{"id":525545,"date":"2025-07-23T08:34:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=525545"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:36:27","slug":"vinci-awarded-pair-of-chester-regeneration-jobs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/vinci-awarded-pair-of-chester-regeneration-jobs-2-23-07-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Kier wins \u00a3139m sewage treatment works job"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-5\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pt-12 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"user\" data-message-id=\"9add67ff-d9fe-48fd-bb85-1dd53f5468bd\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden items-end rtl:items-start\">\n<div class=\"relative max-w-[var(--user-chat-width,70%)] bg-token-message-surface rounded-3xl px-5 py-2.5\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"115\">Kier has secured a \u00a3139m contract from Severn Trent to upgrade the Wanlip Sewage Treatment Works in Leicestershire.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"424\">The project, due to start in summer 2025 and complete in 2028, will expand the facility\u2019s capacity to serve 750,000 residents.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"424\">It will increase dry weather flow capacity by 24 per cent and full flow to treatment by around 20 per cent, supporting tighter environmental standards and boosting site resilience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"780\">Wanlip is Severn Trent\u2019s third-largest wastewater treatment facility.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"780\">The contract is part of Severn Trent\u2019s Green Recovery programme and builds on a more than 20-year relationship between the water company and Kier.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"780\">The upgrade was developed following an early contractor involvement phase during which enabling works and detailed design were completed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"937\">The project will be delivered in collaboration with specialist delivery partners, and will include co-location of teams in a purpose-built welfare village.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"1139\">Kier\u2019s win follows recent awards under the Asset Management Plan 8 (AMP8) cycle with other UK water clients including Yorkshire Water, Wessex Water, United Utilities, Southern Water and Anglian Water.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kier.co.uk\/media\/newsroom\/press-releases\/kier-s-growth-in-water-sector-continues-with-139m-wanlip-sewage-treatment-works-upgrade\/\">Kier announcement<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kier has secured a \u00a3139m contract from Severn Trent to upgrade the Wanlip Sewage Treatment Works in Leicestershire. 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