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36 WET NEWS SEPTEMBER 2014 FORESIGHT Who changed your professional life? Civils contractors are taking on apprentices at more than double the rate of the wider industry as the sector acts to meet future skills demand, the latest annual survey from CECA reveals. Who was the person that changed your professional life? (e.g school teachers; colleagues, CEOs) I have never... While installing a water meter, I have never... What's your best decision? Carillion and Balfour Beatty, which had been in talks over a possible merger, played the "will they, won't they" game for the best part of a month as their boards made possibly some of the biggest decisions of their companies' lives. What was the best decision you ever made? I have never... While unblocking a sewer, I have never.... Write a caption AJ&R Scambler & Sons has supplied a 59hp, 4-cylinder, diesel-powered, hydrostatic drive, Reform Metrac H5X bank tractor to contractor PG Farm Services, which works for Thames Water maintaining steep sloped reservoir banking at a number of the utility's sites between Chingford and Walthamstow. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by September 17, 2014. The best captions will be published in the October 2014 issue of WET News. • HAVE YOUR SAY We want more of your voices in WET News. Give us your views and thoughts on the following subjects and statements. Jot them down on an email and send to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by September 17, 2014 and we will publish a collection of them in the October 2014 edition of WET News. Please state if you are happy to be named, use an alias or would prefer to remain anonymous. Last month's best answers "I think we've been Tango'd" "When you said we had to go Dutch, I thought you meant we were going halves on lunch" "You're phoning to complain about some roadworks. Sorry, you're through to the Netherlands Water Company" "The origami classes came in really useful for making these hats" QED are the UK's leading surge control system providers to the water and waste treatment industry. Holding preferred, approved, nominated or framework supplier status with the majority of water companies and construc on leaders. All facets of contract du es undertaken by specifically trained in-house employees. Staff training program linked to exceed water and waste treatment industry expecta ons. Ongoing development of staff, products and services ensure compliance with ever evolving legisla ve requirements and engineering best prac ce. 199 4 2 0 1 4 1990 -1995 AMP1 1995 - 2000 AMP2 2 000 - 2005 A M P 3 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 1 0 A M P4 2010 - 2015 AMP5 QED supporting 20 years of AMP cycles with Water Quality and Leaka g e M an ag e m en t Eng i n e e r i n g … with many more years in the pipeline Quantum Engineering Developments Ltd. Quantum House, Saxon Business Park, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B60 4AD Tel: 01527 577888 - Fax: 01527 577007 Email: sales@quantumeng.co.uk - www.quantumeng.co.uk l Surge control systems for potable, sewage du es. l Refurbishment/upgrade of exis ng surge systems. l Manufacture of vessels for surge, DAF, accumulators, contact tanks etc. l Instrumenta on for new/exis ng pressure systems. l Compressor packages for surge, instrument, DAF, backwashing. l Booster pump packages for wash water du es. l Passive intake screens. Quantum Engineering Developments Ltd A4_Advert_Layout 1 05/08/2014 08:05 Page 1 COMING UP Sustainable Water 2014: Energy & Carbon Management Conference Hilton Birmingham Metropole, Birmingham September 23, 2014 www.wwt-energy.net The conference will examine the challenges of reducing energy usage and carbon emissions, and increasing renewable energy investment. Water Scotland 2014 Conference Crowne Plaza, Glasgow October 10, 2014 www.wwt-scotland.net Water Scotland will focus on how Scottish Water will meet the challenges of the 2015-21 capital investment cycle, and how stakeholders are collaborating to deliver integrated solutions. Water Industry Supplier Conference Holiday Inn, Birmingham November 26, 2014 www.wwt-supplychain.net The conference will bring together senior directors from the UK water sector consultancies, contractors and subcontrac- tors, equipment manufacturers and service providers. It will encourage frank and informative discussion on improving engagement throughout the supply chain. Water Industry Asset Management Conference Holiday Inn, Birmingham January 28, 2015 www.wwt-asset.net The conference will address the complexities of moving towards a totex approach, and discover how companies are working in a more integrated way with the supply chain to boost collaboration and efficiency in AMP6.