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4 WET NEWS DECEMBER 2018 | wwtonline.co.uk NEWS+ Amey launches Lean apprenticeship plan on Severn Trent Water account • Contractor partners with LEAD on 12-month programme A mey has launched a Lean apprenticeship pro- gramme on its Severn Trent account to encourage inno- vation and promote continuous improvement in the services it delivers in the water sector. Amey, which works across the utilities industry, has part- nered with training provider Lean Education and Develop- ment Limited (LEAD) to deliver the 12-month programme, which will challenge employ- ees to think differently and work collaboratively. The first intake, of 10 apprentices, will earn four qualifications including a Level 2 Diploma in Business Improvement Techniques and will result in employees becoming Lean practitioners on completion. The programme also forms part of the company's nation- wide drive to achieve 5 per cent of its workforce in "earn Amey, said: "As a business it's really important that we invest in our employees and support them in identifying and learn" positions within five years. David McLoughlin, manag- ing director for utilities at innovative ways to improve service delivery. "By doing so we're able to demonstrate real value and Anglian Water uses Bluesky 3D models to improve infrastructure H ighly detailed 3D mod- els, derived from the lat- est aerial photography, are helping Anglian Water design, build and communicate major infrastructure and non- infrastructure asset projects across the east of England. Created by aerial mapping company Bluesky, the 3D mod- els are being used by the @one Alliance to create 3D animations and fly-throughs that communi- cate potentially complex plans in an easy to interpret and engaging way. Examples of projects where the Bluesky models have already been used by the @one Alliance include a £3 million scheme to upgrade pumping stations and reduce the risk of Apprentices Pete Hamilton, Emily Banks, Clare Bird and James Morgan with Amey business improvement manager Ben Hawkins (second from right) Former Kier MD Fletcher to lead Anglian Water's @one Alliance A nglian Water has appointed former Kier MD Paul Fletcher as director of its @one Alliance – a 15-year partnership of engineer- ing and construction partners. To ensure a smooth transi- tion, Fletcher joined the Anglian Water alliance in September and in January will formally take over from Dale Evans, who is moving into a consultancy role ašer 15 years' service at the helm of @one. Peter Simpson, chief execu- tive of Anglian Water, said: "Paul will oversee our largest alliance, which will be vital in delivering key projects for the rest of this investment period. Crucially, Paul will lead much of the capital delivery in our larg- est ever programme between 2020 to 2025 – a £6.5 billion investment plan, nearly a third larger than ever before. "He brings a wealth of leader- ship experience from the sector and specifically our current partner organisations, which will be essential in driving the alliance forward in this new era and meeting the unique chal- lenges in the water sector and this part of the country. "With Dale moving on, it was essential we had a smooth tran- sition between leadership, so a substantial handover was always part of the plan. I am delighted that Paul is already in the business and ready to take over in the new year." Fletcher said: "This is both a challenging and exciting time for the water sector. The Anglian region is growing fast yet it gets just half the national average rainfall – as little as Jerusalem per person, so long-term invest- ment in resilience is vital. "The political agenda coupled with these unique, local features mean the spotlight really will be on our engineering prowess and our ability to deliver quality infra- structure, excellent customer ser- vice and efficiencies to keep cus- tomer bills low. "These challenges are a really exciting catalyst for change and I am delighted to be joining at this time, and am eager to lead the alliance through the next chapter in this forward-thinking organisation's history." Simpson also praised Evans' contribution. "Dale has given the alliance and Anglian Water 15 years of dedicated service, and led numer- ous benchmark initiatives and projects within that time, putting alliancing and Anglian Water on the construction map," he said. "Dale will continue to sup- port Anglian Water with the next stage of our journey and we wish him well on any other advisory roles that are no doubt just around the corner." provide better, safer and more sustainable services for our cli- ents and their customers." Marie Smart, new talent manager at Severn Trent, said: "We're a massive supporter of apprenticeships at Severn Trent, having hired over 170 apprentices in the past two years, so it's great to see these new Level 2 opportunities being offered by Amey. "Apprenticeships are a fan- tastic way to engage new talent and secure the key skills required in our industry for the future." Phil Walters, operations director at LEAD, added: "We're delighted to be working with Amey and we are really looking forward to helping the team improve their continuous improvement skills and increasing the value that they add to their Severn Trent customers." Following the launch of Amey's group-wide apprentice- ship programme in 2010, more than 720 apprentices have joined the company's ranks. flooding in Great Yarmouth and an ambitious project to relocate Cambridge's Waste Water Recy- cling facility to Waterbeach. "The models from Bluesky are an important starting point when developing a digital pro- ject environment," Clare Kovaks, 4D planner at the @one Alliance, said. "The Bluesky models enable us to create understandable but still accurate visualisa- tions that are used at every stage of the project lifecycle. We use the Bluesky models to inform designs, communicate ideas and gather public support. "In addition to helping com- municate and engage the Bluesky models also allows us to digitally rehearse the build sequence, giving the model con- text. This can highlight poten- tial issues onsite saving time, and therefore costs, and mitigat- ing risk." The Bluesky 3D models are photogrammetrically derived from high resolution stereo aer- ial photography. Supplied ready to use in the Google SketchUp, and onward use in Synchro the 4D construction scheduling sošware, the Bluesky models provide a detailed visualisation of the environment allowing for interaction, analysis and inter- rogation of the landscape and infrastructure. Geographically accurate, the 3D models also included a Digi- tal Terrain Model (DTM). The Bluesky 3D models are photogrammetrically derived from high resolution stereo aerial photography

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