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The UK water division of GHD will
work in partnership with engineering,
procurement, consulting and
construction rm Black & Veatch as
a single ‘engineering design house’
to support contractor Galliford Try
as it works on Thames Water’s AMP7
capital programmes framework across
London and Thames Valley. The aim
of the programme is to help Thames
Water increase resilience, e ciency and
innovation in its operations, while
also improving a ordability
for its customers and
supporting the economic
and population growth
in the South East of
England.
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She eld-based technology
systems provider Inspec
Solutions has reported a ‘bumper year’
with over 30% growth secured to its year
end – achieving its highest ever turnover.
The company, which is celebrating its
20th anniversary this year, has seen
signi cant growth due to new contracts
won for its automation and process
control solutions in the power generation,
petrochemical and education & research
sectors. www.is.gd/rokodo
UK-based MRO (maintenance, repair
and operations) supply chain services
provider Entec International has
been supporting several clients in
procuring and providing essential
PPE equipment to sites in the
UK and across Europe. Entec
typically provides MRO services to
global manufacturers’ production
facilities. However, several clients,
including a global alcohol beverage
company, were in desperate need
of speci c PPE products that
they had been unable to source
either in the UK or EU as Covid-19
restrictions took hold.
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Shiftec (pictured below) has re-tooled
machinery at its plant in Willenhall, West
Midlands, to produce safety equipment
for social distancing in industrial
workplaces, o ces and vehicles. As
lockdown measures are gradually eased,
the group, which is a part of Liberty
Engineering, is producing ready-to-install
o ce partitions, driver screens and oor
markings to protect against Covid-19
infection. The machinery in Willenhall that
would normally be used to manufacture
industrial ink trays and automotive
components has been adjusted
to manufacture those
products. www.is.gd/nigoqu
WFS Technologies (WFS)
and Subsea Energy Solutions
(SES) have joined forces to
harness their combined global
expertise and range of live conditionmonitored
cable protection systems
for the o shore energy industry. The
collaboration will see WFS utilise its smart
wireless Seatooth technologies, which
provide real-time insight in extreme
environments, with SES’s o shore cable
and subsea umbilical, riser and owline
protection systems. www.is.gd/quwide
CONTRACT WINS
Redline, a global security solutions
provider, has secured a four-year
contract to provide Align JV with security
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Space Hub Sutherland
gets the go-ahead
An orbital space ight from the United
Kingdom has come a step closer
following the Highlands Council’s
decision to give the go-ahead to Space
Hub Sutherland spaceport.
Orbex, the UK-based space launch
company, has con rmed that Orbex
Prime will be the rst vertical launch
vehicle to y into orbit from the
Space Hub, which will be constructed
near Melness on the northern coast
of Scotland. The company has also
con rmed that it has already signed six
launch contracts.
Chris Larmour, CEO of Orbex, says:
“The Highland Council’s approval of the
spaceport is a landmark in the history of
space ight in Europe and will place the
community around Tongue, Melness and
Skerray, the Highlands Region, Scotland
and the United Kingdom at the very heart
of the European space launch industry.
“We would like to congratulate
Highlands and Islands Enterprise on
their leadership of this project and thank
numerous local people for their active
engagement and support throughout
the meticulous planning process. We
look forward to becoming an integral
part of the local community as we
establish our own permanent team at
the Space Hub.
“The go-ahead for the Space Hub
Sutherland, combined with the steady
progress of the Orbex Prime launch
vehicle, are important steps towards the
rst truly orbital space ight from the UK.
The last piece of the jigsaw puzzle is the
regulatory framework that will govern
launches, and we look forward to those
regulations being laid before Parliament
in the coming weeks.”
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