Water and Effluent Treatment Magazine
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40 Leaders 2016 We take a look at the leading Tier 3 contractors, finding out who they are and what they do. Tier 3 - the industry's specialist contractors LEADERS 2016 TIER 3 ACWA ServiCeS ACWA House Keighley road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 2Ue T: 01756 794794 www.acwa.co.uk ACWA has expected water sector performance over the past 12 months to grow as core spending plans have matured. The company has also welcomed totex adoption in the sector, which it believes will foster widespread interest in its technologies. ACWA is also preparing for the new retail water market, which will enable all business customers to switch water supplier. The company explained: "We believe our comprehensive suite of technologies means we are ideally placed to partner with new market entrants. We also anticipate that climate change, the drive to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency, teamed with tighter regulation and an ongoing focus on cost efficiency, will drive adoption of advanced technologies." Company Turnover £M Sales change % 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 ACWA Services 6.8 -22.4 1.1 -0.2 -0.3 32 -0.8 39.6 17 -2.9 -4.8 211.1 2013 Dawson-WAM 25.1 3.5 -9.2 7.8 13.3 2.5 10.6 -12.3 4.2 9.5 5.5 2013 PN Daly 24.3 7.9 4 1 1.2 363 11.5 10.6 16.3 4.1 5 66.9 2012/13 ASHriDge eNgiNeeriNg Unit 1a 58 North road industrial estate Okehampton Devon eX20 1BQ T: 01837 53381 www.ash-eng.co.uk Ashridge Engineering has worked with the water industry to develop low cost, innovative products for specific leakage pinpointing. Products include TextLog for monitoring flow 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. Programmed in minutes, Flo-log can be attached to any pulse output meter and can log up to two channels, with "windowed" data access for user selectable night flow periods. Left: PMP takes part in a rescue training exercise Below: ACWA helped carry out a desalination project for Jersey Water ANSA grOUp 6 Fulwood park Caxton road Fulwood preston Lancashire pr2 9NZ T: 08456 880880 www.ansaltd.co.uk Ansa handles blocked and damaged drains for domestic and commercial properties. The company says it is well placed to support utility companies and their contractors in this work as a result of its considerable experience in solving drainage problems relating to domestic properties, whichever side of the boundary the problem exists. Ansa adds that its expertise is in managing customers from initial contact through to fulfilment can be brought to bear and our national network of surveyors can both validate and repair on a single visit using its one stop solution.