G4S wins Veolia Environmental Services Smart metering contract
11 October 2010
G4S Utility Services, one of the UK’s largest national providers of metering and field services, has been awarded a contract with Veolia Environmental Services to install 300 Smart electricity meters and 62 gas data loggers across the UK
The 5 year contract which will employ existing G4S Utility Services staff will commence in October and will involve the installation of meters across a variety of sites in addition to data retrieval and meter maintenance services.
Chris Clowes, Category Manager from Veolia Environmental Services, commented: “G4S Utility Services clearly understood our business and our needs in relation to Smart metering. Their ability to deliver both electricity and gas services is clear and I am confident they will deliver exactly what we require.”
Kim Challis, Managing Director of G4S Utility Services, commented:” This contract win further demonstrates our ability to deliver national Smart metering projects for companies looking to roll out Smart Meters.”
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G4S Secure Solutions
G4S Secure Solutions is the largest security solutions company in the UK and Ireland with a turnover of more than £1 billion and 32,000 employees. More than 6,000 customers, including 59 FTSE 100 companies and the majority of UK Government departments, depend on G4S to provide them with a safe and secure way to deliver their services. For more information please visit www.g4s.com/uk.
G4S Utility Services
G4S Utility Services was founded in 1996 and makes over 50 million visits to properties per year throughout the UK on behalf of major utility companies, including British Gas, E.ON and EDF Energy. It also has a national workforce of multi skilled meter workers who can install electricity and gas meters and carry out subsequent maintenance with associated system capability and with the ability to provide a full end to end smart solution including half hourly data retrieval and energy management information.
Veolia Environmental Services (UK) plc
Veolia Environmental Services, part of Veolia Environnement, is one of the UK's leading waste management companies operating in all of the industry sectors. With a sizeable presence throughout Britain, Europe and the World, Veolia Environmental Services employs 93,000 people worldwide, servicing more than 70 million inhabitants across 42 countries.
Veolia Environnement is the world leader in environmental services with more than 336,000 employees operating in 72 countries worldwide. Its activities are focused on water, transport, energy and waste management.