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40 Leaders 2014 We take a look at the 30 leading Tier 3 contractors, finding out who they are and what they do Tier 3– the industry's specialist contractors LEADERS 2014 TIER 3 ACWA ServiCeS Keighley road, Skipton BD23 2Ue www.acwa.co.uk ACWA has had strong growth in the municipal and industrial wastewater treatment sectors with a particular focus on its Nitreat nitrate reduction technology and the Amtreat high-rate ammonia removal process. It expects water sector performance over the next 12 months, at the mid-point of AMP5, to continue to grow as core spending plans start to mature. Activity levels towards the end of AMP5 are predicted to slow down as the industry progresses its preparations for AMP6. AShriDge engineering Unit 1a, 58 north road industrial estate Okehampton, Devon eX20 1BQ Ashridge Engineering has worked with the water industry to develop low cost, innovative products for specific leakage pinpointing. Products include TextLog for monitoring flow Company Turnover £M Gross profit £M Operating profit £M Pre-tax profit £M Staff Net assets £M Return on Capital % Gross margin % Operating margin % Net margin % Sales / employee £K Year Lewis Civil Engineering 27.7 4.2 1.3 1.1 188 3.3 33.7 15 4.7 4 147.2 2012-13 Dawson-WAM 24.2 3.2 0.5 0.3 107 8.1 3.8 13.2 1.9 1.3 226.2 2012 PN Daly 22.5 3.4 0.8 1 290 10.5 9.8 15.2 3.4 4.6 77.6 2011-12 Seymour Civil Engineering 19.8 2.1 0.5 0.5 170 2.2 21 10.5 2.4 2.4 116.2 2012-13 Stonbury 14 3.3 0.7 0.7 n/a 1.7 42.8 23.7 5.1 5.1 n/a 2012-13 Site-Electrical 11.3 2.1 -0.6 -0.6 107 0.2 -353.8 18.4 -5.3 -5.3 106.1 2012 Kirk Environmental 10.6 2.1 -0.8 -0.8 99 -0.3 268 19.8 -7.2 -7.7 106.7 2012-13 ACWA Services 8.7 1.8 0.2 0 36 -0.5 -8.5 20.7 2 0.5 241.7 2012 vessels are manufactured in polypropyl- ene and high-density polyethylene with diameters up to 4m and capacities up to 100m 3 . CirCle & COntrOl DeSign SyStemS Unit 8 the Poplars industrial estate, Wetherby road, Boroughbridge yO51 9hS www.circle-control.co.uk Circle Control is an electrical contract company working in the water industry. It has NICEIC approval and is a member of the Achilles utilities vendor database. Its most recent projects have been with Yorkshire Water. It handles pumping station refurbishment at Harrogate South waste and water treatment works, a ACWA Nitreat technology being installed at Severn Trent Water's Lilleshall borehole site Lewis Civil Engineering is undertaking three phases of Wessex Water's £200M water supply grid scheme and/or pressure to calculate demand, leakage and conformance using SMS/GPRS communications technology. Flo-log can be quickly applied to carry out an urgent investigation. Chem reSiSt Britannia house, lockway, ravensthorpe industrial estate, Dewsbury WF13 3SX www.chemresist.com Chem Resist makes thermoplastic tanks and designs and builds chemical storage tanks and installations for clients including Thames Water. The company claims it has the in-house capability to produce the world's largest corrosion resistant all-thermoplastic spiral-wound vertical cylindrical chemical storage tanks and vessels. Its storage tanks and leaders 2104 41 Emergency repairs Refurbishment projects & upgrades Routine and planned maintenance Framework agreements Keep your odour control plant running sweetly Supplier to all UK wastewater companies Laing O'Rourke scheme. It also handled batch works in Yorkshire for JN Bentley and ETM in Yorkshire. This is an ongoing scheme throughout AMP5 covering 250 pumping stations. Current work includes Esholt water and wastewater treatment works, a MGJV and Veolia Water combined scheme. Dawson-waM Lisdoonan, Belfast Road, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, BT24 7EP www.dawsonwam.co.uk Dawson-Wam is a civil engineering and piling contractor operating in the UK and Ireland handling projects from £10,000 to £20M. It has built small and large scale wastewater and clean water treatment facilities. Projects include the Ballynacor Sludge Dewatering Plant in Craigavon, Co Armagh, a joint venture design and build project with VATech Wabag UK. DrainTEch sErvicEs (MiDlanDs) 478 station road, solihull, west Midlands, B93 8hE www.draintech-services-midlands.co.uk Draintech Services provides drainage main- tenance services to customers in the resi- dential and industrial, utility and munici- pal sectors. The company uses the latest technology for its CCTV surveys. It cleans drains before and a"er the surveys to ensure they are in top working order. DusTacco EnginEEring Tower works, stoneygate road, newmilns, ayrshire, Ka16 9aJ www.dustacco-watermiser.com Dustacco is an established pipework and mechanical services provider, supporting a diverse range of industries, including the water and wastewater sector. It designs, makes, and installs pipework, mechanical and cooling solutions for water companies in the UK. Recent projects include a £2.5M contract at United Utilities' Davyhulme Wastewater Treatment Works as part of the utility's Sludge Balanced Asset Programme. Erg (air PolluTion conTrol) Enviro centre, Enterprise house, Foundry lane, horsham, west sussex, rh13 5PX www.ergapc.co.uk ERG reported sales growth of more than 75% last year, thanks largely to a major con- tract win in Russia and support from UK Trade & Investment. Growth across the Mid- dle East is also reported, where sales more than doubled in 2012. The Horsham-based company supplies air pollution control sys- tems and services. It provides turn-key, tailor-made solutions for odour control, air pollution, and particulate removal and is a member of the Achilles utilities vendor database. hills conTracTors westgate one, aldridge, walsall ws9 8EX www.hillscontractors.co.uk For the past 14 years Hills Contractors has worked for utilities providing drainage and sewerage infrastructure. "We have success- fully constructed solutions to structurally deficient and hydraulically inadequate gravity and pumped sewerage systems," the company says. i&P sErvicEs hams hall calibration lab, Faraday avenue, coleshill, Birmingham, B46 1PT Information and Performance Services (I+P) provides technical and management consultancy, data capture and analysis so"- ware and meter commissioning, testing, calibration and verification services for the water industry. Draintech cleans drains before and after CCTV surveys

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