6 WET NEWS FEBRUARY 2018
• After MWH merged into Stantec, the combined business
is putting the focus squarely on collaboration and
innovation to find solutions to the big issues
INTERVIEW
F
ollowing its integration of MWH UK and MWH
Treatment at the turn of the year, Stantec – a
previously North America-focused global infra-
structure design and delivery company – became
instantly established as a key player in the UK infra-
structure market.
For MWH's part, the union presented the chance
to make the company more innovative, offering up
creative solutions to major problems.
The merger, which means MWH UK and MWH
Two's company
"The whole ethos is
around community
development... how
can we make a
solution look good
and feel good for
the community?"
Treatment are now known as Stantec and Stantec
Treatment, allows the UK business to expand further
into infrastructure, energy and resources, environ-
mental services and buildings. While MWH has
always had a huge offering in water, Stantec brings
in a large global architectural presence and expertise
in urban design and resilience.
"Coming together with Stantec was very logical
for us because they are multi-sector but they didn't
have a global footprint," Cath Schefer, UK Managing
Cath Schefer is UK Managing
Director at Stantec UK
The Abberton reservoir improvement
scheme for Essex and Suffolk Water is
the largest such project in the UK
• by Robin Hackett
