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24 WET NEWS APRIL 2019 | wwtonline.co.uk COMING SOON • Write a caption United Utilities sewer workers have been forced to remove a 90-tonne fatberg with picks and shovels after water jetting proved ineffective. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@ fav-house.com by 12 April. The best captions will be published in the May 2019 issue of WET News. FORESIGHT WWT SuDS Conference Birmingham Conference & Events Centre 1 May, 2019 event.wwtonline.co.uk/suds The first ever Sustainable Drainage Systems Conference will explore the benefits and challenges of implementing SuDS, the different types of solutions available, the regulatory backdrop and the practical steps involved in their installation, use and measurement of success. WWT Water Industry Asset Management Birmingham Conference & Events Centre 2 May, 2019 event.wwtonline.co.uk/asset Building on the success of the past six years, WWT's Water Industry Asset Management Conference is the only dedicated event that connects senior asset, capital delivery and supply chain leaders within water companies and tier 1 contractors. Utility Week Live Birmingham NEC 21-22 May, 2019 www.utilityweeklive.co.uk UWL19, co-located with edie Live, will be dedicated to the solutions that are turning disruption and turbulence into business as usual – the products and services utilities require to function and thrive in a brave new digital world. WWT Water Industry Energy Conference Birmingham Conference & Events Centre 11 June, 2019 event.wwtonline.co.uk/energy Now in its sixth year, this is the only dedicated event for water industry professionals tasked with managing and generating energy and building sustainability and resilience into their businesses. NEW APPOINTMENTS Costain has announced that Alex Vaughan is to become the company's new CEO. He will replace Andrew Wyllie, who is retiring to pursue a non- executive career after 14 years as Costain's CEO. Wyllie recently took up the presidency of the Institution of Civil Engineers and is a non-executive director of Yorkshire Water Services. Vaughan, currently MD of the group's natural resources division, will be appointed as CEO with effect from the conclusion of the company's AGM on 7 May. Kier Group has announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as chief executive with effect from 15 April. From 2014 to 2018, Davies was CEO of Wates Group, the construction, developments and property services group. In October 2017, he was announced as the chief executive of Carillion but the company became insolvent before he took up the role. AECOM has appointed Mark Southwell as managing director of civil infrastructure for the UK and Ireland. Southwell will be responsible for all aspects of AECOM's civil infrastructure business in the UK and Ireland, which includes the transportation and water, ports and power teams. He joins AECOM from Jacobs where, as a vice president, he was responsible for leading around 900 people in the rail and geotechnical unit delivering rail and tunnelling programmes. www.marshindustries.co.uk Marsh Industries Leaders in off-mains drainage products Tailored solutions for your water and wastewater projects Sewage treatment plants | Pump stations | Grease management | Silage effluent storage | Stormwater attenuation | Oil/water separators Image courtesy of Portakabin® Last month's best answers "It appears that Barney the Dinosaur's career has gone down the drain" Prakash.Nair@haltd.co.uk "Beneath this lot, I'm just a four-inch lizard trying to get out" elaine@egbatemanwrites.com "Excuse me, madam, may we ask your thoughts on Brex… er, I think you might have something caught in your teeth..." Paul@twpeng.com