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Editor Maureen Gaines: maureen.gaines@fav-house.com Ad sales Deborah Lilley: deborah.lilley@fav-house.com Classifi ed sales Eva Ellis: eva.ellis@fav-house.com Team administrator Clare Klos: clare.klos@fav-house.com Production controller Sharon Miller: sharon.miller@fav-house.com Publisher Angela Himus: angela.himus@fav-house.com Published by Faversham House Ltd, Faversham House, Windsor Court, Wood Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1UZ Call: 01342 332000 Publisher's note: This issue includes editorial photographs provided and paid for by suppliers. If you wish to make a complaint about the editorial content of this issue please contact the editor. MAY 2015 WET NEWS 3 You don't have to build to achieve outcomes. David Elliott, Wessex Water C ollaboration on tackling the administrative burden of managing supplier information could save utilities companies worldwide around $2.5bn a year, according to research commissioned by supply chain risk management specialist Achilles. In a recent survey, 82% of utilities • rms said their domestic and L aing O'Rouke and Imtech joint venture LORI, has appointed a partnership between Hyder Consulting and Mott MacDonald to provide detailed design and project management services for the multimillion-pound expansion of United Utilities' Davyhulme wastewater treatment works. The modernisation scheme at Davyhulme is to improve the quality of water entering the Manchester Ship Canal, and involves signi• cant remediation of previously abandoned land. The upgrade will establish a further advancement in wastewater treatment, adopting Billions could be saved through supply chain collaboration Š The majority of utilities do not work with other businesses to share the administrative burden of carrying out procurement due diligence, says survey. modern design and construction techniques such as building information modelling (BIM) and design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA). Hyder's director, Rob Dustan, said: "Hyder is delighted to be collaborating with Mott MacDonald on this prestigious project. "The design approach will be industry leading and make full use of BIM technology to ensure a world-class solution that stands the test of time". The Davyhulme wastewater treatment works expansion project is due to be completed in 2018. international 'arms' require the same standards for suppliers in terms of health and safety, quality, sustainability, ethics and environmental issues. However, only a third (34%) of utilities businesses said they work with other companies in the same industry to manage supplier risk, while two-thirds (60%) do not collaborate with Totex is a broad topic. It's a great opportunity for the sector, and has created a whole mindset shift. Greg Bradley, EC Harris Making the headlines at Utility Week Live, incorporating IWEX BIM involves the entire supply chain and engi- neers and contractors. Alan Saunders, Autodesk Building information modelling is an enabler of collaborative working. Jon De Souza, BIM4Water WET News is registered at Stationers' Hall. Origination by Faversham House and TR Clash Ltd. Printed by Buxton Press, Palace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AE. Copyright 2015. Faversham House. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission from the publishers. Every e› ort is made to ensure the accuracy of material published in WET News. However, Faversham House will not be liable for any inaccuracies. The views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the editor or publishers. Text paper is printed on PEFC accredited paper. For more info see www.PEFC.org. License number PEFC/16-33-141. 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The survey found that 89% of power and utilities CEOs are concerned about the threat of over- regulation to their organisation's growth prospects. Richard Collins, global director at Achilles, said: "Across the world utilities companies are spending about $5bn every year managing supplier information. In our experience about half of that is being wasted. Power and utilities companies are struggling with an ever- increasing burden of regulation a¡ ecting their supplier base. "Now is the perfect time for utilities • rms to come together and share this burden of administration. Information about compliance is mandatory so there is no competitive advantage for any • rm to work in isolation on collecting this data." Collins said: "Our utilities communities across the world have seen it can be up to 10 times more e¥ cient to establish common standards required of all suppliers in term of health and safety, ethics and compliance and then share the administrative burden of gathering, validating and auditing that information. This non-commercial data can then be shared through a secure, online portal. This means suppliers need only apply once to be eligible to work for all the utilities companies in the group." 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