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28 WET NEWS FEBRUARY 2016 ComiNg up • Write a caption Asset International, which produces the Weholite large diameter plastic pipes, is delivering a large number of new AMP6 projects in order to help improve the water infrastructure of the UK. One of the first projects is the upgrade of Severn Trent Water Heage pumping station in Derbyshire. The refurbishment of the Heage works is being led by principal contractor Nomenca. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by February 17, 2016. The best captions will be published in the March 2016 issue of WET News. Top TWEETS: #FuNFaCTS WaTEr On average, there are 500 million tweets every day on Twitter. We've sifted through a few of them to see what the global Twittersphere has been tweeting on the subject of #BIM. So 12 weeks until "Level 2 BIM" is officially required and still no finalised Classification system published @bondbryanBIM "4D BIM doesn't replace Planners. It brings them in closer to the heart of the project team" @TheB1M "Asked to comment on another consultants BIM documents. Amused to find our BIM Dictionary in the appendices" @bondbryanBIM #BIM or 'Building Information Modelling' will bring a digital revolution to the Construction Industry in 2016 @energyutilities Building Information Modeling Market Worth 7,946.5 Million by 2020! @allenangle Chile is championing #BuildingInformationModelling and will launch a new initiative next year @CADsoftConsult Thinking about BIM Paper 19: Security-minded building information modelling @CatenaNetwork Intriguing day at #bim4wate. Didn't think it would end with kit manufacturers telling me their ideal solution is the semantic web. #futurebim @Crompton_steve #bim4water #team2100 from Environment Agency linking #cobie to #GIS very impressive @LewisWenman FORESIGHT Wilo-EMU FA Wilo-Zetos K8 Wilo-EMU Megaprop Wilo-SCP So how can Wilo support you? www.wilo.com/ WaterManagement T:01283 523000 E:sales@wilo.co.uk The Wilo Way: Customised solutions with personal commitment. 0000001419.indd 1 14.08.2015 12:33:52 Water Management by Wilo – that's more than innovative technology and long-term expertise. The Wilo Way rather means making your working life easier by providing you with all the information you need – exactly when you need it. This includes planning tools, documentation and personal assistance in every project phase. That is how we live our promise "Pioneering for You". WIAA 2016 May 17, 2016 wwtonline.co.uk/awards The Water Industry Achievement Awards, organised by WET News and WWT, will take place on May 17, 2016 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. The awards are the industry's leading awards ceremony, rewarding and celebrating innovation and best practice in the market today. Water Northern Ireland Conference La Mon Hotel, Belfast February 25, 2016 www.wwt-ni.net The Water NI Conference, Networking Dinner & Exhibition is the only event that brings all the major stakeholders together to discuss the current and future pressures facing the sector in Northern Ireland. Smart Water Networks Conference Holiday Inn, Birmingham City Centre March 17, 2016 www.wwt-smartnetworks.net The conference will provide the opportunity to keep up-to-date with the smart innovation successes of your peers, gain insight into the business benefits of thinking smart, and explore the potential for novel data solutions in both drinking and wastewater. Utility Week Live NEC, Birmingham May 17-18, 2016 www.utilityweeklive.co.uk Utility Week Live is the UK's only exhibition dedicated to the business, operational and technical needs of the UK's water, electricity and gas utilities. The event provides an important information exchange and marketplace for the UK's utilities industry. Last month's best answers "Apparently, they can see us from the ISS!" John Tiplady, Turner & Townsend Infrastructure "Are you sure there's no way we can get around the child labour laws?" Ed Preston, Costain – Natural Resources Division "In the next half hour we're expecting every fly in greater London to converge on this location" Jason Hart, Lintott Control Systems

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