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ALLIANCES 2016 29 Optimise carries out capital works for Thames Water. In year five of AMP5, the joint venture delivered some £122M Value of Work Done (VOWD) for Thames Water's Capital Programme. This included completion of the £20M Maida Vale flooding scheme, which removed 184 properties from being at risk of sewer flooding. The year also saw a further 248 properties removed from being at risk of flooding in both north London and Thames Valley. Optimise has also completed many clean water works including lead pipe replacement for north London, where it has replaced services for 3,646 properties. In March 2015, it completed the AMP5 opex clean water repair and maintenance contract in Thames Valley and south London, and the developer services deal in the Thames Valley and north London SMB, the joint venture between Skanska, MWH and Balfour Beatty, has moved on from its 23-month Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) deal with Thames Water having signed a five-year, £800M contract to deliver the utility's design and build solutions for AMP6 and beyond The joint venture is part of the Thames Water alliance, eight2O (see p25), and there is an option to extend the contract for a further five years to cover AMP7. The ECI period enabled a The JV continues to deliver capital works for Thames as it completes its capex programme. This year it will deliver £60M of clean and waste network projects including: • Replacement of 2.1km of trunk main in Cowley, Oxford • An extensive waste programme growth scheme in Wembley • Continuing refurbishment of the sustained period of collabo- ration with early involve- ment of SMB helping to define how works are delivered and drive best use of innovation to achieve efficiency gains and reduce costs. Thomas Faulkner, executive vice president, utilities, cementation and facilities services, at Skanska UK, said working with eight2O two years in advance of the AMP6 start date "was really positive". It enabled foresight and visibility of the whole programme of work Northern Outfall Sewer Pipe Bridges in East London • Refurbishment of Littlemore Pump Station in Oxford As the programme is completed Optimise's teams will revert, where possible, to partner company operations, which include involvement in the new Thames Water AMP6 arrangements. and to get the continuity of resource. All three of the joint venture partners bring industry-leading experience and best practice to the contract, offering balanced capabilities across the portfolio of work for Thames Water. "In winning this contract, we have shown we not only meet all the technical requirements, but also have the collaborative team dynamic to deliver the best solutions, working alongside the rest of the alliance members and with a range of stakeholders. We have put forward a really strong team to deliver this important contract." The SMB team is drawing on the sustainability experiences of each of its partners, using BIM technology to bring whole- life costing and carbon foot-printing considerations to every project and programme option. PARTNERS J Murphy & Sons, Clancy Docwra, Barhale, MWH CUSTOMERS Thames Water Utilities CONTRACT Capital works and developer services in north London and Thames Valley and repair and maintenance in south London and Thames Valley TERM AMP 5 Programme to completion in 2016 PARTNERS Skanska; MWH, Balfour Beatty CUSTOMER Thames Water CONTRACT Delivering design & build solutions TERM Five years with possible five-year extension Optimise SMB A sustained period of collaboration was created ALLIANCES 2016 Optimise to complete AMP5 capex work at Thames ECI aids collaboration process Optimise delivered £122M of VOWD for Thames Water

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