Water & Wastewater Treatment

4 | AUGUST 2014 | WWT | www.wwtonline.co.uk Industry news August The government has delivered more than £3B annual cost savings on UK infrastructure expenditure since 2010 – equating to more than 15% across the board and in keep- ing with its original objectives. The Treasury's Infrastructure Cost Review: Measuring and Improving Delivery report, shows that the water industry has achieved 12% annual sav- ings, equivalent to £1B. This third annual report of the Infrastructure Cost Re- view programme also shows 12% has been saved on Š ood defences, equivalent to £21M since 2010. Water and Š ood defences Water sector saves £1B per year on infrastructure spend Contract Tracker Welsh Water confi rms AMP6 partners Skanska Construction UK working with Hyder Consulting (UK), Mott Macdonald Bentley, and Morgan Sindall, working with Arup, are the successful bidders to deliver part of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water's (DCWW) £1.5B AMP6 capital invest- ment programme. Galliford Try Infrastructure, working with AECOM, is a reserve capital partner. Wessex hints at AMP7 extensions Wessex Water has revealed that the contractors it is seek- ing to undertake mechanical and electrical (M&E) and civil engineering work for the period between 2015 and 2020 could be extended for an extra fi ve years. The company is on the hunt for up to 12 contractors for AMP6. Extension into AMP7 will depend on performance, and subject to AMP7 require- ments. The value of the con- tracts is a combined £350M. UU picks six Six contractors and joint ven- tures are the successful bid- ders for United Utilities' (UU) construction and engineering services covering AMP6, and possibly up to 2026. The de- livery partners will start work on a Transition Investment programme in preparation for the start of AMP6 delivery. They are MMB (Mott MacDon- ald Bentley); C2V+ (CH2M Hill and VolkerStevin); Advance (Balfour Beatty and MWH); and LiMA (Laing O'Rourke and Imtech, with support from Atkins). Jacobs UK has been awarded the engineering services contract. have achieved savings by improving collaborative en- gagement with supply chains, better governance, grouping projects into programmes and using smarter procurement processes, according to the report. The Environment Agency (EA) estimates that 25% of its ef- " ciency savings have come from packaging of projects and procurement, 20% from streamlining project develop- ment and control of scope, and 55% from working with its supply chain to enable in- novative value engineering. The report notes that fol- lowing publication of the Smoothing Investment Cycles in the Water Sector report, a key milestone was achieved last year when Ofwat gave wa- ter companies the chance to include so-called "transition investment" in their business plans for the period from 2015 to 2020. The water companies' business plans submitted in December last year identi" ed transition investment of up to £440M. Commercial secretary to the Treasury Lord Deighton said successive governments had failed to invest suš ciently in the UK's infrastructure. "By dealing with our debts and having a long term vi- sion as set out in the National Infrastructure Plan, we can deliver the world class in- frastructure the UK needs to compete." Read more and download the report at wwtonline.co.uk Disposing of FOG and non- fl ushables in an inappropriate manner can block drains and cause fl ood and pollution, which is why creating tools to help engage the public is cru- cial. This is the winning poster from the recent WRc Innova- tion Day and is available free to download from wrcplc.co.uk £500k investment 1 million litres per day "By dealing with our debts and having a long- term vision, as set out in the National Infrastructure Plan, we can deliver the word class infrastructure the UK needs to compete." LORD DEIGHTON, Commercial secretary to the treasury Anglian Water is investing half a million pounds in leakage reduction in Peterborough. The company estimates that by varying the pressure in its network throughout the day, the project will cut the number of bursts by 25% and reduce other leaks by 60%. It expects an overall saving of

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