Jacobs Expands its Role with United Utilities in the UK
July 22 2014 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that it
was awarded a contract as sole provider to United Utilities plc for
engineering services for the next investment period of its Asset
Management Program (AMP6). United Utilities is one of the UK’s
largest water and wastewater companies, supplying seven million
people in the North West of England with their water and wastewater
services.
Officials did not disclose the contract value, but noted that
the agreement covers United Utilities’ capital and operational
investment associated with their business plan for the AMP6
regulatory period (2015 to 2020) and includes an option to extend
by up to eight years into AMP7 and beyond.
Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is providing a wide
range of multi-disciplinary engineering and related services across
the lifecycle of United Utilities assets; including water,
wastewater and sludge treatment, and network facilities. These
services encompass data analytics, strategic and feasibility
studies, needs definition, business planning, and network modeling
through to tactical support of United Utilities’ operational
business, which involves energy and asset optimization, project and
program management, and research and development. This award builds
on Jacobs’ successful service delivery to United Utilities over the
past four years.
In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Bob Duff
stated, “We are delighted to expand our relationship with United
Utilities, and look forward to working closely with them, their
construction partners and stakeholders to deliver a capital and
operational investment program that achieves their vision,
objectives, and environmental and customer needs. We plan to
leverage Jacobs’ global multi-disciplinary skills – accumulated
across both our water industry experience and our experience in
other sectors – to help challenge norms and drive innovation.”
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