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BUSINESS NEWS AECOM APPOINTED BY THAMES WATER TO NEW £400 MILLION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FRAMEWORK AECOM, the trusted global infrastructure leader, announced its appointment by Thames Water to a new professional services framework in the U.K. This new £400 million framework, FA1980, covers asset, capital and engineering professional services, and brings together a series of separate Thames Water frameworks under a single package. Thames Water is the utility responsible for the water supply and waste-water treatment across much of south-east England, including London and the Thames Valley. This new framework will aid the utility’s efforts to improve water and wastewater services, upgrade infrastructure, prevent leakages and pollution, and enhance the environment, as it seeks to deliver its overall 2025-2030 business plan for the U.K.’s Asset Management Plan Period 8 regulatory period. “We’re proud to support Thames Water’s modernization and sustainability objectives as we extend our critical role in delivering AMP8 upgrades across the UK,” said Beverley Stinson, chief executive of AECOM’s global Water business. “AECOM stands as the industry’s top water supply firm, and our teams possess the unsurpassed technical capabilities and local track record needed to assist Thames Water in transforming a vast
array of infrastructure that serves approximately 16 million customers.” AECOM has won a position as the lead consultant on three lots under FA1980, with Arcadis and GHD serving as subconsultants. AECOM has also been appointed as a subconsultant on a fourth lot under a workshare agreement with Arcadis serving as lead. The new framework will run for a five-year period, with an option to extend for a further three years. “This appointment is the latest step in our long-standing relationship with Thames Water, building on our work on previous frameworks while providing AECOM with the opportunity to expand our services on this new one,” says Colin Wood, chief executive of AECOM’s Europe and India region. “We continue to expand our presence in the water sector, providing strategic advice and technical expertise to help our clients deliver efficient, resilient and impactful outcomes. The expanded FA1980 framework enables us to bring our full breadth of specialist services to support Thames Water in the delivery of its asset and capital delivery programs.” The three lots AECOM is leading include multi-disciplinary services, infrastructure-related engineering services and resources, and environmental services and resources, including secondment of personnel to Thames Water. The fourth lot, where AECOM is subconsultant, covers non- infrastructure-related engineering services and resources.
Preetinder Capital Procurement Business Partner at Thames Water, said: “We are delighted to confirm these critical framework awards, which will be used to source asset engineering and capital Dhanoa, professional services that are critical to the success of Thames Water’s AMP8 programme. This agreement will introduce a number of improvements to our previous arrangements, including driving value through innovation and partnership working.” The FA1300 framework, which AECOM had been appointed to prior to this restructuring, is among the Thames Water frameworks being combined into this new effort, and AECOM currently has 20 members of staff on secondment with Thames Water under this framework. AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. AECOM’s teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2024.
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THE ZWEIG LETTER JANUARY 27, 2025, ISSUE 1570
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