One of the biggest projects of 2016 at WJ Groundwater has been on the Ispwich Tidal Barrier Project. We worked closely on the Water and Environment Management (WEM) project for our client Volker Stevin Ltd (VSL) to enable construction of the tidal gate structure at the River Orwell.
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The commercial side of Christmas is growing in popularity year on year in certain countries across the Arabian peninsula. Traditionally known as an Islamic region, countries like UAE and Qatar are also hosting a myriad of Christmas events to cater for the growing number of European, Far Eastern and American ex-pats, workers and holidaymakers.
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!
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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 card is available for front line WJ operatives to keep a note of any improvements that can be made to processes in order to avoid accidents – also to be able to increase the effectiveness of existing processes.
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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 presence with a helpful, friendly and user-friendly website for all our customers and visitors.
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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!)
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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.
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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 on your travels!
WJ Groundwater congratulates Khrina Lopez of our Dubai office on becoming ISO 9001 certified. Khrina received her IRCA Transition Training Course Certificate in late May.
The auditing process and achieiving certification status is no ‘walk in the park’ either. We are immensely proud of Khrina for her hard work and dedication for the company.
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Both Phases 1 & 2 of the redevelopment of the Windermere Steam Boat Museum are now complete. The aim is to create a series of new buildings, at its shore side location on Lake Windermere, to house the exhibits, a conservation workshop and a new visitor centre.
WJ Groundwater completed the drilling and installation of the dewatering applications for Phase 1 in March 2016. Read our earlier blog.
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