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£150 million water deal for Fastflow Group
Leading utility specialist Fastflow Group, a subsidiary of United Living Infrastructure Services, has secured a place on Northumbrian Water’s AMP7 framework contract for construction and engineering works worth between £10 million and £50 million per annum.
The contract award will see Fastflow Group build upon its existing relationship with Northumbrian Water, having worked with them for over a decade.
The Northumbrian Water framework will be carried out over a four-year period covering capital works for infrastructure and non- infrastructure projects and treatment assets.
This includes sewer flooding schemes, strategic water mains, sewer refurb and rehabilitation, water, sewage and sludge treatment facilities, pumping stations, boreholes and service reservoirs.
Benn Cottrell, Managing Director with Fastflow Group | United Living Infrastructure Services, said: “We are delighted to be continuing our successful relationship with Northumbrian Water.
“This framework contract win is an excellent achievement for the team, developing a response that supports Northumbrian Water’s needs and objectives whilst putting customers and safety at the forefront.
“We look forward to facilitating the delivery of resilient and sustainable water and wastewater infrastructure in the Northeast of England in the years ahead. Our organisations have shared core values, and our aligned approach to safety culture, collaborative working, quality and customer care will be vital as we tackle future challenges.”
This contract win closely follows Fastflow Group’s appointment to two key Cadent frameworks. ‘Gas Works in Multiple Occupancy Buildings’ (London & the Northwest), and ‘Working at Height’ (Northwest), supporting the delivery of its gas mains network to homes and businesses across the UK.
Using ‘Big Data’ for fast and effective Water Management
Water security can be defined as the availability of a sufficient quantity and quality of water to sustain livelihoods, health, socio-economic development and ecosystems. To achieve this goal, water managers need timely access to reliable, insightful, defensible data, but with the volume and speed of data now available, will existing data infrastructure be able to cope?
Recent developments in sensors, dataloggers and telemetry, have delivered intelligent monitoring systems that are able to operate remotely, running on very low levels of power and delivering reliable data in real-time. This has prompted dramatic growth in the implementation of high-intensity monitoring systems that generate enormous volumes of data. These systems also possess advanced alarm capability; issuing alert messages by SMS, email etc. when pre-set conditions arise.
Water management policies must be sustainable and resilient, so it is vital that both strategic and
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operational decisions are based on sound data. However, if data are not managed correctly, users may become ‘data-rich but information-poor’, so some of the most important decisions in the organisation of a monitoring programme relate to the ways in which data will be managed.
Working at every stage of the data collection process, OTT HydroMet has developed sensors that can operate remotely for extended periods; loggers that run on very low power but provide enormous data processing capability; telemetry solutions to transmit data from and to anywhere, and software that can assimilate vast quantities of data. The latest software (as a service) packages, such as Hydromet Cloud and AQUARIUS, are able to provide insights and alerts, while also providing easy access to live or historical data. The speed with which these packages (in combination with advanced communications) are able to transmit alert messages is extremely important as Climate Change increases the frequency of extreme weather incidents.
As a one-stop-shop, the OTT HydroMet solutions, from sensor to screen, enable water managers to meet the needs of disparate stakeholders and enhance water security. So, when it comes to the management of water, Big Data represents a fantastic opportunity.
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