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Waterman appointed on major bridge inspections contract

dbough — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:24:24 +0000

Waterman appointed on major bridge inspections contract

Waterman has been appointed by the City of London Corporation, on behalf of City Bridge Foundation, to provide inspection services for five of London’s most iconic bridges.

Running for an initial six years, the contract will see our teams carrying out inspections of the following landmarks:

Tower Bridge
London Bridge
Southwark Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge
Millennium Bridge

City Bridge Foundation is one of London’s oldest charitable foundations, with a history spanning more than 900 years. It plays a unique role in London, maintaining five iconic Thames bridges while using income from its investments to support charitable organisations and communities across the capital.

This latest appointment adds to Waterman’s growing portfolio of public sector frameworks and draws on the team’s extensive experience in civil structures, bridge inspections, and the long-term management of critical transport assets, supporting clients in maintaining safe, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure.

The project will be led by Richard Brooks, Waterman’s National Lead for Civil Structures. Richard said: “We are thrilled to have been appointed on this prestigious and challenging project. To have the opportunity to help preserve and maintain some of London’s most important historic infrastructure is a great honour and we are looking forward to working with the City of London Corporation and City Bridge Foundation on this framework.”

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Sheffield team volunteers at Food Works

lrichards — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:13:23 +0000

Our Sheffield team joined Food Works for their third visit to the charity’s site. Food Works is doing incredible work to create a sustainable food system by reducing waste, growing food responsibly and ensuring local communities have access to nutritious food.

The team spent the afternoon potting on red currant plants that had been struggling during the recent heatwaves. It was quite sobering to hear just how badly this year’s crops have been affected by the changing climate.

On a more positive note, the team learned a great deal from Bethan Robinson at Food Words, who showed them how to create compost using the lasagne technique. The team also discovered that Dian Coleman is a keen compost enthusiast! The lasagne method, also known as sheet composting, is a no-dig gardening technique that creates a nutrient-rich growing bed by layering carbon-rich and nitrogen-rich organic materials directly onto the ground.

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It was fantastic to look around the nursery and see what had changed since our last visit, as well as the new season’s crops. We were even allowed to try the cape gooseberries from the same plant that Food Works gave us last year. Unfortunately, our office plant, Audrey III, has yet to produce any fruit!

Rosie Stillman
Senior Structural Technician

The visit provided a relaxing environment and a great opportunity to bond as a team while welcoming our new starter, Will Jebb. At the same time, the team was able to support a fantastic charity that is helping to create a more sustainable food network across the city.

The team is already looking to plan another visit soon, potentially to Food Works’ brand-new site.

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It was a pleasure to contribute while also spending quality time together as a team. Thanks again to Maddy Starzak and Bethan Robinson for hosting us and creating such a welcoming atmosphere.

Somesh Ainapur
Structural Engineer, commented on the day

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Waterman strengthens highways team with DRIMS Lead John Suckling

tgoss — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:29:36 +0000

We are delighted to welcome John Suckling to the Waterman team to lead our development of DRIMS (Dynamic Response Intelligent Monitoring System) to support the continued growth and development of our highways sector.

Based in our Birmingham office, John brings extensive experience working within local-authority highway and transportation environments. His expertise spans urban traffic control (UTC) systems, roadside technologies, and real-time operational platforms, alongside hands-on highways inspection, defect identification, and risk assessment.

As well as supporting our DRIMS marketing and technical delivery, John will be working alongside experts from Japanese engineering consultancy and Waterman’s parent organisation, CTI International to achieve PAS 2161 accreditation, the new standard for road condition monitoring.

Daryl Fossett, Director at Waterman, commented: “We are excited to welcome John to the team. His wealth of experience in intelligent infrastructure will be a great asset as we continue to grow our Highways business. Combined with his first-class academic background in computing and specialist expertise in AI, John will help strengthen our cutting-edge technology offering and deliver even greater value to our growing client base.”

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Waterman announces new leadership roles to support future growth

dbough — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:25:00 +0000

Waterman announces new leadership roles to support future growth

Jonathan Purcell appointed new Managing Director of Strategy and Growth as Mark Terndrup takes on expanded role as Managing Director of Building Services

Waterman Group is pleased to announce two senior leadership appointments within its UK Consulting business, strengthening its national capability and reinforcing its focus on delivering integrated, client-focused solutions across its core growth markets. The appointments support Waterman’s strategic ambition to bring its multidisciplinary expertise together to create greater value for clients and position the business for its next phase of growth.

Jonathan Purcell, formerly Managing Director of Building Services – North, has been appointed Managing Director of Strategy and Growth, a new role created to help shape and deliver Waterman’s UK growth agenda. In parallel, Mark Terndrup will expand his role as Managing Director – South for Building Services to cover the whole of the UK.

Together, these changes provide a stronger platform for national collaboration, aligning expertise across disciplines to keep clients at the centre of Waterman’s UK Consulting strategy.

In his new role, Jonathan will work alongside Mark Emberton, UK Chief Operating Officer, and the consulting Managing Directors to deliver the business’s strategic growth priorities, strengthening client relationships and identify high-value opportunities across Waterman’s core markets.

Neil Humphrey, Chief Executive Officer, said:

“This is an important step for our UK Consulting business as we continue to bring our teams together and look ahead to the next stage of growth. Jonathan’s new role will help us strengthen client relationships, prioritise the opportunities that matter most and make the most of our combined expertise across UK Consulting. Mark’s expanded UK-wide role will support greater consistency, collaboration and leadership across our Building Services business. Jonathan and Mark both bring deep knowledge of Waterman, our clients and our markets, and I am delighted they are taking on these important leadership responsibilities.”

Jonathan Purcell said:

“I am excited to take on this new role at such an important time for Waterman. We have a real opportunity to build on our collective strengths, deepen our client relationships and position the business for sustainable growth. I look forward to working closely with colleagues across the business to help deliver our shared ambitions.”

Mark Terndrup said:

“I am pleased to be expanding my role to cover the UK at an important time for our Consulting business. These leadership changes support our wider growth ambitions and give us a valuable opportunity to build on the expertise within our national Building Services teams. I look forward to working with colleagues across the country to strengthen our service offering, support our clients and contribute to the wider objectives of the business.”

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