Utility Power & Water Robots, Electric Power & Water Leaders magazine, Nov2019

N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 9
N E W S
Siwi’s World
Water Week Moves
to Arena in 2019
SUEZ strengthens its
presence in China
Water is Fundamental
to Achieving the Global
Goals
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E D I T O R ‘ S N O T E
Robots have
significantly taken over
the majority of the
sectors of the
industry, may it be the oil and
gas industry or the
construction industry. Their
applications in the industry
have proven to be virtually
limitless, from stacking bricks
in the construction field to
exploring oil reserves in
extreme environments.
Designed to ease the human
workload, robots are now
becoming more visible in the
field, especially in the power
and water industry.
Utility Power & Water
Robots
Office Automation in Utilities
Some of the major applications
of robots in the workplace
include taking over the human
resource department, auditing
department, and the
accounting department.
In the human resource sector,
they are particularly useful in
automating the leave, payroll,
and benefits processes.
Meanwhile, in the finance
department, automation helps
in cutting the operational costs
by doing the job of a team of
employees all by itself.
The audit functions of
automation are also useful in
securing the data of their
employees.
Reduce Operational Cost
Aside from helping automate
the workplace and reduce
operational costs, robots also
play a vital role in the
workplace, particularly in
keeping workers and
equipment safe and free from
risks.
They are dispatched to the
field first, where they inspect
the area for possible faults and
health risks before allowing
any humans to enter the field.
They are equipped with
high-end sensors, such as
thermal cameras and infrared,
and specially designed
algorithms that are capable of
replacing the human
inspectors.
This is exceptionally handy,
especially in heightening
workplace safety.
Challenges in Power
and Water
While it is easy to see how
beneficial the fully automated
system is, there are still
challenges that may have
been overlooked. But once
these challenges are
overcome, it is no longer
surprising that the future of the
utility sector is in the hands of
these robots.
With continued improvements
and innovations, we can see
more of this technology being
commercialized in the near
future.
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C O N T E N T S
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How to Choose the Right Paint
and Color for Your Home
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Advantages of Installing Multi
Variable DC Inverter VRF
System in PH Buildings
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Using Robots in the Power &
Water Industry
34
Siwi’s World Water Week Moves
to Arena in 2019
38
SUEZ strengthens its presence
in China: Two new contracts in
wastewater and waste
management in the city of
Changshu
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Water is Fundamental to
Achieving the Global Goals
46
Yanmar Completes Acquisition
of North American Loader
Manufacturer ASV Holdings
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James Fisher Offshore
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Rockwell Automation
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Detection Services
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How to Choose the Right Paint and
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Building your dream house is not an easy task;
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walls says a lot about the vibes of your entire house.
But while it is easy to look at the broad array of
color options in the hardware store, picking the best
ones to fit your house might not be as easy.
Whether it’s your first time or your second, the
paint job is not always a piece of cake. But you need
not worry about that anymore. Here are a few tips
and tricks to help you in decorating
(or redecorating) your home.
Pick your room color starting from the
largest and most centrally located room.
The biggest part of the house is always a great place
to start imagining what your color palette would
look like. It can be either your living room or
kitchen. A soft, neutral hue for this room, like the
colors of Rain or Shine’s ROS Classic, will make the
color selection a lot easier for you. From there, it
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Create a palette with colors of the same hue.
Once you’ve settled on the color of your main
room, all you need to do now is to select the shades
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Use neutral colors for connecting spaces.
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FEATURE STORY
Advantages of Installing Multi Variable DC
Inverter VRF System in PH Buildings
When the air conditioning system in
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poorly from the get-go or are nearing the end of
their lives, these air conditioning systems, at their
current state, cannot efficiently serve their purposes
in the Philippines’ urban environment any longer.
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Compared to traditional HVAC systems composed
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1. It does not interrupt the comfort of others
A VRF system’s compressor unit is able to identify
the requirements of each area and expel the exact
amount of refrigerant needed to cool that room
or area. The precision of these systems stamps out
awkward cold spots, hot spots, and corrects off
humidity issues. The TOSOT TMV-5 VRF steps it
up by using an All DC inverter technology to
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2. It is as silent as a breeze
Instead of having one large, noisy central unit, the
TOSOT TMV-5 VRF system is a quiet outdoor and
indoor unit. They are much smaller and generate
less sound. Since a VRF’s louder condensers are
located outside the building, these contraptions
operate silently, ensuring a quiet environment for
visitors and workers alike.
3. It is energy efficient
With up to 22 HP in a single outdoor unit and the
ability to connect a maximum of 80 sets indoor
units per system, you can cool more rooms at a
lesser cost with the TMV-5. The system is also able
to intercept heat and, as part of the cooling process,
channel this heat to other locations in the building,
which may need heating. This cyclical process is
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In response to the many minimalists and Marie
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Robots, developed to
perform various human
functions in a more
precise and faster manner,
are now becoming a
significant contributor to our
everyday lives. Since the
replacement of hand-built car
by robotic assembly lines,
robots have slowly made their
way into the various sectors of
the industry, and the utility
sector is no exception.
In fact, the global revenue for
all robotics, including drones,
to be used in the transmission
and distribution segments, is
predicted to reach about
$13.2 billion by 2026. With
manufacturers gearing towards
the production of
Robotics Process Automation
(RPA) bots, the applications of
these machines are
becoming larger and wider by
the minute. This type of robot
is capable of mimicking how a
human would interact with an
application with the same User
Interface (UI).
With this in consideration, the
power and water industry is
now researching more ways
to incorporate these machines
into their systems. The major
applications of robots in the
utility industry are identified
below.
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C O V E R S T O R Y
Possible Applications of Robots in the Industry
In finance and accounting
RPA bots are expected to be
of significant use in the
primary business process,
some of which are the
payment processing, invoice
processing, travel and
expenses accounting,
reporting, and even asset
accounting. One successful
integration of this system is
from a US investor-owned
utility.
The RPA bots were deployed
to manage the billing
processes for one of their
primary commercial and
industrial customer. With human
employees, the
process would require 17 new
employees on board, but with
the utilization of the RPA bots,
the employees were reduced
to two, thus cutting down on
operational expenses as well.
In human resources
With automation in the human
resources sector, robots can
take over repetitive tasks such
as training and development,
new hire and induction,
recruitment requisition, and
leave and payroll processes,
to name a few.
In operational processes
An investor-owned water utility
took the risk and implemented
a workflow automation
system for customer
information system (CIS)
updates. The automation
system was related to taking
the customer service orders,
and within a short period, the
system already improved their
service orders from 6% to a
whopping 50%. If the
process were done with
human employees, it would
require three to five full-time
workers to do the entire job.
With the integration of
automation, the water utility
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has significantly cut down on
operational costs as well.
In the audit function
Bots have also proved to be
useful in the audit function.
One such US utility company
developed an employee data
protection audit bot that they
now use to evaluate the
controls protecting their
employees’ data and to ensure
that Personally Identifiable
Information and Protected
Health Information are free
from scrutiny and misuse.
The bot improved the
company’s audit processes,
resulting to compliance with
different utility policies,
procedures, and regulations,
some of which are the US
Privacy Act, HIPPA, and
Identity Theft Prevention Act,
to name a few. The bot has
since been enhanced and is
now on a fully functional
version which can run against
a wide variety of file types like
excel and word.
In the field
On the ground
Equipping robots with visual
and infrared thermal imagery
sensors, humans no longer
need to be present at
transmission substations to
do the repairs and
maintenance. Robots can
seamlessly follow their preprogrammed
paths and in-
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Equipping
robots with
visual and
infrared
thermal
imagery
sensors,
humans no
longer need to
be present at
transmission
substations to
do the repairs
and
maintenance.
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spect substation assets for
faults, leaks, and any other
hazards. They are also loaded
with programs capable
of identifying high-risk asset
characteristics so they can
easily tag images of faulty
assets. These images will then
be presented to the utility
engineer for verification
before maintenance personnel
is deployed to the field.
On the line
Robots can also be
dispatched to a transmission
line pole where they will do a
routine inspection. The robots
can draw their power from the
energized line. Once settled,
the robot then travels along
the route to collect visual
and infrared images of the
line assets, particularly the
ole-mounted hardware and
insulators.
In the air
Drones are particularly handy
in getting a live video stream
of the transmission tower and
lines at a bird’s eye view. While
its primary purpose is to
record its entire flight over the
transmission lines, it can also
be set to inspect the lines and
capture close-up shots of line
assets.
-end-
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N E W S
World Water Week,
the leading
annual event
on global water
issues, is evolving in response to
increasing demand as the
gravity of global water crises sets
in. Starting in 2019, the event
will move to Tele2 Arena in the
Swedish capital Stockholm.
The organizer, Stockholm
International Water Institute
(SIWI), has selected the new
venue with the intention of
creating a more inclusive World
Water Week village. Tele2 Arena
not only makes it possible for
more people to attend, it also
allows for more flexibility and
networking opportunities.
“As issues of water scarcity and
variability take hold all over the
world, we want to ensure that
World Water Week continues to
evolve,” says Torgny Holmgren,
Executive Director, SIWI.
At its core, World Water Week
is a collaborative learning
experience. Some 3300
participants from more than 130
countries come to Stockholm
each year to exchange knowledge,
network and develop solutions
to the world’s most pressing
water-related challenges. Nearly
400 organizations will convene
sessions this year.
Siwi’s World Water Week
Moves to Arena in 2019
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During the nearly week-long
conference, participating
academics, policy makers,
practitioners, private sector
actors and young professionals
can attend over 250 sessions
of different forms, in addition
to many informal events and
meetings that take place in the
margins and off-site. Highlights
of the Week include the awarding
of the Stockholm Water Prize,
presented by H.M. King Carl
XVI Gustaf of Sweden, and the
Stockholm Junior Water Prize,
presented by H.R.H Crown
Princess Victoria of Sweden.
“We don’t plan to increase the
number of sessions, but we do
want to increase engagement
from outside the water
community. This is essential if
we are to take a holistic look
at the global water picture and
develop solutions that will work,”
says Gabriela Suhoschi, Director,
World Water Week and Prizes,
SIWI.
Tele2 Arena, managed by the
Stockholm Live event group, was
a natural venue partner, with excellent
access to public transport,
accommodation options and
restaurants. So far, the arena has
mainly been used for concerts
and sports games, but there is a
strong interest from the venue to
be part of the Week:
“We are delighted and proud that
SIWI is choosing Tele2 Arena
as the venue for its incredibly
important global event. It’s great
that SIWI sees the potential of
our larger arenas as venues for
this type of conference,” says
Marie Lindqvist, Executive
Director, Stockholm Globe
Arenas.
Plans are underway for the move,
which will require a rethink of
many of the logistical aspects of
the event.
Background
The idea that became SIWI
stems from three linked events
in Stockholm in 1991. The
Stockholm Water Festival
invited the public to celebrate
water on the streets of Stockholm,
the Stockholm Water
Symposium gathered some one
hundred scientists to discuss
global water challenges, and the
Stockholm Water Prize, under
the patronage of H.M. King
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, was
awarded for the first time, in
recognition of outstanding
achievements in water-related
activities.
World Water Week, a further
development of Stockholm Water
Symposium, is today the world’s
leading annual water event, and
the Stockholm Water Prize the
most prestigious water award.
During its 28 years of existence,
World Water Week has grown
from a two-day seminar,
attended by some 100 people
during the Stockholm Water
Festival, to become the
preemptive event for the
international water community.
In coming years, it aims to reach
include even more sectors in the
water conversation.
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N E W S
SUEZ strengthens its presence
in China: Two new contracts
in wastewater and waste
management in the city of
Changshu
Phase I of construction of the
plant will start this year and be
operational by 2021 with a
capacity of 60,000 m3/day. A
second phase will double the
capacity of the plant to reach
120,000 m3/day by 2023. This
contract is in line with the local
government’s ambition to
increase the wastewater
treatment capacities and improve
sanitation services in Changshu.
SUEZ NWS has signed,
through its joint venture
Jiangsu Sino French Water
, a concession contract to
build the wastewater treatment
plant and operate, for a duration
of 30-year, the plant and the
sewer network in Chengdong
area, Changshu. The contract is
worth a total of c. €413 million.
SUEZ NWS also won the
operation and maintenance
contract for the waste treatment
plant in the Jianghe Tianrong
area. These contracts strengthen
the presence of SUEZ NWS in
Changshu, where the Group is
active since 2006 in the supply
of drinking water and the
treatment of municipal and
industrial wastewater.
Jiangsu Sino French Water will be
responsible for the investment,
design, construction, operation
and maintenance of the
wastewater treatment plant of
Chengdong district. It will also
be in charge of the operation
and maintenance of the sewage
network and pump stations. The
SUEZ NWS also won, through
a joint-venture2, the operation
and maintenance contract of the
waste treatment plant, with a
daily capacity of over 2,000 tons,
located in the Jianghe Tianrong
area. The JV is in charge of the
transfer and disposal of
construction and demolition
waste, industrial waste and
domestic waste produced in
Jianghe Tianrong. The JV will
sort, crush and sift the
construction and demolition
waste in order to meet the
reutilization rate over 70% set
by the city of Changshu.
Lu Jijun, Vice Mayor of
Changshu, said, “Changshu’s
partnership with SUEZ NWS in
water development has generated
significant social and economic
impact. In addition to the water
supply and wastewater treatment
activities, the two partners have
further expanded their
partnership in waste
management. I believe that with
a shared commitment to the
environment, we will be able to
speed up the adoption of an
integrated water supply and
drainage solution in Changshu,
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which will provide strong
support for a livable city and
economic growth.”
“These two new contracts
strengthen our partnership with
the city of Changshu and are
another testament to our shared
commitment to circular economy
and sustainable development.
Already committed in the
supply of 875,000 m3 of water
and the treatment of 140,000 m3
of wastewater daily, we now
support the local authorities in
their waste management, thus
contributing to the development
of a sustainable urban environment.”
- Bertrand Camus , Group
Senior Executive VP - Africa,
Middle East, India, Asia and
Australia
SUEZ NWS is active in
Changshu since 2006 through
Jiangsu Sino French Water that
already invested
approximately RMB 1.5 billion
in drinking water supply and the
treatment of municipal and
industrial wastewater for over
two million residents as well as
industrial and commercial
customers in Changshu.
*1 Jiangsu Sino French Water
Company Limited is a
joint-venture formed between
Changshu Urban Construction
Public Assets Management
Company Limited (40.8%),
Changshu Jiangnan Water
Company Limited (24.2%) and
SUEZ NWS (35%).
*2 Changshu SUEZ NWS
Environmental Management Co.,
Ltd is a joint-venture formed
between SUEZ NWS (35%) and
Changshu Water Investment and
Development Company Limited
(65%).
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N E W S
WATER IS FUNDAMENTAL TO ACHIEVING THE
GLOBAL GOALS
The term “water scarcity”
is becoming
increasingly common.
As more countries, and
cities, experience the effects of
high population pressure and less
available freshwater, the interest
among policy-makers,
businesses, and citizens grows.
The realization is there. We need
to become more efficient water
users. We need to make some
drastic changes.
“World Water Week is a key
meeting place for the water and
development community; it is
here that we come together and
make sure that the very best ideas
are brought forward,” said
SIWI’s Executive Director,
Torgny Holmgren.
World Water Week is the world’s
biggest global annual meeting
focusing on water and
development. It is organized by
SIWI, Stockholm International
Water Institute. The Week draws
over 3,000 participants from
nearly 130 countries, who come
to Stockholm to learn about new
research results, share
experiences, discuss progress in
the implementation of the Global
Goals, and together try to find
new ways to meet the world’s
growing water challenges.
The President of the United
Nations General Assembly, Peter
Thomson, called the world’s
climate and water resources the
“fundament of our existence”, and
said that “Without proper
stewardship of that fundament
the 2030 sustainable
development agenda obviously
goes nowhere. Because without
the fundament we can’t exist.”
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“Together with the Paris Climate
Agreement, implementation of
the 17 Sustainable Development
Goals represents the best chance
our species has to achieve a
sustainable way of life on
Planet Earth before it is too late”,
he added.
Sweden’s Minister for
Environment, Karolina Skog
said that “Sustainable and
efficient management of our
water and wastewater […] has a
profound effect on all aspects of
human life; economic growth,
sustainable development,
sustainable city planning,
circular thinking in industry and
in production, energy saving,
good quality of our water and,
last but not least, it is crucial for
health and for a sustainable
environment.”
Astronaut and Member of
Sweden’s Royal Academy of
Science, Christer Fuglesang
described the intricate water
reuse systems that are necessary
during space missions, enabling
food to be grown on board, and
ensuring a drinking water
supply – both helping to inform
research, and optimize methods
for increased water use efficiency
on earth.
Another central aspect of
efficient water use, is to use
less. In his welcoming speech
Holmgren pointed out that it will
be challenging but necessary to
change large-scale water
consumption patterns:
“The Week’s theme, Water and
waste: Reduce and reuse, really
touches the very core of our daily
lives. To reduce, some drastic
changes will be necessary –
especially by the main water
users, including industries,
energy producers and the
agriculture sector.”
He added that changes are also
needed in how we think about
reuse of water: “I think that it is
very important to try and change
the mind-set around waste.
Rather than presenting us with
a problem, we can view waste as
an asset also becoming a business
opportunity.”
Stephen McCaffrey, 2017
Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
and a Professor in water
law, spoke of the need for
water cooperation and water
diplomacy. He told participants
that although the ingredients for
potential water conflicts exist,
such as higher population
pressure, climate change, and
much of the world’s fresh water
being shared by two or more
countries, studies show that
water sharing is much more
likely to lead to cooperation than
conflict.
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MIDDLE EAST NEWS
Yanmar Group today
announced the completion
of its acquisition of compact
equipment manufacturer
ASV Holdings Inc. (“ASV”),
a designer and manufacturer
of renowned compact tracked
loaders (“CTLs”) and
skid-steer loaders (“SSLs”).
The announcement is the final
step in the acquisition,
following on from the June
disclosure of a definitive
agreement to acquire the
company through the
mechanism of a statutory
merger.
Yanmar Completes Acquisition
of North American Loader
Manufacturer ASV Holdings
Yanmar has acquired 100% of
ASV’s outstanding shares of
common stock for total
consideration of $70.70
Million, or $7.05 per share.
ASV’s independent dealer
network throughout North
America, Australia, and New
Zealand will join Yanmar’s
existing global construction
equipment operations. The
company also sells OEM
equipment and aftermarket
parts, and owns and operates
a 238,000 square-foot
production facility in Grand
Rapids, MN.
“We expect ASV to realize
significant, channel and
product synergies after joining
the Yanmar Group,” stated Mr.
Giuliano Parodi, Executive
Officer of Yanmar Holdings.
“In addition, the ASV Grand
Rapids facility will continue as
a center of excellence for
compact tracked loaders and
skid steer loaders, while
benefiting from the global
capacity and resources of the
Yanmar Group.”
The acquisition strengthens
the Yanmar’s range of compact
equipment products allowing
it to offer full dig, load,
carry solutions on the worksite
and contribute to Yanmar’s
prospects for growth in North
America and globally.
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MIDDLE EAST NEWS
James Fisher Offshore increases Middle East
decommissioning activities with major offshore
jacket removal project in Saudi Arabia.
Innovative cutting solution deployed is capable of delivering time-saving efficiencies
James Fisher Offshore (JFO),
a global provider of specialist
offshore engineering solutions,
has increased its oil and gas
decommissioning activities in the
Middle East with a new offshore
platform jacket removal project
in Saudi Arabia. The work will
utilise its pioneering cutting
solution which is capable of
delivering significant time-saving
efficiencies.
This extensive project, which
requires two full spreads of
advanced abrasive cutting
equipment to be mobilised in
support of a leading regional
contractor’s jacket removal
programme, secures JFO’s
integral role in this critical scope
of work well into 2020.
A regional supplier of
ultra-high-pressure abrasive
internal cutting solutions, JFO’s
innovation has been well received
– this new project comes in quick
succession from a wave of recent
regional scopes, with JFO
continuing to broaden its
decommissioning activities in
the Middle East.
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proven time, cost and resource
savings, the JFO system delivers
benefits across subsea cutting
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Exceeding customer expectations
during the initial regional
deployment, JFO’s system adds
value to customers’
decommission projects through
speed, accuracy and reliability,
supporting cost and time
reductions.
Jack Davidson, managing
director, JFO comments;
“As a key market for JFO, the
appetite for our solutions in the
Middle East region is very
encouraging. There is a clear
recognition of our experience,
track record and innovation in
delivering measurable efficiencies
for some of the region’s most
notable decommissioning
projects.
We are looking forward to
adding both breadth and depth
to these burgeoning regional
relationships and continuing to
demonstrate our growing
decommissioning capabilities.”
With the recent successful
completion of multiple regional
decommissioning scopes, this
new project further validates
JFO’s methodology and unique
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ASIA PACIFIC NEWS
Rockwell Automation Expands
Its Threat Detection Services
Globally
Cybersecurity services powered by Claroty protect
supply chains from unknown threats and provide
operational benefits
Masud, manager security services
portfolio, Rockwell Automation.
“Our Threat Detection
Services combine our innate
understanding of industrial
automation with Claroty’s
trusted OT network visibility.
The services can give companies
peace of mind by protecting not
only one facility but their entire
supply chain from unpredictable
threats.”
More than half of
all respondents to
an LNS Research
survey said their
industrial facility has
experienced a cybersecurity
breach. To help prevent such
incidents and combat the
unpredictable threats that cause
them, industrial companies
around the world can now
manage cyber risk in their
operations using the Rockwell
Automation Threat Detection
Services powered by the Claroty
threat detection platform.
Rockwell Automation recently
expanded the services globally
to help more companies combat
the unknown nature of today’s
rapidly evolving industrial
cybersecurity threats.
“A scary aspect of security threats
is what you don’t know about
them – what techniques they’ll
use, what attack vector they’ll
leverage, what vulnerabilities
they’ll exploit,” said Umair
The Threat Detection Services
help safeguard connected
operations in three key ways:
• Identify and Protect:
Identifying all industrial
control networked assets, and
their vulnerabilities, to help
companies know what to protect
• Detect: Monitoring networks
for not only known threats but,
more importantly, anomalous
traffic or behaviors to alert
companies of a security incident
– possibly before it even happens
• Response and Recovery:
Developing plans for containing,
eradicating and recovering from
attacks to keep operations
running or more quickly return
to a fully operational state
Companies that have used the
Threat Detection Services have
also discovered operational
benefits. For example, collected
asset data can help uncover risks
like obsolete technology,
outdated firmware and spare
parts shortages.
The Claroty threat detection
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a user’s industrial network assets,
monitors traffic between them
and analyzes communications
at their deepest level. Detected
anomalies are reported to plant
and security personnel with
actionable insights.
“The Claroty platform, used
within the Threat Detection
Services, can accelerate a
company’s journey to more
connected and digitally driven
operations,” said Amir
Zilberstein, co-founder and CEO,
Claroty. “Most critically, the
platform can help companies
detect and quickly respond to
threats that bypass their security
controls. But it can also give
companies a deeper
understanding of their industrial
assets and improve their ability
to keep operations running.”
Claroty is a Rockwell
Automation Encompass Product
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Automation PartnerNetwork
program.
About the Rockwell
Automation PartnerNetwork
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The Rockwell Automation
PartnerNetwork program offers
global manufacturers access
to a collaborative network of
companies mutually focused
on developing, implementing
and supporting best-in-breed
solutions to achieve plant-wide
optimization, improve machine
performance and meet
sustainability objectives.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation Inc.
(NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest
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information, makes its customers
more productive and the world
more sustainable. Headquartered
in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell
Automation employs
approximately 23,000 people
serving customers in more than
80 countries.
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The Most Innovative and
Applicable Projects for the
Recovery and Reuse of
Water Resources
the other hand, is borne out
by an important event held in
September precisely in Italy:
The 3rd edition of the
Resource Recovery
Conference (www.iwarr2019.
org) of the IWA (International
Water Association), of which
IEG expo was a partner: it is
the major international summit
on this matter, which brings
together hundreds of world
experts intending to implement
projects of circular economy in
the water sector.
Today, the circular
economy applied to the
integrated water sector
- only calculating the
resource’s reuse in agriculture
– is able to provide a turnover
of 777 million euros and
approximately 4000 jobs in
Italy (“Circular Economy in
Italy”, Duccio Bianchi, Edizioni
Ambiente publishers). But
its potential is much greater:
there again, the 2017 edition
of the United Nations’ World
Water Development Report
has an eloquent title:
“Wastewater: the untapped
resource”.
The topic of the management
and sustainable exploitation
of wastewater, at urban and
industrial level, has a high
profile at Ecomondo
(5-8 November, Rimini Expo
Centre, Italy), the Italian
Exhibition Group’s platform
for the circular and green
economy in Italy and Europe.
With the Global Water Expo
section, and thanks to the
partnership with Utilitalia,
Ecomondo provides a
showcase for the innovation
every stage of the integrated
water service and wastewater
cycle. The central role of
Ecomondo in this context, on
At Ecomondo, the expo
section of Global Water Expo
is constantly growing (two
halls - D1 and D2 - are
reserved for it at the 2019
edition), while a panel of very
high profile scientific meetings,
prepared by Professor
Francesco Fatone
(Marches Polytechnic
University), responsible for the
“water” area on the Ecomondo
Technical-Scientific
Committee, will ensure
opportunities for in-depth
networking on all the major
topics connected with the
water sector: from the
combination of water and
agriculture, to that of water
and health, from the integrated
management of wastewater
and urban waste in cities
(water and the city), to issues
of governance and
regulations. A focus will also
be dedicated to digital
solutions (water 4.0), with a
view to improving efficiency,
planning and management for
better economic and
environmental sustainability.
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HORIZON 2020 EUROPEAN
INNOVATION ACTION
At this edition of Global
Water Expo it will be again be
possible to obtain close-up
knowledge of the evolution
of the innovation projects in
the water sector co-financed
by the European Commission
through the Horizon 2020
action. As well as the
conclusive results of the
Smart Plant project which, in
large-scale pilot plants, has
validated for over two years,
the possibilities of the recovery
and reuse of cellulose,
biopolymers and nutrients from
wastewater and purification
sludge, Ecomondo 2019 will
enable attendees to know the
characteristics and steps of
the innovative Hydrousa
project, which has the
objective of responding to the
problems of water shortage,
typical of the Mediterranean
islands in the summer tourist
period, by means of
innovative nature-based
solutions: recovery of
wastewater, collection of
rainwater, low-cost
desalination of seawater, replenishing
ground-water
water and collecting air
humidity. Innovative solutions
that will be tested on three
Greek islands (Lesvos,
Mykonos and Tinos), while
other areas of the
Mediterranean (including
the Tuscan archipelago) will be
involved for the repeatability of
the concept. New solutions for
the reuse of purified
wastewater in the
Mediterranean basin are also
at the centre of the European
project Fit4rReuse.
All innovative projects that
combine research and
applicability, and which in the
context of Ecomondo will be
covered in depth on
Tuesday 5th November
during the meeting entitled
Water reuse in agriculture,
sustainable irrigation and
nature managed water cycle
in the new European
framework.
The European project
Digital Water City (DWC) aims
at finding digital solutions for
the optimization of urban water
services and will be presented
at Ecomondo on Thursday 7th
November in the context of
the conference on Water and
sanitation safety plans,
organized in collaboration with
the Superior Health Institute
and Utilitalia. Professor Fatone
explains, ”Digital technology
can be of great use for efficient
management of services
and water resources, but also
for properly planning
investments and contributing
to safeguarding the
population’s health by means
of smart systems and early
warning experts.” The Digital
Water City project involves five
European cities: Paris, Berlin,
Copenhagen, Sofia and, for
Italy, Milan.
On the other hand, the issue of
legislation on matters of
sustainable sludge
management and valorization
in wastewater treatment is the
topic of the meeting being
held on Thursday 7th
November entitled Barriers
and solutions for sustainable
sludge management and
valorization in wastewater
treatment.
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Project Engineers Win Construction
Contracts Putting These Skills to Test
Becoming a project
engineer goes hand in
hand with being a good
project manager.
Engineers help build structures
through accurate technical
reading. Project managers
facilitate the design-buildoperation
process by managing
people.
What makes the two so distinct
yet very similar? Their purpose—
which is to put their individual
strengths toward project
completion. Managing the technical
and people side of the
business isn’t a skill honed
overnight; a project engineer
jumps through many hoops to
assimilate a strong culture of
caring into tight bottom lines.
Project management in
engineering is a growing
discipline where engineers apply
project management techniques
to better manage their role on
site.
Responsible for product
design, engineers prepare
detailed sketched and engineering
reports after reviewing
drawings built by architects to
ensure compliance with code and
client specifications. Enormous
technical detail and support
go into materializing the final
design, which creates an equally
big room for errors if consistency
and accuracy are affected.
The bid-to-win ratio of
construction contracts has
diminished over the past two
decades, where in the prefinancial
crisis era more
projects would be up for auction
to a select few contractors in lo-
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cal areas. Today, the sheer growth
in construction activity has also
generated a parallel growth in
the number of contractors,
except now those that are
digitally inclined bring more
business due to the cost and time
saved in managing bids vis-à-vis
manual processes.
The reality can be improved by
turning a fresh leaf in the way
project engineers approach
contracts. For aspiring engineers
looking to join large construction
firms as project engineers,
mapping out your career doesn’t
have to be daunting. Procore
informs of the many aspects of
project engineering to help you
make a well-informed decision.
In its essence, good project
engineering draws from a good
education as an essential first
step. If you’re at the crossroads of
choosing to study further,
reading this might ease your
decision-making process.
Alternatively, those at the
crossroads of applying for project
engineer jobs often get stumped
creating resumes; this post could
inspire you to build a compelling
application.
Still hanging on to discover tricks
to win more construction contracts?
We might be onto something.
Project Management
for Engineers
How Construction Project
Engineers Communicate
PEs work with multiple teams for
months until the end of a
project. Communication about
daily project events helps them
collaborate even under
pressure—something that young
PEs easily give in to before
weighing their options to get to
an agreeable solution.
Construction projects are volatile
and that brings ambiguity even
to the most thoroughly-planned
project items. The
superintendent and PE are in
close quarters which can lead to
as much efficiency as anxiety for
PEs to prove themselves on the
job. When things don’t go
according to plan, PEs can take
on more than is reasonably
manageable without raising
queries, since they may view
themselves as seeming
incompetent if they raised
difficult questions.
This can deter effective teamwork
as the focus drifts away from the
task on hand to pandering to the
perceived interests of the project
stakeholders. Hence, it’s always
advisable to raise issues when
they arise to ensure that everyone
involved has enough bandwidth
to arrive at a fair solution.
Stabilized communication
increases your chance to convey
what’s deliverable to a client,
resulting in greater accuracy in
bid proposals which in turn is
likely to improve your winning
odds.
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Relationships
Project engineers, as already
seen, collaborate with a variety of
stakeholders. From clients to
subcontractor teams, they’re
deeply involved throughout the
project lifecycle, which requires
them to nurture relationships to
achieve desired outcomes.
Strong internal relationships
determine their success at
bidding events since a full and
fair estimation of projects
enables them to promise only
what’s achievable—not what they
think the client would want in an
effort to outdo their competitors.
Setting yourself apart from the
competitors is a multi-faceted
process, one that needs clarifying
what type of work you can do
and at a price that beats direct
rivals.
If you’re on strong terms with
your customers, you can glean
valuable insights from their past
engagements with contractors to
prepare and price your projects
accordingly. Many times, bidding
at the lowest price isn’t feasible
while coming in at a higher price
point isn’t entirely risky since
you must be on the same page
with the client about the value
your resources and expertise will
deliver.
Avoid speculating on what your
client wants. Instead, actively
work with them to form a
proposal that appears to hit their
targets. For instance, you can
include a list of past projects
showing how you surpassed the
schedule and result expectations
through pictures of similar projects.
Draft a phased schedule of
delivery to help your client think
about how you intend to
complete the project. Aim to
include appealing added services
to your proposal that prove you
can reach your completion date
with no pending work and all
obligations met.
Onboard a Construction
Estimating Software
Using software is yet to become a
universal SOP; however, a
construction estimating tool is
effective to centralize bid
information and define
workflows to control costs
and schedule.
Should your company find value
in a digital solution, here’s a
comprehensive guide on
construction project manage-
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ment software to move to the
next level.
Construction bidding software
is widely integrated into project
management software to cover a
variety of activities across
project phases. It automates
costing jobs and comes with a
range of integrations and product
support that smoothens tasks
from creating drawings to billing
clients.
Being a smart data management
tool, it regularly notifies users of
price fluctuations in the market,
labour costs, material supplies,
and offers a plethora of bidding
resources that come in handy
wherever you are in the
construction bidding process.
The database adapts to the
method you use to cost jobs
while updating with the
incoming market and industry
trends.
This minimizes errors and risks
and gives contractors, engineers,
owners, and clients the confidence
to visualize the project to
completion.
Lean Construction for
Higher Bid Wins
The most viable approach to
greater bid wins is to have the
lowest possible costs and the
most efficient field project
management process. Field
teams must adopt lean and
productive approaches to
executing on project design
requirements with zero
downtime, lags, quality slip-ups,
and errors. With everyone
managed according to lean
construction parameters, your
jobsite will function as was laid
out during the planning phase.
Here are some tactics to help you
imbibe lean construction project
management:
• Present a realistic proposal
• Onboard digital solutions and
show their application
• Offer specialized services
• Offer a complete package of
trained staff and value-added
engineering services
• Provide proof of being
well-financed alongside permits
and liability coverage
• Give a walkthrough of a
schedule to show faster project
completion
• Develop a partnership and
promise to do whatever it
takes to account for what
you’ve proposed
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How Engineering Can Keep
In-Person Casinos Alive
The world we live in today is one that’s moving constantly toward
new innovations and greater tech dependency. We’ve seen the rise of
services that allow you to place orders for meals and groceries,
experienced ride sharing’s transition from horror story to everyday
utility, and watched as streaming services took over television. It’s not
the first thing we think about as we consider these changes, but in all
of these instances physical venues and product stand to suffer as a
result of innovation. And when we think of things this way, another
industry comes to mind as one that’s approaching a crossroads of
sorts in its ongoing digital revolution. Internet-based casinos have
become so sophisticated, and so widely available, that it’s become fair
to wonder if in-person alternatives can continue to survive.
That’s an open question, but thinking of it from a creative engineering
standpoint, there’s more than a glimmer of hope for these traditional
commercial venues.
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The Expansion of Online Casinos
Online casinos are nothing new, but they do seem to have grown
both in number and audience as of late. And while this seems in an
overarching way to be a sort of natural evolution resulting from better
software on gaming platforms (in some cases it really is that simple),
there would appear to be a few more specific explanations for what
we might call the second rise of online gambling.
For one thing, the best games on the internet are easier to find than
ever before. Fifteen or 20 years ago, finding the best online gambling
opportunity meant testing out different poker sites - essentially to
find the one that was least annoying. Now, it’s as simple as going to
one of a handful of trusted, aggregator platforms hosting wellreviewed
games from top genre developers. Furthermore, these same
platforms and games can now be accessed easily via mobile, putting
the best online casino games in history right in people’s pockets.
There’s also the legal side of things to consider, and this is actually
where we’re seeing the most evidence that the surge in online casino
popularity could continue in the coming years. Specifically, new
online casinos in the U.S. are beginning to expose the American
market to the industry. It’s going to take state-by-state legislating to
make the games legal to play with real money, but the first steps have
been taken, and tens of millions of U.S. gamers could add significant
revenue and attention to the market.
It’s these developments that seem to be at least opening the door for
physical, in-person casinos to see a decline in popularity. But as
alluded to above, this is where creative designers and engineers can
come into play.
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How Casinos Can Survive
Casinos have long attracted crowds of people all over the planet, for
a number of different reasons: bright, exciting visuals, a positively
charged atmosphere on location, and of course, the dream of earning
boatloads of cash. But with online gambling opportunities
improving so rapidly, some of those attractions are becoming
decidedly less special. Exciting visuals? These are easily replicated by
modern casino gaming graphics, if not improved upon. The chance to
risk and win real money? This is, if anything, more convenient
online, and with more options at hand. This doesn’t mean people
won’t continue to enjoy in-person casino floors, but it does mean
casinos that want to continue thriving may have to emphasize other
aspects of their appeal. And the things not even the best of the best
online platforms can compete with are atmosphere and physical
impact.
To some extent we’re already seeing casinos acting on this. There does
appear to be more emphasis being placed on live attractions, from
shows to restaurants run by celebrity chefs. And some of the newer
casinos in places like Las Vegas are clearly built with beauty and
luxury as the first priorities, and gaming merely a feature. These
trends, subtle though they may be, are likely to continue, and the
thinking here is that they can be enhanced significantly by bold and
exciting engineering projects.
To explain this idea, look back at a previous post you may have seen
here regarding Dubai’s push to attract more tourists. The famously
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innovative city is constructing the world’s largest ferris wheel,
adding yet another engineering marvel to an impressive list that’s
been amassed over a relatively short time period. Now think about
this in the context of attractions like The Venetian Macau’s artificial
canal network, or the miniature New York City at the New York, New
York in Las Vegas, or even the sky-scraping infinity pool at the
Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. All of these are effectively
engineering and design achievements that have come to define
casinos already, and in some cases entire towns!
This, given all of the digital takeover potential described above, is
what casino owners and operators will need to be thinking about in
the next five, 10, or 15 years. Just another casino resort - even a
beautiful and luxurious one with a massive gaming floor - is
unlikely to offer much specifics appeal to the modern gamer who’s
used to digital convenience and sees nothing special in an in-person
slot machine or poker table. However, what if a new Vegas
establishment hired an engineering team to beat out Dubai’s new
ferris wheel? What if a major European city challenged the highest
skyscraper in its country with a new casino resort? What if a country
built an artificial island incorporating ferry service to a faux-tropical
casino venue? These features and attractions can still make an impact
that online gaming can’t match.
It’s for this reason that we might expect a significant push toward
innovative and daring engineering in this particular space.
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