SPECIAL WORKS
Mabey Hire’s bespoke solutions provides resilience to Scottish water supply
As part of Scottish Water’s ongoing works to increase water resilience for Glasgow, Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) was tasked with delivering a new 12km section of pipeline to further improve and strengthen the water supply. CWA turned to temporary works provider Mabey Hire for its expert knowledge and solutions in the utilities sector to help facilitate the works.
Forming part of the Ayrshire Resilience Project, Scottish Water is working to connect the Glasgow Trunk Main Network with supplies in Ayrshire. Once completed, this upgrade will further
strengthen the existing water infrastructure, increase capacity to ensure the network will be able to meet future demands in the area, and provide a two- way water supply between two of the main Water Treatment Works (WTW). This means that, in the event of an emergency, water can continue to be supplied to approximately one million homes[i] and businesses in the Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire regions.
The third phase of this work, named the C1a Project, features a new 12km pipeline between the main network in Glasgow and further supplies in Ayrshire,
EVE uses immersive technology to create intuitive 3D designs for construction projects
strengthening the existing water supply. Additionally, the new upgrade means the system has the ability to convey flow in both directions and combines new assets in Highlees and Amlaird. In order to deliver these upgrades safely and efficiently, a range of temporary works solutions were required by CWA, with Mabey Hire appointed to support this stage of the project.
Mabey Hire undertook the design & supply of the temporary works element on the Edmiston Drive section of the project, which involved tying the new line to the existing network. By the very nature of the works there were a number of challenges to overcome for the contractor, the most important of which being the management of the interaction between the temporary works and the permanent works, service crossings and public interface.
Jamie McLachlan, Regional Sales Manager from Mabey Hire explained further: “Given these challenges, it was important that we were able to engage early on with CWA on this project, utilising our design expertise to come up with a practical and efficient temporary works design. We also developed a digital model to allow the CWA team to explore the scheme in EVE, our fully immersive 3D environment. This enhanced visibility was key in enabling us to identify clashes with
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