Amey is celebrating the full activation of the Thames Tideway Tunnel, London’s new super sewer, marking a major milestone in the city’s infrastructure that will see a cleaner and healthier River Thames.
Thames Water has gone out to tender with a ten year AMP8/9 contract for Automation of Regional Control (SCADA) worth an estimated £6 million.
Thames Water has published a contract notice inviting interested suppliers to respond to a Request For Proposals (RFP) from qualified vendors aiming to automate and optimise specific aspects of its Regional SCADA system.
The complex computer systems which control London’s drinking water supplies have been upgraded while keeping the taps running in a “monumental” £20 million project by Thames Water.
Matthew Hawkridge, chief technology officer, Ovarro explores how data and analytics can be used to filter out the noise from thousands of alarms generated each day by water company telemetry systems, with the risk of control rooms becoming overwhelmed and missing critical alerts ever present.
United Utilities is looking to set up a high-level framework for digital services monitoring and control, design and build work in AMP7 with a number of third-party framework suppliers.
Thames Water has gone out to tender with a control and automation systems framework contract worth up to an estimated £238 million in total.
Severn Trent Water and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig have gone out to tender with a contract to replace their existing SCADA systems during AMP7 worth an estimated £4.8 million.
Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a major contract for the survey, design, manufacture, systems integration, testing, delivery, installation and commissioning of low voltage motor control centres worth an estimated £160 million in total.
Yorkshire Water has awarded a framework contract for the provision of telemetry real-time services worth an estimated £6 million in total.
Tackling leakage is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways for utilities to bolster water security, writes Ben Crabtree, Product Line Director, Ovarro, revealing how the potential of smart technologies is being demonstrated around the world.
UK-headquartered South Staffordshire Plc, the integrated services group operating within the UK critical infrastructure and essential services markets, has received a prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Award for global health and safety excellence.
Balfour Beatty, the UK’s largest construction and infrastructure provider, has delivered exceptional environmental results on the Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 (TEAM2100) framework, one of the nation’s most ambitious flood defence initiatives.
The Silvertown Tunnel’s pumping system is reducing the risk of flooding, delays and costly maintenance, while supporting the long-term resilience of London’s transport network, says Ian Ireland, large pumping projects programme manager, Xylem UK.