Water and Effluent Treatment Magazine
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24 ALLIANCES 2015 South West Water (SWW) has extended its Tier 1 Alliance arrangements by a further two years until 2016-17, ensuring it continues to deliver the regulatory contract meeting the efficiency targets set by Ofwat and ensuring that it is best placed to effectively manage the transition between AMP5 and AMP6. SWW said its H 5 O alliance structure will remain the same as AMP5. Its Strategic Client team is responsible for setting the project scopes and commercial targets that will be delivered by H 5 O, which comprises SWW's main Tier 1 partners, South West Water staff and a significant supporting supply chain. The company said one of the aspects that is critical to its alliance, and which differs slightly from others, is that it has a mixed economy arrangement where, alongside our construction partners, it has a fully LiMA is another new joint venture for AMP6, this time between Laing O'Rourke, Imtech and Atkins. The joint venture is one of United Utilities construction delivery partners for AMP6 following what the water company's managing director, Steven Fraser, describes as a "lengthy, robust and rigorous integrated relationship with small and medium enterprise organisations as Tier 2 suppliers. Many of these are regional-based suppliers. It is all based upon the principle of allocating work to the best organisation and the best person for that job, which allows SWW to pick the "best of the best" in selection process". As one of the four Construction Delivery Partners for United Utilities, LiMA will deliver projects on the water and wastewater infrastructure and non- infrastructure, including the design and build of major construction projects. The total value of the contract is dependent on the terms of delivering its projects. "We've got to make sure that we continue to do that, not only from an engineering and delivery perspective but also from the wider point viewpoint of South West Water as a major employer in the region, both directly and indirectly," it said. outcome of United Utilities' Price Review Submission, which will be announced towards the end of 2014. Duncan Wildgoose, business development manager at Imtech, said the LiMA JV was set up specifically for United Utilities' AMP6/7 framework. He said: "The JV brings together our shared working experiences from the Tamesis and LORImtech arrangements between Laing O'Rourke and Imtech, while adding Atkins knowledge of UU from their work during AMP4/5 in the GCA Alliance". Martin Bradbury, Laing O'Rourke's water sector leader, added: "Over the next five years and beyond we hope to harness and build on our existing experience and relationships, to provide innovative solutions that deliver value for United Utilities and a world class water infrastructure for their customers." PARTNERS Hyder Consulting; Pell Frischmann; Interserve Project Services; Balfour Beatty; South West Engineering CUSTOMER South West Water CONTRACT Delivering South West Water's K5 capital engineering programme TERM Extended contract to 2016-17 PARTNERS Laing O'Rourke; Imtech; Atkins CUSTOMER United Utilities CONTRACT Construction delivery partner for water and wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure TERM AM6 capital delivery H 5 O LiMA H5O has a significant supporting supply chain The JV brings together Imtech and Laing O'Rourke's shared experience on projects such as the Crossness STW extension for Thames Water ALLIANCES 2015 SWW continues H 5 O for AMP6 LiMA picks of UU AMP6 deal