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Working with UKPNS at Heathrow Airport
Many of the case studies in our portfolio describe work done alongside partner UK Power Networks Services (UKPNS). UKPNS holds a long-term contract to provide and maintain the energy infrastructure for Heathrow, and recently celebrated 30 years as a partner for the...
Providing electricity for 6,000 new homes in Welborne Garden Village
Buckland Developments is overseeing the creation of Welborne Garden Village, a new community of 6,000 homes, and turned to WCS to provide civil engineering services relating to the new substation that will bring power to Welborne. New Garden Villages Recently, the...
Challenges and opportunities in Rail Electrification
Asa Whitfield, Founder and MD of WCS, Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and rail electrification expert, discusses here what the UK is doing in this area and why, and whether goals will actually be reached. The wider issue of net zero Like almost every...
Introducing Jeremy Barnes
WCS is delighted to announce the appointment of Technical Director, Jeremy Barnes. Jeremy joins us after a 32-year career in civil engineering that has taken him to Vietnam, Malaysia and Hong Kong, among other countries. As we discussed recently, WCS has been growing...
WCS – a new name and a fresh new look
Today we are pleased to announce that we’re changing our name from Whitfield Construction Services to Whitfield Consulting Services. The familiar abbreviation ‘WCS’ remains unchanged so many of you will continue to use that. From today you may also notice that we’ve...
Can engaging with net zero be a benefit and not a cost?
Few outright deniers remain when it comes to man-made climate change and the need to address it by reducing the carbon emissions that cause the greenhouse effect. But how should business leaders view the subject? Is it like charitable giving, where those with morals...
Diverse backgrounds; strong team
WCS is proud of our strong and diverse team. Here we look at some of the ways that this diversity of background positively impacts the way we work and the benefits this brings our clients. The WCS approach to recruitment Engineering is a field in which specialised...
Blast Loading
Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS) is often involved in the design of substations, facilities where power is transformed between voltages and switching occurs. Substations can be dangerous places for operatives, in particular due to the rare phenomenon of arc faults....
The power behind data centres
New data centres are opening at a furious pace, and one thing they all have in common is the need for secure, uninterruptable electrical power. Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS) has been active in civil engineering design for substations suitable for data centres...
5 ways WCS take pressure away from clients
Those commissioning or overseeing major engineering projects face high pressure to ensure all is completed smoothly. Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS) is familiar with situations where partners look to us to lift burden from their shoulders; in this piece, we...
Powering the Piccadilly Line for London Underground
Whitfield Consulting Services was pleased to be invited to complete detailed civil engineering design and other services as part of a major upgrade to the Piccadilly Line, for London Underground Limited and UK Power Networks Services (UKPNS). This exciting scope of...
Extreme weather’s effect on civil engineering design
During 2022 the UK experienced twelve months of record and near-record-breaking temperatures, high winds, droughts, flooding and cold snaps. Meteorologists are already sounding the alarm bells for a repeat performance in 2023. How does this severe weather impact the...