10 WET NEWS MARCH 2019 | wwtonline.co.uk
Making the outcomes-based
approach to delivering
infrastructure work better
Next year marks the start of the
AMP7 period of regulated water
infrastructure. Other sectors
are also investing at this time,
including CP6 (rail), RIS2
(roads), Q6 (airports) and RIIO2
(energy), as well as HS2, Cross
-
rail 2 and Tideway.
The investment scale means
the infrastructure sector will be
at full stretch. So how to deliver
these requirements while pre-
venting cost and time overruns
due to overheating?
One approach emerging
from AMP6 was to deliver out-
comes and benefits instead of
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INSIGHT
DELIVERY MODELS
With busy periods approaching across
a number of sectors, it is vital to
ensure the right approach is in place
Paul Taylor, technical director of programme management, Stantec
pre-defined outputs. This was
to encourage innovation, so the
business needs and outcomes
were still achieved but some-
times avoiding capital invest-
ment by changing operational
approaches.
The next AMP cycle is going
to see this increase, so it's
important that we learn previ-
ous lessons.
This means water companies,
consultants and delivery organi-
sations will need to update their
methodologies – and possibly
strategies – to make the out-
comes model work.
IMPROVING BENEFITS AND
OUTCOMES UNDERSTANDING
There needs to be a clear understanding from all parties on the definitions of benefits,
outcomes, capability and outputs. This is especially important from a delivery organi-
sation perspective when signing up to provide a benefit or outcome where external
factors are outside their control.
Each benefit level can act as a value transition point, meaning requirements and
responsibilities between the parties must be explained.
