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Mott MacDonald has been appointed to Northern Ireland Water’s new IF182 Professional Services Framework that will run for an initial four year term, with options to extend to 2032.
Mott MacDonald will provide a broad range of services under Lot 3 Feasibility, Design and Climate Change and Lot 4 Capital Programme Management Office. It will work with Northern Ireland Water and other suppliers to develop long-term, collaborative relationships that will reduce disruption to communities, deliver high quality assets that are efficient and safe to operate and provide best in class performance and great value for money through integration, innovation and continuous improvement.
Tim Hill, Water & Environment general manager for Mott MacDonald (UK & Europe), said: “For over 70 years, Mott MacDonald has been a trusted local partner working on some of the most important projects across the island of Ireland. We’re very pleased to be able to continue that work on this framework with Northern Ireland Water in a partnership that aligns with our commitment to advancing sustainable water solutions and enhancing infrastructure resilience. We look forward to leveraging our expertise, experience and local knowledge to contribute to the success of this framework.”
Northern Ireland Water supplies 910,000 households and businesses with drinking water and collects wastewater from over 740,000 households and businesses for treatment.
Digital tools are essential to successful delivery of net zero both nationally and at a local level. Mott MacDonald fellow and global cities lead, Clare Wildfire, takes a look at how understanding of digital tools best practice has evolved.
No city or region can achieve net zero in isolation. The scale and complexity of the climate challenge demands collaboration across public, private and community sectors.
The role of powers in delivering a place-based approach to net zero is explored by Mott MacDonald Fellow and global cities lead Clare Wildfire in this second article that provides an update to a report issued by the Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition (NZIIC).
It is now seven years since the government legislated to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 but many organisations are still grappling with how to turn national ambition into local action.
First phase of a collaborative Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions programme, supported by Ofwat’s Innovation Fund, has concluded. Mott MacDonald technical director for nature-based solutions Marieke Nieuwaal shares the achievements to date, lessons learned and the next phase of work for this project.
Delivering decarbonisation fairer and faster was the theme of Carbon Crunch 2025 in London this autumn. Keynote speaker Nigel Topping, the new chair of the Climate Change Committee, along with other speakers at the event explored why fairer matters and how going faster is critical to competitiveness.
In 2023, Mott MacDonald’s report Zero Emissions English Airports: Target Further Analysis, produced for the Department for Transport, explored the commercial feasibility of decarbonising airport operations across England.
Speedy Hire, the UK’s leading provider of tools and equipment, has launched an industry first Biodiversity Impact Score for construction hire equipment.
The NSPCC, in partnership with Mott MacDonald and sponsored by Related Argent, has published a major new report ‘Building Safer Communities for Children’, calling on the property sector to make children’s safety a core principle of how places are designed, built and managed.
The Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) has published The UK Spaceports and Launch Operators: Industry Good Practice Guidance for the Assessment of Environmental Effect, developed by a range of space and environmental industry experts including Mott MacDonald.
Mott MacDonald has appointed four senior leaders into newly created technical delivery director roles. The new technical delivery director appointments will sharpen project governance, efficiency and programme outcomes for UK water clients.
Mott MacDonald has appointed Rachel Ellison to the new position of operations director for UK and Europe. Rachel will play a central leadership role across the region together with Richard Risdon in his dual role as managing director for UK and Europe and group strategy director on the executive board.
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