CIVIL ENGINEERING

NI Water making progress on customer service and efficiency

Northern Ireland Water has published its first Annual Report, highlighting the company’s success in beginning to modernise infrastructure, boost customer services and increase efficiency levels during its first year of trading.

Contractors Complete £16m Water Project

Northern Ireland Water’s £16 million North Down Strategic Trunk Main project has been successfully completed.

Cross-border bridge design unveiled

The design of the proposed £16m cross-border bridge over the Clanrye River at the mouth of Carlingford Lough between Narrow Water Castle just outside Warrenpoint and Omeath in County Louth in Co Down, has been unveiled.

Belfast Sewers Project Scoops Considerate Constructors Award

Northern Ireland Water’s contactor, Morgan Est Farrans JV, has scooped a prestigious Considerate Constructors Award in recognition of their work on the Belfast Sewers Project.

Bronze Award for Farrans project

At a recent Awards ceremony in London, Carran Hill Water Treatment Works won the bronze award in the ‘considerate constructors’ category, with the award being presented to Farrans Construction Ltd.

Engineers Go Tunnelling in Belfast

Members of the local branch of the Institution of Civil Engineers, led by their Vice President, Jean Venables, have been visiting the Belfast Sewers Project.

£9.5m Extension of Stormont Wharf

Saintfield based Dawson-Wam, specialist marine engineers and piling contractors, have begun work on the Port of Belfast’s £9.5m extension of its deep water facilities at Stormont Wharf.

New NI Water Plant Opens On Schedule

Northern Ireland Water has officially opened a £13 million upgraded Wastewater Treatment Works at Whitehouse on the outskirts of Belfast.

Contractors starts work on new facilities at Belfast Port

Maghera firm, BSG Civil Engineering has started work on a new £6m facility at the Port of Belfast to provide new import and transit storage facilities for Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector.

Over £26m investment in services for Craigavon

Northern Ireland Water plans to invest over £26 million in water and wastewater services for the Craigavon area over the next two years.

Over £145m investment in water and sewerage services for belfast

Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) plans to invest over £145 million in water and wastewater services for the Belfast area over the next two years.

Minister cuts first sod A4 dual carriageway

The first sod has been cut by Roads Minister Conor Murphy to mark the start of £134 million road improvement works in the Dungannon area.

Praise follows Broadway underpass breakthrough

M1/M2 Westlink Contractors Highway Management Construction (HMC) have been congratulated for reaching a significant milestone with a breakthrough of the underpass at Broadway in west Belfast.

Wind Farm number five for Lagan Construction

Lagan Construction has won the contract for a £2.2 million wind farm development near Ballymoney in County Antrim – its fifth such scheme in the last 18 months.

Fofanny Water Treatment Works lifts Utility Award

Northern Ireland Water (NIW) is celebrating since Fofanny Water Treatment Works, the only underground water treatment facility in Ireland, scooped the prestigious Environment Award at the 2007 Utility Industry Achievement Awards.