Water and Effluent Treatment Magazine
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leaders 2015 5 Aside from the change in AMP cycle, total operating expenditure (totex) is still a talking point moving forward, and the opportunities it will present. Establishing the correct balance between capital expenditure and the operating costs for customers will be a fundamentally new approach for many companies but it will also drive more innovation than seen during AMP5. Questions Looking at future trends, greater importance is being placed on asset management, thanks mainly to totex. Questions are being raised as to whether existing treatment facilities, for instance, can be upgraded to meet future demands rather than the construction of new works. Building information (BIM) can also play a part in asset management, rather than being driven by capital delivery investment. Acquisitions have played a role with Mott MacDonald buying its MMB joint venture partner Bentley Holdings. Last Despite that, though, AMP6 is in its infancy, and there is a lot of change still to come. Change brings a lot of uncertainty with it but contractors must see this as an even greater opportunity to be as innovative and forward-thinking as they possibly can. *We used the most up-to-date account information available at Companies House at the time of writing. month Kier announced it is buying Mouchel for £265M, to be funded by a £320M rights issue. Last year, Carillion tried to merge with Balfour Beatty only to find that Balfour's former subsidiary, Parsons Brinckerhoff, was a sticking point. The year has also seen profit warnings from Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall, due to issues on some of their construction contracts. There is more than £40bn worth of work over the next five years to fight over The index illustrates contractors total combined sales, net profit, net assets and return on capital patterns for the five years from 2009