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MCL refocus on water industry challenges
By mikelevery - 05-12-2011 The 2010-11 review of water company performance could not have delivered a starker message to the 10 water and sewerage companies in England and Wales. Reliability and availability of water supply requires addressing. Only three companies had a clean bill of health namely South West Water, Thames and Wessex. Two companies gave Ofwat cause for concern across all three criteria of serviceability, security of supply and leakage namely Severn Trent and Yorkshire.

B4G role complete
By mikelevery - 25-10-2011 Mike Levery has completed his re-structuring of the Sheffield based construction and building services company B4G. He commented "B4G has now a firm foundation to move forward in what is a difficult and volatile market sector. Its financial, operational and commercial processes, coupled with a strong and diverse client base should see it beat off its competitors as it looks to secure further maintenance and quoted works contracts."

B4G Board appointment for Mike Levery
By mikelevery - 28-04-2011 Sheffield construction and building services company B4G have appointed Mike Levery as Chief Operating Officer.

MCL to advise B4G
By mikelevery - 27-01-2011 MCL Consultancy have been engaged to advise the rapidly growing construction, general building and reactive maintenance company, B4G

Alliance of Deming Consultants
By mikelevery - 22-10-2010 An interactive presentation looking at the relationship between Operations and Maintenance, and the impact outsourcing has on this relationship was presented to the Alliance of Deming Consultants on Monday, 1st November 2010.

Arab Outsourcing Conference and Expo, Dubai, 25th - 28th April 2010
By mikelevery - 10-05-2010 Conference report where Mike Levery gave a keynote speech on day one, a panel discussion on outsourcing governance; solutions for risk mitigation on day two, and a master-class on Operations and Maintenance and the approach to outsourcing on day three.

Articles in Utility Week and Assets
By mikelevery - 18-12-2009 The paper "Risk and accountability in utility networks" has been published as an article entitled "The buck stops where?" in the February 2010 issue of "Assets", the journal of the Institute of Asset Management. A shortform version is in the 5 February 2010 edition of "Utility Week".

New Master Classes available
By mikelevery - 20-01-2010 Two new Master Classes are available under the Asset Management/Workshops section of the website, covering O&M/maintenance only outsourcing, and utility network contracts

MCL expertise targetted by the Middle East
By mikelevery - 18-12-2009 Outsourcing is a hot topic in Dubai. MCL Consultancy has been invited to present a keynote speech and Master Class in the Operations and Maintenance Track of the Arab Outsourcing Conference to be held in Dubai on 25 - 28 April 2010.

Risk and accountability in utility network contracts
By mikelevery - 13-10-2009 This latest article on contractual arrangements is now available under the articles and papers section on the website. There is also a case study on the application of these contracts to water supply networks.

Motivation article in demand worldwide
By mikelevery - 20-04-2009 The Asset Management and Maintenance Journal of Australia have now published the article "Motivating maintenance craftsmen" in the July 2009 edition of the AMMJ which is available under articles and papers or can be accessed direct on www.maintenancejournal.com

Motivation article in March 2009 journal
By mikelevery - 10-02-2009 Mike Levery's article "Motivating maintenance craftsmen" is included in the March 2009 edition of the Maintenance and Engineering Journal

MCL facilitate new contract for South West Water
By mikelevery - 13-01-2009 South West Water's contract partners on their water distribution network, May Gurney and Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions have signed a gain/painshare agreement for the duration of their existing maintenance contracts until April 2010. MCL Consultancy were instrumental in brokering the new contract arrangements.

Brussels keynote speaker
By mikelevery - 12-11-2008 Mike Levery was keynote speaker at the Belgian Maintenance Association's annual awards evening on Tuesday 9th December 2008 in Brussels. The programme for the evening can be seen here. Mike has presented both at conferences and presentation evenings on a variety of maintenance related topics.