Industry looks East

摘要

The White Water Paper sets out plans to stimulate further investment in the UK water industry. British contractors should not be surprised to find themselves competing against Asian companies, says Dean Stiles. The Water industry is a global business and British water industry contractors should not be surprised to find themselves bidding against Asian companies for future contracts. With a large part of Thames Water now in Asian ownership, it is no surprise that the company should actively try to gain the benefits of the knowledge and skill of Asian contractors for its massive tunnelling programme to build its super sewer in London.