Water and Effluent Treatment Magazine
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32 WET NEWS MAY 2014 FORESIGHT What do you think? Future AMP cycles will shift towards smaller, high volume capital maintenance projects rather than main new builds. What challenges will this bring? I have never... While clearing sewer blockages I have never... What do you think? Offsite manufacturing is expected to be used increasingly in AMP6. What are the pros and cons of this? How will it affect the onsite skills make-up? I have never... While driving to work I have never... . What do you think? The water companies are bringing forward £44o0M of investment from AMP6. How will your company benefit from this? What else can be done to remove the cyclical troughs? Write a caption Balfour Beatty's national UK training academy has received £4.4M of funding through the government's Employer Ownership of Skills pilot scheme. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by May 23, 2014. The best captions will be published in the June 2014 issue of WET News. NEXT ISSUE INSIGHT As plant managers are under rising pressure to increase productivity, while reducing costs, more and more processes are being automated, sparking a definite industry shift over the past 12 months in a move to install actuated valves. INSIGHT With increasing demand from public and private sector organisations for contractors and specifiers to help meet their water, cost, and energy efficiency targets, the tradi- tional water softener is coming under scrutiny – and alterna- tive solutions are being sought. • HAVE YOUR SAY We want more of your voices in WET News. Give us your views and thoughts on the following subjects and statements. Jot them down on an email and send to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by May 23, 2014 and we will publish a collection of them in the June 2014 edition of WET News. Please state if you are happy to be named, use an alias or would prefer to remain anonymous. Last month's best answers "How long was his tea break?" "How long did you say this grid system was going to take?" Both from Barrie Light, leakage supervisor, Sembcorp Bournemouth Water "Now sir, how long ago did you say you had been waiting for a site pass?" Graham Dunks, sales director, Watermark Systems UK "Can I see your CSCS card please?" Adrian Bendall, Leopold EMEA senior applications engineer, Xylem XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | the market 53 1990 -1995 AMP1 1995 - 2000 AMP2 2 000 - 2005 A M P 3 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 1 0 A M P4 2010 - 2015 AMP5 QED supporting 20 years of AMP cycles with Water Quality and Leaka g e M an ag e m en t Eng i n e e r i n g … with many more years in the pipeline Quantum Engineering Developments Ltd. Quantum House, Saxon Business Park, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B60 4AD Tel: 01527 577888 - Fax: 01527 577007 Email: sales@quantumeng.co.uk - www.quantumeng.co.uk l Surge control systems for potable, sewage du es. l Refurbishment/upgrade of exis ng surge systems. l Manufacture of vessels for surge, DAF, accumulators, contact tanks etc. l Instrumenta on for new/exis ng pressure systems. l Compressor packages for surge, instrument, DAF, backwashing. l Booster pump packages for wash water du es. l Passive intake screens. Quantum Engineering Development Ltd QED are the UK's leading surge control system providers to the water and waste treatment industry. Holding preferred, approved, nominated or framework supplier status with the majority of the leading water and construc on leaders. All facets of contract du es undertaken by specificially trained in-house employees. Staff training program linked to exceed water and waste treatment industry expecta ons. Ongoing development of staff, products and services ensure compliance with ever evolving legisla ve requirements and engineering best prac ce. A4_Advert_Layout 1 07/03/2014 13:24 Page 1