WJ Group News Archives

WJ Expands Operations into Saudi Arabia Anticipating Rapid Growth

Dan Carpenter March 18, 2024

Less than one year after registering our business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, WJ Saudi has launched its new website and celebrated a third contract award for the new port of Neom, Oxagon. With a burgeoning market and a thriving construction economy, Saudi Arabia presents a strategic opportunity for WJ to capitalize on its innovative solutions and cater to the growing demand for dewatering, pumping and flushing services in the region.

WJ Ski Trip 2023

Dan Carpenter February 14, 2023

At WJ we work hard, but we also play hard, and after the success of our first staff holiday in 2022, twelve of our WJ UK staff, and two of our of staff from WJ ME returned to the slopes for a well-earned break!

WJ Group continues global expansion with new contract awards in the Philippines

Dan Carpenter November 21, 2022

WJ have had a global dewatering presence for more than 20 years with existing offices in the UK, Canada, Poland, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and a history of working in many more nations. In April 2021, we were pleased to add the Philippines to this list after being awarded the USD $6m contract for the dewatering of the new Clark-Malolos Railway Station at Clark International Airport, approximately 100km north of the capital city of Manila.

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“Clearing the air – drilling’s contribution to clean air?” – WJ featured in GeoDrilling International

Dan Carpenter May 18, 2022

‘Going green’ has been a big part of WJ’s ethos for a number of years as we believe it is important for us as a company and an industry to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable. At WJ this has included a signfican in new electric drilling and dewatering plant and equipment.

WJ Project Update : Bujeon – Masan Railway Project, South Korea

Dan Carpenter May 11, 2022

When the South Korean engineering and construction company, SK ecoplant, whose annual global revenues are about £4 billion, required a dewatering contractor to help to solve a problem with a series of distressed high speed railway tunnel cross passages under construction on the Bujeon – Masan Railway Project on South Korea’s south coast, they turned to WJ. Obviously.

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Happy 40th Birthday!

Dan Carpenter September 21, 2021

The 21^st September is a very special day for everyone connected to WJ as it is the 40^th anniversary of our formation!

Staff Photo Competition

Dan Carpenter January 21, 2021

Thankyou to everyone who entered our end of year photo competition. We had over 70 entries from across all of our international offices, which included some brilliant, inspiring and dramatic photographs!

5 Years at Kings Langley

Emma Trill November 19, 2019

This week, we celebrated 5 years in our Kings Langley home! We’re proud of the progress we’ve made since our move, and would like to share some of our fondest memories.

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WJ International Week

Dan Carpenter September 28, 2018

2018 marks a milestone for WJ, as not only is it 37 years since our companies’ formation, but it also marked a rare gathering of our Board of Directors and Senior Managers from across our global operations, representing 23 nationalities from 8 international business regions, for our first International Week in leafy Hertfordshire during early September to mark the formation of WJ Group and the birth of WJ as a truly global brand for all your Water Management requirements!

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WJ expand in to Kuwait

Dan Carpenter May 31, 2018

WJ have been an established part of the dewatering game in the Middle East for over 15 years now since providing the dewatering for the Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 development back in 2003, with offices in Dubai since 2005 and our Qatar office due to celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2019. January this year marked our expansion in to nearby Kuwait when we were appointed by the Main Contractor HDEC (Hyundai Engineering and Construction) working under the Client KIPIC (Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company) for the Al Zour Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal Project.