WJ Groundwater September 29, 2016 Our new drill rig, Conrad, got to make ‘his’ project debut at one of the UK’s finest seats of learning and he pulled the job off with aplomb with a little help from his human pals, Mohammad Usman and Paul Judge!
WJ Groundwater September 26, 2016 WJ Groundwater has introduced a new Health & Safety (H&S) initiative across its sites called The WJ CARE Card – Committed Aim to Raise Expectations of our staff and clients. The objective behind the card is to encourage our staff to keep H&S at the forefront everytime they embark on a new task. The CARE
WJ Groundwater August 27, 2016 Richard Fielden, Mark Pickett, Gary Holmes and Neil Coulter attended the 20th Construction News Awards held at the Grosvenor Hotel on 14 July 2016 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. WJ Groundwater was been named as a finalist in the category Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover up to £100m). Unfortunately, they were beat to
WJ Groundwater August 24, 2016 Qatar News: introducing WJ’s new Cricket Team!
WJ Groundwater August 15, 2016 WJ Groundwater is very proud to announce the launch of its new website for it’s Middle East operations in UAE and Qatar. We have been at large in the region since we opened an office in Dubai in 1999 and Doha in 2007, so we thought it the time was ripe to bolster our online
WJ Groundwater August 6, 2016 On the 2nd of July, WJ Groundwater’s Richard Fielden (Managing Director) cycled 300 miles with the Keep the Beat Cycling Team to raise money for the Leicester Royal Infirmary Heart Unit at Glenfield. This year the cycle challenge was to complete a 300 mile long journey in 24 hours. The starting point was The Anchor
WJ Groundwater July 30, 2016 The M74 Raith Interchange is part of a transport improvement scheme located in Scotland. Our client on this project is Ferrovial Lagan Joint Venture (FLJV) on behalf of Transport Scotland. The first M74 project update appears in Issue 29 of The Wet End (available now from UK office!)
WJ Groundwater July 26, 2016 Following on from the purchase of the supremely handsome Range Rover, we are welcoming a further addition to the fleet. A DAF LF220 18 tonne dropside lorry. It comes equipped with an impressive 10 tonne capacity crane.
WJ Groundwater July 25, 2016 So far 2016 has been a year of mixed fortune for WJ Groundwater-sponsored cycle squad Team Frankie’s. One of the biggest changes is the reduced racing calendar. However, the team continues to grow apace and nowadays it has a healthy mix of locals and ex-pats from across a wide range of ages and backgrounds.
WJ Groundwater July 19, 2016 WJ Groundwater recently upgraded its transport fleet by adding this new, fully liveried, Landrover Defender 110. The new addition will be road-wrangled by our electrician Rob Whitby, already an experienced off-road driver. Landrovers are built to conquer all road and weather conditions ensuring that we can always reach our customers. So look out for it