West of Scotland Water chooses team to deliver

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West of Scotland Water has chosen four industry partners to deliver its £300m-plus non-infrastructure and infrastructure programme over the next four years.

The winners are: the Stirling Water consortium (Gleeson/Thames Water/Montgomery Watson) and a Biwater/George Leslie jv gaining the non-infrastructure work worth £121m and £96m over four years, respectively; and Amec and Johnston Construction picking up the infrastructure work load worth £59m each over four years.

Agreements are expected to be in place by mid-September, initially for two years and extendable by two years subject to performance.

The firms will be involved in planning, options development, design, procurement and construction and commissioning of work elements identified within the authority's quality and standards submissions.

These include work such as: renewal of existing below- and above-ground assets like water and waste water infrastructure; compliance with water and waste water quality regulations; and a number of large sewerage schemes.