Water & Wastewater Treatment

4 | march 2015 | WWT | www.wwtonline.co.uk Industry news March Thames Water chief execu- tive Martin Baggs and the CEOs and senior leaders of the partner companies that make up eight2O and the infrastructure alliance gathered at the Gherkin in London last month to set the seal on the largest contracts ever signed in the UK water industry. Eight2O and the infra- structure alliance will han- dle up to £4BN of capital investment programmes and network and developer services over the next five years, with an option to in- clude other major scope in the future. At the signing, Baggs hailed the new partnerships as a fantastic opportunity, stressing all involved should be proud of the work that has been done to bring com- panies and joint ventures together in what he said her- alded a "whole new era" for the water industry. He said: "The alliances will change the way we work and change the mindset, but Thames Water signs biggest ever contracts for AMP6 Contract Tracker Coal contracts signed Severn Trent Services (STS) and JN Bentley have both picked up multi-million pound contracts with the coal authority to protect the environment from polluted water from disused coal and metal mines. STS' ten-year deal, worth around £50m, will see it operate and maintain 82 mine water treatment schemes, pumping stations and mine gas facilities. civil engineer- ing firm JN Bentley has a four-year framework agree- ment, worth £2.5M-£4M a year, to design and construct new mine water treatment schemes. Saxlund wins sludge silo deals BioEnergy and bulk materi- als handling specialist Sax- lund International has won contracts from Barhale Trant Utilities (BTU) to design and supply sludge cake truck loading silos for Southern Water wastewater treatment works at Budds Farm in havant and millbrook, near Southampton. The con- tracts form part of Southern Water's thermal hydrolysis and aD programme. Saudi desal win for Black & Veatch Black & Veatch has been chosen by the Saline Water conversion corporation (SWcc) as engineering and design consultant for a major desalination scheme in Jeddah in Saudi arabia. The Jeddah 4 project will enhance water resources for the city by creating a 400 megalitres per day reverse osmosis (rO) plant. it's fantastic to have a team that's all working together, focusing on our priorities of health and safety and cus- tomer service. Problems will be problems for all of us, but we'll share the benefits as well." Using the alliance mod- el, Thames Water aims to achieve greater efficiency in the delivery of its busi- ness plan, with a greater emphasis on collabora- tive teamwork, innovation, health and safety, sustain- ability and an integrated supply community, giving long-term value to the com- pany and its customers. Eight2O comprises two design and build joint ven- tures – Costain and Atkins, and Skanska, MWH Treat- ment and Balfour Beatty (SMB) – as well as a pro- gramme manager in MWH and technology innovator IBM, with Thames Water acting as both client and partner. Together, they will carry out between £2BN and £2.5BN of work over the AMP6 period, with potential to extend contracts beyond this to 2025. Graham Keegan, eight2O chief operating officer, said: "We're totally transform- ing investment in water in- frastructure by combining expertise and best practice from multiple sectors and thinking differently at every level. We're focused on de- livering innovative, sustain- able solutions which will bring real value to commu- nities both now and in the future." A similar approach marks the infrastructure alliance, set up to deliver around £1BN worth of water network and developer ser- vices over the AMP6 period, with an option to include up to a further £0.5BN in addi- tional network and metering services in the future. This alliance comprises two joint ventures – Agility, made up of J Murphy & Sons and Morrison Utility Servic- es, and KCD, involving Kier Services and Clancy Docwra. £34: The cost to each Londoner of building the Thames Tideway Tunnel, the massive engineering project dubbed the 'super sewer'. The cost of the project was discussed when Thames Water's External Affairs Director richard aylard appeared before the London assembly last month. DRONE HOME: Morrison Utility Services is using drone tech- nology to capture images that will help it optimise the route for its latest pipeline project. The drone is used to produce 3D imaging for the 22km Swaledale pipeline in North Yorkshire. The ability to take aerial photographs in a flexible, cheaper way brings significant benefits and sizeable efficiencies compared to more traditional methods, says the company.

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