Contractor Avove has struck a five-year strategic partnership with environmental consultancy Aqua Consultants to bolster design and engineering services across the water sector. Both firms are already collaborating on Severn Trent’s Design and Build Lot 1, where Aqua is delivering feasibility and detailed design for MCERTS flow monitoring at nine sites. Avove, which recently secured two major AMP8 frameworks, is also an Enterprise Design and Construct partner for United Utilities. Aqua, part of the Adler and Allan Group, provides full end-to-end design, process and advisory services, while Avove continues to expand its role as a leading delivery partner across UK water programmes. “The partnership with Aqua Consultants is a testament to that commitment, as their design consultants and project management teams are both highly experienced and collaborative –key factors that made the partnership even more important.