WJ News

Latest News and Updates from WJ Groundwater and across the Industry.

IMG_20150821_054157.jpg

Team Frankies Excels

WJ-sponsored cycling team Team Frankie’s continue their quest for road domination.  Middle East Director, Paul Turner is a stalwart of the team and was instrumental in setting up the sponsorship deal between Team Frankie’s and WJ Groundwater.  There are a number of keen cyclists in the company including  WJ’s Managing Director, Richard Fielden.  Check out our extensive article in Issue 27 of our in-house magazine, The Wet End, here.

read more
WJ GroundwaterTeam Frankies Excels
Tunnelling15-logo_FINALIST.jpg

WJ Nominated Finalist at the NCE Tunnelling & Underground Space Awards 2015

Tunnelling15-logo_FINALIST

WJ Groundwater is a finalist at this years’ NCE Tunnelling & Underground Space Awards, which is taking place at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London on the 3rd of December.  We have been nominated, alongside BBMV JV Crossrail C510 in the Ground Investigation and Monitoring award category for the sub-surface dewatering for a steeply inclined SCL tunnel.

read more
WJ GroundwaterWJ Nominated Finalist at the NCE Tunnelling & Underground Space Awards 2015
tumblr_mx3tpto69r1st5lhmo1_1280.jpg

Papa’s Gotta Brand New Blog

Welcome to WJ Groundwater’s brand new weekly blog

WJ Groundwater is the largest dewatering specialist in the UK with over 25 years experience providing specialist groundwater services to clients and contractors principally in the UK and Middle East. WJ has completed over 1000 dewatering projects and has substantial experience designing, installing and operating deepwell, ejector or wellpoint systems.

read more
WJ GroundwaterPapa’s Gotta Brand New Blog
NWED_logo_comp.jpg

National Women in Engineering Day | 2016

Sisters are doing it for themselves…

WJ Groundwater included an article by two of its engineers, Ula Markowicz and Revathy S. Nair, in Issue 27 of The Wet End to highlight its interest in the lack of female engineers in the trade.

The article was an interesting, insightful and sometimes frank look at the challenges that face women in our industry, be they culturally based or just role enforced through gender profiling.

read more
WJ GroundwaterNational Women in Engineering Day | 2016
Revathy.jpg

National Women in Engineering Day | 2015

It’s a man’s world, but…

Ever keen to support diversity in the dewatering industry, WJ Groundwater was very interested to learn about this annual event. Entitled National Women In Engineering Day 2015 (NWED), the aim of the occasion is to celebrate the work that females have achieved in engineering, and to showcase the great careers that are available for girls at school or higher education.

read more
WJ GroundwaterNational Women in Engineering Day | 2015
GE_awards.jpg

Ground Engineering Awards 2015

And the winner is…

Members of WJ Groundwater were amongst 700 plus people gathered at the Park Lane Hilton in London on 23rd June to hear the winners of the 2015 GE Awards announced.

WJ were keen to attend as the event always serves as a great way to catch up with industry contemporaries and key customers. It’s also an effective way of getting WJ’s name seen by the main ‘movers and shakers’ in the ground engineering industry.

read more
WJ GroundwaterGround Engineering Awards 2015
pilinglogo_0.png

WJ sponsor ‘Piling & Foundations Conference’

WJ Groundwater is major sponsor of Ground Engineering’s 2015 ‘Piling and Foundations Conference’

On the 23rd of April, WJ Groundwater’s Richard Fielden, Mark Pickett, James Southwell and Gary Holmes attended the ‘Piling and Foundations Conference’ at the Bloomsbury Hotel in London.

The event is an annual industry forum where key clients, contractors and engineers can network and learn about up-and-coming projects and legislation changes.

read more
WJ GroundwaterWJ sponsor ‘Piling & Foundations Conference’