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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.
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.
How Port of Dover is leading the way on the drive to net zero was presented at Carbon Crunch 2025 in London and the session explored why decarbonisation strategies must be translated into tangible activities.
Government has set out a Clean Power 2030 plan to decarbonise the electricity sector. But there is more to reaching this target in a fast and fair way than just finance, technology and infrastructure, according to speakers at Carbon Crunch 2025 in London.
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.
Mott MacDonald has appointed Richard Woodward as technical director in its environmental and sustainability services team, reinforcing its commitment to delivering sustainable infrastructure and environmental excellence across the UK.
Lessons learned from renewal of the runway at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland in 2021 have benefitted the recently completed runway refurbishment works at RAF Leeming.
Delivery of a 44,000m2 integrated constructed wetland to improve water quality in the River Dearne in Yorkshire, has benefitted from improvements in safety, cost and sustainability thanks to intelligent plant combined with AI.
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