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AUGUST 2015 WET NEWS 3 Consortium with Dutch Infrastructure Fund selected as preferred bidder Thames Tideway Tunnel @HollandWater In 1858, Joseph Bazalgette built a new sewerage system for London. It extended 82 miles and required 670,000m³ concrete. Victorians didn't talk about sustainability but they certainly knew how to build things that last. New legislation requires owners to manage their sustainable drainage systems to function over the lifetime of a development, which means building with materials that endure. That wouldn't have bothered Bazalgette and it shouldn't bother you. For more about sustainable drainage systems in concrete visit www.concretepipes.co.uk Sustainable Drainage Systems. Ask a man who built one. N early 60 small- to m e d i u m - s i z e d contractors will deliver Scottish Water's new £3.5bn investment programme, the company has announced. The companies, employing 3,200- plus people, form a framework of rural contractors that can be used to support Scottish Water and its construction alliance partners in the delivery of construction and maintenance projects between now and 2021. Geoƒ Aitkenhead, executive director, Capital Investment at Scottish Water, said: "These 58 companies are our rural framework contractors, which form the ‹ nal pieces of the jigsaw as part of the partnering arrangements to deliver our new £3.5 billion, six-year investment programme. They provide us and our alliance partners with a pool of resources to deliver further improvements to water and waste water services in Scotland for the bene‹ t of our customers. "The vast majority of these small- to medium-sized ‹ rms have bases or locations in and around communities. This will provide us with vital local knowledge with skills honed and retained in the community." The companies were selected following an extensive procurement process, and possess a wide range of skills and roles including pipe ‹ tting, pipe laying, electricians, electrical and mechanical ‹ tters, welders, labourers, water and waste water repair squads. Their knowledge and expertise can be put to good use in supporting projects in the Highlands, Shetland, Orkney, Argyll and Bute, Grampian, Dumfries and Galloway and the V eolia is installing hundreds of sensors and smart water meters on water mains and sewers in Tidworth, Wiltshire, to showcase the technology's potential to reduce leakage. The company, which is funding the £1.5M project, said 22% of water ˜ owing through Britain's water mains is lost to leaks and unauthorised use but the new SMEs to deliver Scottish Water's capital programme ™ A framework of rural contractors is set to carry out water utility's £3.5bn programme of construction. Borders, said Scottish Water. Scottish Water has imple- mented a new delivery model for its 2015-21 investment pro- gramme, which will see both maintenance and improvements to existing assets. There are three new alliances and Scot- tish Water's in-house delivery team, Managed Delivery. The three consortia are Caledonia Water Alliance (Morrison US, AECOM), aBV Alliance (Black & Veatch, Byzak); and E¢ cient Service Delivery (Galliford Try, MWH Treatment and Black & Veatch) The rural framework con- tractors will enable smaller ‹ rms to support the Alliances and in-house delivery team at a local level by ensuring e¢ cient delivery of improvements to these assets. Some of the contractors and include: • CalMax Construction; Duncan Mackay & Sons; MacInnes Bros; MacAulay Askernish; Angus Mackay & Sons; AMK Plant & Tipper; PSI; A&L Mechanical; Ferrier Pumps; Prime Pumps; Barr & Wray; JGC Engineering: Morgan Sindall; Pat Munro (Alness); Global Infrastructure; MacAulay Askernish; UBCivils; ID Systems-Robertson Construc- tion; Corrie Construction; Coe Contracts; Mackenzie; George Leslie; TPT Civil Engineering; Davidson Land Services; Luce Bay; Innovative Utilities; BMU (Scotland); EEG; Lanes Group; Crummock (Scotland); Rodger Builders; Aird Walker & Ralston; Galliford Try; M&N Electrical & Mechanical Services; Dustacco; Argon Engineering; Eric Wright Civil Engineering; Ensica- CleanTech Civils; Ferrier Pumps; Prime Pumps; Tulloch Developments; George Leslie; and Barr & Wray. Bazalgette Tunnel to build and nance the Thames 'super sewer' WET News is registered at Stationers' Hall. Origination by Faversham House and TR Clash Ltd. 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Delighted for the Bazalgette Consortium on its successful bid for the Thames Tideway Tunnel @klunkclick Veolia expects massive drop in leakage technology could reduce that ‹ gure to as low as 5%. The company is working with IBM to develop the advanced, automated water management technology, which is aimed at detecting potential leaks before pipes burst. The data will be generated into a new IT Platform being jointly developed by IBM and Veolia. The sensors and meters have been installed across 100km of water mains and 140km of sewers The big challenge for @ thameswater Tideway will be making a case for customers paying up to £80 more #water bills @daviddwr A hefty £4.2bn bill for the Thames Tunnel construction, with a nod to the original Sir Bazalgette. But will it work? @klunkclick Consortium Bazalgette Tunnel Limited bouwt voor Thames Water een 24 kilometer lang 'superriool' om overstorten in de Theems te bestrijden @jeanquist

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