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Black & Veatch and EMAGIN join forces on asset analytics and arti cal intelligence machine learning to ensure predictive performance insights, and resilience across their assets," Mark Kaney, asset management director for Black & Veatch Europe, said. "By forming this partnership with EMAGIN, we are combining our cultures, along with the different approaches to learning and innovation of a technology company and an engineering company, to meet the challenges facing the water industry both today and in the future." EMAGIN enables customers to learn from past patterns, predict events and optimise operations. The AI-powered technology provides customers with the intelligence to maximise productivity and savings to better serve customers. The platform's capabilities allow utilities to act in real- time, with predictive knowledge to control critical processes. Black & Veatch is a technology-led consulting and construction company that ƒ Partnership will look to help water companies cope amid increasing demand, falling revenues and climate change How Twitter reacted to the 'Engineering Skills For The Future: The 2013 Perkins Review Revisited' report. W ET News is delighted to announce that it has assembled an editorial board comprising experts from many of the industry's leading water contractors and consultancies. We will be meeting with the board members periodically to discuss the latest developments in the marketplace and gain insights into the burning issues facing the sector, with the aim of developing content that meets the needs of our readership. The first meeting took place at the Tower Hotel in London on 31 January and resulted in a lively discussion about the sector and how WET News can develop into the future. WET News editorial board members: ● Ian Small (AECOM) ● Andrew Ross (Amey) ● Andrew Cowell (BIM4Water) ● Mark Kaney (Black & Veatch) ● Ronan Clancy (Clancy Docwra) ● Maxine Mayhew (Costain) ● David Beaty (Kier) ● Andy Brierley (Lanes Group) ● Tim Sargent (Morrison Utility Services) ● Stuart Rothery (Murphy) ● Mark Hanrahan (nmcn) ● James Stonor (Stonbury) ● Tim Bullen (Trant) We are not going to magic up new engineers post #Brexit. It's time to accelerate our #DigitalTransformation #Innovation to do more with less @IanJSmall Contacted 125 local engineering companies for four level 3 placements – no takers – the sector has to walk the talk! 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We will continue to work with Govt and the engineering community to ensure an excellent experience of physics is had by all. @PhysicsNews o– ers insights into how digital technologies can enhance asset management, and how they can be integrated through a collaborative digital ecosystem to suit the client's needs. Having helped design, construct and maintain assets for nearly all the UK's water companies, Black & Veatch is well placed to understand how cutting-edge AI technologies, like those o– ered by EMAGIN, will deliver signi— cant bene— ts and o– er clients speed to value. "We believe new technologies are the key to helping water companies weather a perfect storm of increasing demand, falling revenues and climate change," Thouheed Abdul Ga– oor, EMAGIN's chief executive o˜ cer and co-founder, said. "Combining forces with Black & Veatch will allow us to demonstrate this and provide AI technology informed by expert engineering and asset management experience on a global scale." Black & Veatch is delivering asset management programmes for Thames Water, Welsh Water, Bristol Water and Yorkshire Water, supporting all aspects of the utilities' operations. EMAGIN has deployed its AI technology in the United Kingdom with United Utilities and Scottish Water, providing a suite of real-time and predictive capabilities, ranging from optimised pumping, burst event detection, minimisation of discolouration events and total expenditure savings. B lack & Veatch has teamed up with EMAGIN to support UK water companies with advanced operational intelligence, allied to hands-on asset management and engineering expertise. The partnership has been set up with the intention of delivering the asset performance that water companies need to ensure quality and service are undiminished in the face of falling revenues and intense regulatory scrutiny. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding for a two-year strategic partnership. "More and more, clients are looking to digitally enabled, real-time decision-making, arti— cial intelligence and

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