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The alliance partners signed the contracts in May in the historic Oak Room at Thames Water’s Clerkenwell office
manager in the alliance, and will act as a common thread across its many parts.” Jon Dodwell, MWH’s lead within the alliance, explains: “We will make sure work is delivered in the most efficient way possible and run the governance and reporting systems that will provide reliable performance management information.” Dodwell says the team is excited to be part of the alliance, working with their partners to develop the organisation, its culture and its programme management processes and systems. “Many of the AMP6 challenges are still unknown.
“Our goal as programme manager is to make sure we have the right systems and processes in place so we can deal with whatever comes our way. This will include helping to introduce innovative programme delivery
strategies.”
In addition to being programme manager, MWH is also a member of one the SMB (see p30) joint venture that also consists of Skanska and Balfour Beatty.
John Abraham, SMB director, is passionate that the alliance partners will work together to find “affordable and sustainable solutions” to help Thames Water provide safe and reliable services for today’s customers and future generations. Colin Kelly, SMB director, added that SMB is committed to ensuring Thames Water’s pipes, sewers and other facilities are fit to serve future generations through “great leadership, people, processes and systems”. CVA is the other design and build consortia (see page 12). The alliance brings together the expertise of Costain, Veolia and Atkins
Andy Bull, who is the
alliance core team head of commercial and supply chain and chairman of the CVA joint venture, said: “It’s a great team, we’re a strong alliance and I’m very excited about the future.”
Steve Jennings, a member of the CVA board representing Veolia, believes the alliance will yield “great benefits to Thames Water and its customers”.
Neil Thomas, Atkins alliance board representative, adds: “We are looking forward to working closely with our partners and drawing on our combined technical expertise and complementary strengths to support Thames Water.” For the first 18 months, IBM will work with Thames Water and the alliance partners to create the AMP6 business plan and define the scope of technology and innovation services they will deliver in AMP6 and beyond.
Jon Bentley, IBM alliance board member, says: “I’m incredibly proud and excited to be a part of this.
There is ever more data available about all aspects of the world: from the natural environment, on the state of equipment, from business systems and processes and about our customers’ behaviours and preferences. It is all the more important that decisions are based on facts and data, and advances in technology are letting us do this.
“Thames Water is taking the lead in innovating by applying big data analytics to extract very precise business insights. This will help to deliver better customer service as a result.” Keith Wishart, alliance core
team leader for technology and innovation, adds: “This is fantastic opportunity to deliver transformational change through innovation.”n
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