ARCADIS has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary ARCADIS Logos has signed two contracts with SABESP, one of the largest water supply and waste water treatment firms in the world.
One contract is valued at $12.8 million (£8.2m), for a period of 2 years, the other at $39 million (£24.9m) for four years. SABESP is the company responsible for providing water supply and wastewater treatment to 364 municipalities in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The two-year contract will see ARCADIS undertake project management for the water supply and wastewater systems of the northeast of São Paulo Metropolitan Region is part of a project with estimated total investment of US$ 250 million over the period 2014-2016. The total project area comprises 5,115 km², and features 2.4 million water connections and 2.1 million wastewater connections, benefiting 16 million people.
As part of a consortium, in which ARCADIS Logos' share is 50%, the company will perform activities such as management and technical support, schedule control, costs and planning control, engineering supervision and monitoring of environmental licensing and construction works for all the work related to the network expansion.
Earlier this year, ARCADIS also won a contract of US$39 million for four years to perform management services for SABESP's $440 million water loss reduction program. Financially supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), it aims to reduce SABESP's physical water loss rate from 26% to 13% by 2019.
As the leader of a consortium (70% share) with the Japanese company CKC, ARCADIS is providing program management services and technical assistance. Activities include supporting SABESP on the substitution of 840,000 water connections, 670 km of water networks,1.5 million water meters and leak detection.
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