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To support Yorkshire Water's AMP7 capital investment programme, a joint venture between Arup and Costain has secured a £2 million health and safety assurance consultancy framework contract. The framework aims to facilitate the delivery of resilient assets and drive exceptional service for Yorkshire Water customers by supporting its health and safety assurance needs, promoting collaborative working, innovation and continual operational improvement across the Yorkshire Water supply chain. Under the contract, the JV will provide expertise in construction, design and management (CDM) regula- tion compliance, design phase process and construc- tion site safety to help Yorkshire Water address key affordability challenges in the efficient delivery of its AMP7 investment pro- gramme. Global engineering and consultancy firm Arup and smart infrastructure solutions company Costain have an existing partnership in the water sector and this agreement builds on the firms' long-standing relation- ships with Yorkshire Water. The contract is worth £2 million to the JV over the four-year life of the contract. "Costain and Arup bring a range of specialists to support our health and safety assurance needs, promoting collaborative working, innovation and continual improvement within the Yorkshire Water supply chain," Paul Robins, continuous improvement manager at Yorkshire Water, said. Mark Fletcher, Arup global water business leader, said: "UK water companies are facing significant challenges in AMP7 around affordability, operational resilience and increasing expectations from regulators, stakeholders and customers. "The Costain-Arup partnership is committed to supporting Yorkshire Water and its supply chain in providing exceptional service for its customers by assuring the delivery of safe, reliable and resilient assets." Maxine Mayhew, group capability director at Costain, added: "We are delighted to have secured this important consultancy framework to support Yorkshire Water as part of its AMP7 investment programme. "Costain brings industry- leading health and safety management insights and process safety expertise that will help Yorkshire Water improve efficiency to drive value and service for its customers." CLIENT: Yorkshire Water PARTNERS: Arup, Costain CONTRACT: Health and safety assurance consultancy framework TERM: Until 2024 Arup-Costain JV ALLIANCES 2020: YORKSHIRE WATER Costain teams up with Arup Mega_Bridge adds flexible and fully featured internet protocol (IP) connectivity to the well-established Mega_Link family of Telemetry & Control units used to pass two-way instrumentation, measurement and control data between sensors, equipment and industrial plant. • TELEMETRY & CONTROL o POINT to POINT o POINT to MULTI-POINT o IOT Architecture • Flexible Communications o UHF Licence Free Radio o ETHERNET, Wi-Fi o 3G/4G mobile networks • Sensor & Data Interfaces o Volt-Free Digital I/O o 4 - 20 mA Analogue I/O o RS232/RS485 Serial • Built-In Security VPN with AES256 • Use with ADSL modem for leased line replacement Mega_Bridge can communicate on a closed LAN or across networks and sites via Amazon Web Services, fully administered by Churchill Controls. This enables important security features using TLSv1.2 for authenticated and encrypted communications channels. Contact us: 01344 750233 sales@churchill-controls.co.uk www.churchill-controls.co.uk ALLIANCES 2020 19 www.teekaycouplings.com tel: +44 (0)1494 679500

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