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06 BIRSENEWS Water, water everywhere One of the latest businesses in Birse Civils’ ever-expanding portfolio is Birse Water, which serves the UK’s wastewater and water sectors. Managing Director Rolfe Nuttall said: “We offer a seamless, in-house, one-stop shop for comprehensive design-and-build services to our customers. We benefit from the design specialities of the Balfour Beatty Engineering Solutions Ltd process engineering team in Manchester and the construction capabilities of Birse Civils and Balfour Beatty. In addition, our own people provide complete mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (MEICA) capabilities. It’s the perfect match. “We are also gaining useful leverage from Balfour Beatty’s presence and strength throughout the UK. For example, we are working for them throughout Scotland on a framework contract to improve the safety of chlorination plants in Scottish Water’s treatment works.” What does he think makes Birse Water special from a customer’s point of view? “There are several factors. First, there is our commitment to excellence, which can be seen in our value engineering procedures and the way we keep our eye on costs based on real-time experience. “We have a contractor’s slant on our designs and operations and a strong relationship between engineering and operational staff. We are keen to learn lessons from previous projects and our attitude is not so much ‘can do’ as - ‘want to do’. “Second, as a multi-disciplinary, turnkey contractor for water and wastewater projects, we also offer fullyintegrated procurement, project management and construction solutions within a single team. Also, among the benefits we offer to customers is 3-D computer-aided design that is a fantastic visualisation and design tool. It not only improves health and safety, design and space management, it also gives enhanced clarity for design reviews and simulates complex installation sequences. "Finally, customers feel reassured that we always put safety first. In fact, we have now worked for a single year without a lost time accident." What about Birse Water’s areas of expertise? Rolfe pointed to two particular types of work – odour control and also complex MEICA projects. It often works in conjunction with another company. Alderley Birse Alliance Ltd (ABAL), which it set up as a joint venture with a specialist organisation, on odour control and cover solutions projects, where it is the leading player in the UK market. “In London we are engaged on an important odour control project, working with ABAL refurbishing the Mogden waste water treatment works, near Twickenham, for Thames Water,” said Rolfe. “At Liverpool’s Sandon Dock, we have carried out a series of schemes for United Utilities worth £55m under AMP3. This included a new clarification system, refurbishing the BAFF plant, upgrading the pumping system and the power distribution facilities, installing a new plant control system and three chemical scrubbing odour control units. We are now carrying out more bespoke filtration work on the same site under AMP4. “Another ongoing project for United Utilities is a £6m scheme to refurbish and upgrade eight sludge pumping stations alongside the River Mersey. The project follows the successful completion of six sewage pumping stations for United Utilities in the Lake District and will finish in June 2008. “Meanwhile, in East Anglia we are working on all the mechanical and electrical works, excluding the main transfer pumps, of the St Germans Pumping Station at Kings Lynn. The £7m project started towards the end of 2006 and will be completed by April 2009. “Our customer, the Middle Level Commissioners, one of the oldest water authorities in the UK, is upgrading the pumping station, which is the largest of its kind in Europe, as part of a £35m project. Each pump is the size of an average three-bedroom house.”
Where Birse Water is working across the UK DAER WTW A newly awarded £9.4m scheme for Scottish Water Solutions. Working in conjunction with BB Northern to provide upgrade and extension to an existing water treatment plant. LIVERPOOL A series of schemes have been completed for United Utilities at Sandon Dock under AMP3. Bespoke filtration work is now taking place under AMP4. THE MERSEY VALLEY Eight sludge pumping stations are being refurbished and upgraded for United Utilities. LONDON An important odour control project for Thames Water is ongoing at the Mogden wastewater treatment works. EDINBURGH Birse Water is working with Balfour Beatty’s Edinburgh-based organisation to improve the safety of chlorination plants in around 50 of Scottish Water’s treatment works. BIRSENEWS 07 KINGS LYNN Work is continuing for the Middle Level Commissioners on the St Germans Pumping Station, the largest of its kind in Europe. It protects 25,000 properties and drains 700 square kilometres of land in The Fens.
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