United Utilities

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Facts and figures

  • To date 1200t of reinforcement has been fixed
  • 15,600m³ of concrete poured
  • Recognised by the award of Interserve Prize for Innovation and Best Practice
  • Spend of over £50m over the last two years
  • Customers Help and Information Points set up in Fleetwood town centre to keep public informed on progress on site

Interserve, as part of the KMI Plus Joint Venture, is currently undertaking work as part of a £350 million framework for the non-infrastructure capital delivery framework with United Utilities.

KMI Plus Joint Venture

This is an extension into AMP5 of the AMP4 framework agreement, which was an option available to United Utilities based on a satisfactory performance in AMP4.

KMI is an integrated joint venture between Interserve, Kier and Murphy Group, and is now delivering a variety of new build, maintenance and refurbishment work.

The AMP5 win, follows the team's recent successes in winning Partnership Initiative of the Year in the Water Industry Achievement Awards, and its Hodder Service Reservoir scheme being named "Best Environmental Project" in the Construction News Quality Awards.

Fleetwood Wastewater Treatment Works

Fleetwood Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) is one of the major projects being undertaken as part of this framework. Fleetwood is United Utilities' largest WwTW and currently treats a population equivalent of 321,000. This is set to increase to 427,000 by 2016 resulting in the works requiring investment to ensure consistent standards of water treatment.

The KMI project called for a new preliminary treatment plant, a new primary treatment plant, the construction of a new grit removal detritors, four new primary settlement tanks, chemical dosing, odour control, inlet screen replacement and a new sludge process plant.

KMI is acting as Principal Contractor, is CDMC for this project and also responsible for construction, installation and handover phases. These phases have been developed with a focus on buildability, maintainability and usability.

The project has presented challenges to time and cost, but teamwork, dedication and capabilities of the Joint Venture will deliver on schedule and within target spend.

Health and safety

  • As of February 2011 an outstanding 2,000,000 man hours have been safely worked without a lost time accident and as of 1st April 2011 2 years without lost time accident
  • Commitment towards 'Zero Accident Performance' from all parties
  • Objective to be best HSE performance of all UK Capital Investment Programmes
  • Positive promotion of HSE by supervisors through effective communications and leadership
  • Active involvement in HSE programme by the workforce
  • Development of HSE protocols in recognition of the high activity / high impact of major construction work