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with their suppliers should include factors like repeatability, supply chain resilience and procurement.
Pre-engineered package plants, like ACWA’s Nitreat fixed media bed, counter- current ion exchange technology, allow for repeatable processes across multiple sites, with tailoring to different flow requirements. Reducing technical customisation in this way leads to faster, more efficient project delivery.
The same efficiency mindset can be applied to the delivery of whole programmes of works. By adopting a batch delivery approach, and grouping sites for simultaneous or sequential handover, all the advantages of the repeatable package plant design can be leveraged - optimising resource allocation and reducing delays.
With the continued development 20 years of knowledge and expertise brings, ACWA’s Nitreat technology can now be procured and installed as a packaged
plant – and that is how it should be thought of. The resources required to deliver bespoke equipment to each site, using detailed designs, over 18-month planning periods, are no longer practical or necessary.
The earlier the engagement between client, stakeholders and suppliers begins, the more robust the whole scheme - and each individual project - will be. This includes fully fleshed designs, which will give enhanced outcomes across the piece for many years to come.
Procurement can also begin at the earliest juncture, with equipment, parts and materials ordered in bulk. This improves terms with suppliers, reducing overall costs, mitigating supply chain delays, minimising onsite lead times and ensuring smoother, faster delivery.
Some of the equipment and parts used in ACWA’s treatment technologies, for example, are from single-source suppliers, and our team is already preparing the
ground to ensure availability. Even the supply chain challenges on control panel components that emerged during the pandemic are still working their way through.
With project delivery anticipated at twice the usual scale, our advice to water companies is procure now to secure – even for projects planned out to 2028 and beyond. Not only will forward planning ensure availability at the right time, it will secure the best price.
With strong communication and regular check-ins, alignment of all stakeholders is enhanced, further reducing delays. For the water company, benefits pileup - from ease of implementation, to efficiency gains, and the standardisation of operation and maintenance across all sites.
Given that investment in AMP9 – 2030-35 – is likely to be at least as big as AMP8, the efficiencies will not only reap rewards now, but well into the future.
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