Providing feasibility, design and climate change
services under long-term framework
DALLAS,
Oct. 29,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE: J) was appointed
by Northern Ireland Water to a new professional services framework
supporting water and wastewater capital improvements across the
region. Northern Ireland Water provides water and sewerage services
to approximately 840,000 households and businesses in Northern Ireland.
The framework will support Northern Ireland Water with the
remainder of its Business Plan – a six-year investment program that
includes significant upgrades to Northern Ireland Water's
infrastructure for water and wastewater.
Jacobs' scope of work covers feasibility, design and climate
change management services, including design services for major
projects, water and wastewater network modelling and climate
adaptation and net zero planning. The framework runs for an initial
four-year period, with the option to extend for up to four
additional years.
"Jacobs continues to support Northern Ireland Water with
major infrastructure upgrades that improve the capacity and
efficiency of critical water and wastewater services," said Jacobs
Senior Vice President Kate Kenny.
"With this new framework, we'll bring capabilities to help Northern
Ireland Water increase the resilience of their water and wastewater
assets while mitigating the effects of climate change."
Jacobs was previously appointed as a design consultant to
Northern Ireland Water's Major Project Partnership Framework in
2022, and as Sustainability Reporting Partner under the Crown
Commercial Services Management Consultancy Framework in 2024.
Across the island of Ireland,
Jacobs serves clients in sectors spanning Advanced Manufacturing,
Cities & Places, Energy, Environmental, Life
Sciences, Transportation and Water.
From drinking water treatment to water reuse and
resource recovery, Jacobs' significant global water
solutions and experience support projects like Uisce Éireann's
strategic water services planning and engineering design
services in Ireland, United
Utilities' major capital investment program in the U.K., and
the King County South Treatment Plant in Washington State, U.S.
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow –
delivering outcomes and solutions for the world's most complex
challenges. With a team of approximately 45,000, we provide
end-to-end services in advanced manufacturing, cities & places,
energy, environmental, life sciences, transportation and water.
From advisory and consulting, feasibility, planning, design,
program and lifecycle management, we're creating a more connected
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