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UTILITY WEEK | 27TH - 3RD DECEMBER 2015 | 25 Operations & Assets A t Utility Week Live 2016, streetworks will be taking centre stage with the Streetworks Village. The purpose-built built street will be an opportunity for solutions providers to showcase their streetworks innovations and solutions and will feature a wide range of suppliers demonstrating their latest products and services. This will include demonstrations of the latest no-dig technologies (see p22) as well as best practice from the supply chain to the electricity, gas and water sectors. Streetworks will also be a key theme in the Utility Week Live seminar programme, with dedicated sessions in the three main show theatres. Exhibitors The exhibitors in the UWLive 2016 Streetworks village include: N D Brown – a commercial vehicle hire and asphalt hot box specialist. ND Brown services the municipal, civil engineering, utility and highway maintenance sectors nationally with specialist rental vehicles. Visit: ndbrown.co.uk NJUG – The National Joint Utili- ties Group (NJUG) is the only UK trade association represent- ing utilities and their contractors solely on streetworks issues, promoting best practice, self-regulation and a two-way working relationship with national and local governments. Visit: www.njug.org.uk Cat Surveys Group – one of the leading planning, surveying and design consultancies within the highways and utility sec- tors. Developing and working with some of the most advanced surveying technologies available. Visit: www. cat-surveys.com Elgin – the creator of roadworks. org, a traffic disruptions website, which has become the national, authoritative source of current and planned roadworks and temporary traf- fic management interventions. Visit: www.elgin.org.uk and www.roadworks.org Exova – one of the world's leading laboratory-based testing groups. Operating across the utility sector, Exova has a thorough understanding of the proper- ties of construction and pipeline materials. It helps customers to assure the quality and extend the life of key infrastructure assets. Visit: www.exova.com Drilling and tapping: the competition The Drilling and Tapping competition has been run- ning since 1989. It's a hands-on demonstration of how to quickly and safely complete all the fittings from water mains to tap – against the clock. Last year's UK Drilling and Tapping competi- tion winners were Jason Barrett and Lee Maddock of Anglian Water with a time of 2 minutes 16 seconds. Bournemouth Water won the ladies competition and Morrison Utility Services was Best Contractor The competition is organised by the Institute of Water and the next one takes place at Utility Week Live at Birmingham's NEC, 17-18 May 2016. Teams of two are invited to enter, one driller and one tapper. There are categories for contractors as well as water companies, and a ladies competition. For more information, contact: Dan Barton (Institute of Water) at dan@instituteofwater.org.uk. Web: www. drillingandtapping.co.uk Streetworks Village at Utility Week Live Above: the Drilling and Tapping competi- tion at last year's Utility Week. Below: the exhibition and conference The world beneath our feet Electric Electric Telecoms Telecoms Telecoms Gas Telecoms 30" Water 36" Water 30" Water 30" Water 30" Water 30" Water Sewer Sewer 9" Water 18" Water 5" Water 30" Water 10" Water 4" Water Gas • The schematic diagram shows the typical level of complexity of a London street. • In the UK there are: 275,000km of gas pipes; 353,000km of sewer pipes; 396,000km of water pipes; 482,000km of electricity cables. • A third of the pipes in London were laid more than 150 years ago; 20 cable companies have worked in London in the past five years. • Camden High Street in London was dug up 144 times in one year; Glasgow's Great Western Road 223 times. Source: University of Leeds To find out about exhibiting at Utility Week Live, contact Nicky Shaw. Email: nicky.shaw@ fav-house