The business designs, delivers, enhances and maintains infrastructure for a broad range of customers in the public and private sectors.
- Revenues of over £780 million
- Employing around 7,100 people (average, 2009)
- Backlog/Order book £1.17 billion (as at 31 Dec 2009)
- EBITA margin* 2009: 7.0 per cent
- Operations focused largely in the UK, US, Canada and Chile
- Key markets include nuclear, conventional power, transmission and distribution, renewables and bioprocess
- Key customers include: ARAUCO, AWE, BP/Verenium, Bruce Power, CMPC, EDF Energy, Enbridge, Imperial Oil, Milford Energy, National Grid, NDA (Nuclear Decommissioning Authority), Ontario Power Generation, Range Fuels, RWE, SABIC, Scottish Power, Sellafield, Southern Company, Total, Wales and West Utilities.
Significant contracts include:
- EDF Energy contract for West Burton gas-fired power station
- Renewable Ventures first solar power project
- CMPC Laja plant modernisation project and Santa Fe plant capacity increase
- National Grid offshore contract to provide technical due diligence support in their bid to become an offshore transmission operating licence owner
- Range Fuels project management of a prototype biofuels plant
- Packaging Corporation America energy efficiency project in Valdosta, Georgia, US.
*EBITA for continuing operations before intangible amortisation, goodwill impairment and pre-tax exceptional items, but including joint venture profit before tax, as a percentage of revenue.