing. Improving the safety of radioactive waste storage at Sellafield is a key priority of the nuclear park's decommissioning and management strategies. Current storage arrangements have been the subject of repeated criticism from NGOs. According to Amec the new facility will include “a series of high integrity highly active storage tanks in a seismically qualified reinforced concrete building”. -
05-Jul-10
Just Ecology updates East Midlands priority habitats inventory
Biodiversity data for the East Midlands region is being captured, collated and processed by niche consultancy Just Ecology as part of a Natural England-funded project to update the region's priority habitat inventories that form part of the UK biodiversity action plan (BAP) and that are also used to assess the progress of agri-environment schemes. The revised regional habitat inventory will emphasise, in particular, coastal flood plain, grazing marsh, fens, lowland heathland, reed bed, purple moor grass and rush pasture habitats. -
01-Jul-10
URS wins battle for Scott Wilson
Acquisition will create 5th largest UK enviro consultancy; financial results published Read article
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01-Jul-10
Entec & Atkins reappointed to Agency water framework
Both Atkins and Entec have been successful in their efforts to be reappointed to the Environment Agency framework contract for the provision of hydrogeological and water resources services in the Anglian region. Read article
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01-Jul-10
Another Polish acquisition for Sweco
Swedish-owned consultancy Sweco has announced its second purchase of a Polish consultancy this year, bringing the number of consultants it employs in the... More
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