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ALLIANCES 2017 29 Optimise carries out capital works for Thames Water. In year 5 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, Optimise completed the AMP5 opex clean water repair and maintenance contract in the Thames Valley and south London, and the developer services contract in the Thames Valley and north SMB is the joint venture between Skanska, MWH and Balfour Beatty that is helping maintain and install water infrastructure such as pipes, pumping stations and water treatment works across Thames Water's network. The joint venture announced that it plans to create an injury-free environment, promote a London. Optimise continues to deliver capital works for Thames Water as it completes its capex programme. This year it is expected to deliver a further £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 sustainable working environment and site and create hundreds of long-term construction jobs for people local to the projects. It has also pledged to create at least 50 construction graduate jobs over the contract period for young people looking to start a career in the industry. Leo Quinn, Balfour Beatty • Continuing refurbishment of the 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. chief executive, said the alliance is helping to ensure the resilience of the vital water infrastructure in Greater London and the Thames Valley for future generations. "Balfour Beatty is committed to support Thames Water in delivering on its commitments to its customers and the regula- tor." SMB is one of the original alliances within Thames Water's eight2O. It was originally awarded a 23-month Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) deal having signed a five-year, £800M contract to deliver the utility's design and build solutions for AMP6 and beyond. The ECI period enabled a 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. PARTNERS J Murphy & Sons, Clancy Docwra, Barhale, MWH CLIENT 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 CLIENT Thames Water CONTRACT Delivering design & build solutions TERM Five years, possible five-year extension Optimise SMB SMB maintains Thames' water infrastructure ALLIANCES 2017 Optimise to complete AMP5 work at Thames SMB looks to start careers Optimise to complete AMP5 work at Thames

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