New contracts for Land & Water

This followed the company winning a place on all four lots of the Environmental Agency’s South East Regional minor works framework.

Simon Bamford, director of asset delivery at the Canal and River Trust, said: “It’s a testament to Land & Waters integrity and environmental commitment that they submitted a very comprehensive and high quality tender.”

He added: “We are impressed by their commitment to work in partnership with us as well as their investment in new equipment, systems and processes driving both environmental enhancements and commercial benefit.”

The dredging tenders were supported by Land & Water’s environmental strategy which is a vision of James Maclean CEO of Land & Water, it includes the construction a series of improved wildlife habitats across the UK.

These habitats will be formed by reusing dredged sediments and other soils to re-engineer a string of redundant waste sites, turning wasteland into beautiful and much needed wildlife havens.

The sites will allow Land & Water to reclaim and reuse silt and other materials from dredging and associated infrastructure projects thus contributing to their commitment to work towards a less than 10% disposal policy.

Adrian Gascoyne, MD of Land & Water Services, commented: ‘Land & Water always strive to work in partnership with our clients. We are keen to maximise the collaborative advantages available from true team work, workspace sharing and early project involvement.”

He concluded: “We call ourselves imagineers because we are highly committed to driving value though innovation, forward planning, sequential work programming and adjoining projects. This not only minimises mobilisation costs (it can cost up to £50k to put all the equipment required onto the water) but also allows us to shorten the project lifecycle, saving time, money and lessening any environmental impact.”

By Alice Mason