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Ward & Burke Construction Ltd

Ward & Burke provides turnkey Design–Build–Operate–Maintain solutions across water and wastewater networks and treatment, MEICA, process engineering, pipelines and micro‑tunnelling, pumping stations, reservoirs, and associated civils. Our self‑delivery model combines in‑house civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, process, automation and control, commissioning, and operations expertise—so clients get integrated delivery, faster decision‑making, and dependable outcomes.

Founded in 2001, Ward & Burke delivers critical infrastructure end‑to‑end—from design and civils to MEICA, commissioning, and operations. Headquartered in Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, and operating across Ireland, the UK, Canada and the USA, we employ 1,200+ people and self‑deliver programmes for leading utilities. Our integrated management systems are certified to ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 27001 and 50001. With extensive micro‑tunnelling, pipelines, networks and treatment expertise—plus a proven O&M capability—we provide single‑point accountability, programme certainty and measurable performance improvements across asset lifecycles. Built on more, we combine engineering excellence with a culture of safety, sustainability, and continuous improvement.

Royal Oak & Longsight Park Tunnel (2025)

Enhancing water quality of the River Irwell through innovative wastewater storage at combined sewer overflow sites across Bolton

Ballina Wastewater Treatment Plant (2024)

Upgrade of the existing treatment plant to increase treatment capacity

Sundon Water Treatment Facility (2024)

A novel water treatment plant constructed on the site of an upgraded reservoir to aid Affinity Water’s environmental sustainability commitments

Arklow Long Sea Outfall (2023)

September 2022 saw the successful completion of a new kilometre outfall pipeline in Arklow, Ireland. The lack of wastewater treatment facilities in Arklow resulted in untreated wastewater being discharged directly to the Avoca River. The design and construction of a new wastewater treatment plant and long sea outfall was required to improve the water quality […]

Knostrop STW (2023)

Knostrop Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is Yorkshire Water’s largest wastewater treatment site, serving a population equivalent of 990,000 and a full flow to treatment (FFT) of 5600 l/s. The WINEP Programme requires Yorkshire Water (YW) to achieve compliance with the new Total Phosphorus and Total Iron permit levels at 80 wastewater treatment works, including Knostrop. […]

Niagara Weir Stabilisation & Fish Pass (2023)

During the industrial revolution, pollution and weir constructions in Yorkshire resulted in the rapid decline of river standards and loss of once abundant species such as salmon, trout, and grayling. The rivers were wiped of ecological habitats and the number of species found in the river declined by 83%. In 1999 Yorkshire Water installed the […]

Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Programe (2022)

As part of the capital investment programme for the years 2020 to 2025 (AMP7), Yorkshire Water Services (YWS) set out to deliver a programme to comply with new regulatory obligations on phosphorus (P) standards (Water Industry National Environment Programme – WINEP) while ‘greening’ their approach to wastewater treatment by prioritising solutions with lowest whole life […]

Hollym, Myers Lane, WwTW (2021)

Constructed in 1991, the existing Withernsea Sewage Treatment Works (STW) lies 2km south of the East Yorkshire coastal resort town of Withernsea and was built circa 180m from the cliff edge with an expected asset life in excess of 60 years. Since 1998, coastal erosion rates in the area have increased significantly from historic levels, […]

Telscombe Lower Portobello PS & Screening Works (2021)

The original treatment works was built in the 1970s in an area carved out of the cliff face. It comprised a screening plant for grit and fat removal, before flows are pumped via a hand-dug long sea outfall 2.5km out to sea. This outfall replaced the original Victorian short sea outfall built in 1874, although […]

Withernsea Long Sea Outfall - Part 2 (2021)

August 2020 saw the successful completion of a new 3.5km outfall pipeline comprising of onshore (2.5km) and offshore (1km) sections on the Holderness Coast in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire. Due to continued coastal erosion, the purpose of the project was to relocate the existing Withernsea WwTW further inland and replace the exposed existing long […]

Ardsbeg WTW (2020)

Ardsbeg Water Treatment Works (WTW) is located in a remote area in the north of Co. Donegal in Ireland and treats water from a lake source to serve local villages of Gortahork and Falcarragh as well as rural farms and dwellings. The WTW was originally built in the 1960s and was modified in 2003. However, […]

Blackmoorfoot Reservoir (2020)

Blackmoorfoot Reservoir, a storage reservoir situated south-west of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, was constructed between 1871 and 1876 at a cost of £260,000. It has a capacity of over 700,000 gallons and covers an area of 102 acres and provides raw water to Blackmoorfoot WTW, which supplies treated water to Huddersfield and surrounding areas. The […]

Brentwood STW (2020)

Brentwood Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is one of Thames Water’s medium sized treatment works. The site is located to the north-east of London between Harold Wood and Brentwood in Essex. The STW treats foul water from the catchment serving West Brentwood, Warley and Pilgrims Hatch. It currently serves a population of 36,500 which will increase […]

BRP - Raw Water Project - Birmingham Resilience Project (2020)

The Birmingham Resilience Project (BRP) is designed to provide a backup source of raw water from the River Severn to the water treatment works that serves Birmingham. During planned or unplanned outages of the primary water source, the raw water system will abstract water from the River Severn between October and March and supply 117 […]

Lobwood Fish Pass (2020)

All freshwater fish species in England undergo migration in one form or another, ranging from movements pertaining to feeding and refuge habitats over the course of a day, to longer journeys (for example, between freshwater and marine habitats) on a less frequent basis. Between 2015-2020, Yorkshire Water, in partnership with the Environmental Agency as part […]

Tophill Low Fish Pass (2020)

Tophill Low Water Treatment Works supplies Hull and surrounding areas with clean water abstracted from the River Hull at Hempholme. The lock, which is managed by the Driffield Navigation Trust, is a very busy passage for narrow boats during the spring and summer months. The raw water intake capacity is managed by Yorkshire Water in […]

Withernsea Long Sea Outfall - Part 1 (2020)

Withernsea is located in Yorkshire, approximately 18 miles east of Hull on the Holderness Coast. The area is vulnerable to coastal erosion due to the geology being mainly soft boulder clay. Groynes and sea walls being installed in Bridlington and Hornsea have affected the longshore drift, which has caused Withernsea area beaches to narrow, providing […]

Anchorsholme Outfall Pumping Station (2019)

Anchorsholme Park is located on the coast 4 miles north of Blackpool Tower. The outfall pumping station project is the second of three phases contributing to improving bathing waters on the Fylde coast. The objective of the overall scheme is to complete the AMP5 obligations on the Fylde Coast of the ‘moving towards three spills […]

Jordans Dam and Wharncliffe Fish Passes (2019)

Yorkshire Water, in partnership with the Environment Agency as part of a much wider programme of work to comply with the National Environment Programme, will see a total of £10m invested between 2015-2020. Such investment will see the creation of 14 new fish passes across the Yorkshire region. The primary driver is compliance with the […]

Loftsome Bridge WTW - Intake (2019)

Yorkshire Water’s Loftsome Bridge Water Treatment Works (WTW) is sited off the A63 between Selby and Howden in East Yorkshire. This WTW is a key part of the Yorkshire Water Services’ network, serving the Hull distribution network and contributing significantly to the Yorkshire Water Grid System. The WTW abstracts water from the River Derwent which […]

Blackpool South Surface Water Strategy (2018)

The Blackpool South Surface Water Strategy is a £30m scheme aimed at improving bathing water quality along Blackpool’s golden mile. The project tackles the combined challenges of climate change, an aging Victorian sewer network, increasing urbanisation and a responsive catchment. The project’s objectives are the reduction in frequency and quality improvement of spills within the […]

Mogden STW (2017)

Mogden Sewage Treatment Works is the second largest in the UK. The first phase was built between 1931 and 1935 at a cost of £1.7 million and covers an area of 55 hectares. The facility treats wastewater from a population equivalent of 1.9 million across a 60 square mile catchment area of north and west […]

Saltend WwTW (2017)

Yorkshire Water’s Saltend WwTW had a history of environmental under-performance which resulted in a significant number of customer complaints due to odour. Between September 2015 and May 2016, £18m of refurbishment and upgrade work was carried out on a fast track basis to improve this performance. Commercial arrangements were adjusted from normal framework conditions to […]

Anchorsholme Park Storage (2016)

Anchorsholme Park is located on the coast 4 miles north of Blackpool Tower. The storage project is the first of two phases contributing to improving bathing waters on the Fylde coast. The objective of the initial phase is to complete the AMP5 obligations on the Fylde Coast of the “moving towards three spills per bathing […]

Burham Strategic Water Main (2016)

By delivering its largest and most challenging pipeline scheme to date, South East Water has secured the water supply to thousands of homes and businesses in north Kent and provided the area with critical new infrastructure needed to promote development and growth for decades to come. All while enhancing the environment and reducing operational costs. […]

Jackson’s Edge Service Reservoir - Compartment 1 (2016)

Jackson’s Edge Service Reservoir (SR) is a water supply scheme that will provide increased security to the network through the provision of a new 18Ml capacity, twin compartment SR on the site of the existing 103 year old SR. The £7.5m project has adopted a Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) approach, saving approximately £2m […]

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Stormwater Storage: Above-ground Storage Tanks | Cast-In-Place Concrete Tanks | Contractors | Designers | Nature-based Solutions/SuDS | Storage Pipes | Storage Shafts | Storage Tunnels