Balfour to battle Hochtief and Jones Bros JV to build UK’s first reservoir in 40 years Portsmouth Water has confirmed the suppliers in the running to help deliver its £100M Havant Thicket Reservoir in Hampshire – the first major new water storage reservoir in the UK since the 1980s. Following a pre-qualification process, the company has now issued formal invites to tender for the two main work packages – the main reservoir and its associated pipeline – worth a total of £140M. Suppliers invited to tender for the main reservoir are Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, Hochtief Constructi...