16th Mar 2005 07:01
Costain Group PLC16 March 2005 Costain Group PLC ("Costain" or the "Company") Consortium Named as Preferred Bidder for Southern Water Contract Southern Water has today named a consortium comprising United Utilities, Costainand Montgomery Watson Harza as preferred bidder to help deliver the major partof its £1.5 billion water quality and environmental improvement programme. The consortium - known as 4Delivery - would be responsible for delivering morethan 250 water and wastewater improvement schemes which form part of SouthernWater's five-year capital investment programme. 4Delivery would be responsible for project managing, designing and deliveringthe new schemes and improvements to water and wastewater assets across parts ofHampshire, West and East Sussex, Kent and the Isle of Wight. The consortium is working exclusively with Southern Water towards a contractaward at end of March with operations commencing at the beginning of April 2005. 16 March 2005 Enquiries: Costain Group PLC Tel: 01628 842 444 Stuart Doughty, Chief Executive Charles McCole, Finance Director Graham Read, Public Relations College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020 Mark Garraway Matthew Gregorowski This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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