BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 3 - (Page 52)

PLANT investment cycles, known as Asset Management Plans (AMPs). The United Utilities’ 2005-2010 cycle (AMP4) kicked off an aggressive £1 billion environmental improvement program to modernize wastewater treatment works throughout northwest England. Part of that plan, the Bolton Wastewater Treatment Works upgrade, is the single largest environmental project undertaken to date. It is being designed and built by the joint venture team of Galliford Try, Modelers simulate modernization Costain & Atkins (GCA), which was set up to manage assets for to gain stakeholder conﬁdence United Utilities in 2000 and was awarded the contract for AMP4 after successfully delivering a series of earlier projects. ore than 15 years after the European Union passed a direcThe Bolton Wastewater Treatment Works serves 300,000 resitive to protect the environment from the adverse effects dential customers and an industrial equivalent of 140,000 cusof wastewater discharges, 20 percent of waterways in tomers, treating up to a maximum ﬂow of 210 megaliters per day. Manchester still rate an “E” or “F” in the U.K. Environment Agency’s The upgrade requires refurbishment of the existing plant, as well as major new construction, including two outlet culverts, two primary settlement tanks, a ferric dosing plant, a sludge treatment facility, and four secondary settlement tanks. Atkins Water became involved when it began the six-month detail design phase in January 2007 to deliver 3D designs for visualization and simulation, in addition to traditional 2D plan and section drawings. One of the critical success factors for the project was to carry out all construction works and not impact the day-to-day operations of the existing facility. “The GCA construction management team considers 3D visualizations to be a major tool in demonstrating construction sequencing to the client,” explained Paul Heath, Atkins CAD manager. “Presentations containing images and timeline video sequences produced from the 3D model of the proposed works are a major aid to the project because they demonstrate v Atkins Water delivered 3D designs for visualization and simulation that the construction program is achievable.” for a wastewater treatment works upgrade that required refurbishment As most of the construction is located on the current of the existing plant as well as major new construction operating site, it was crucial to demonstrate early in the program the feasibility of upgrading the plant while maintaining full grading system—with A being very good and F being bad. But the treatment operations. This would enable construction to commence E-rated River Irwell may soon get an upgrade thanks to a £40 million in February 2007 and be completed by August 2009. environmental improvement program initiated by United Utilities, which operates the 50-year-old Bolton Wastewater Treatment Works on the river northwest of Manchester. PROJECT OVERVIEW Regulated under the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive of 1991 and the Freshwater Fisheries Directive of 1978, industrial Bolton Wastewater Treatment Works plants and wastewater treatment works at Bolton, Rossendale, and Bury had been frequently cited for unsatisfactory intermittent disOrganization charges that contributed to the River Irwell’s poor water quality. Atkins Water To prevent further deterioration of rivers and other aquatic ecosysBE Awards Category tems from these and other facilities, the European Union adopted Plant Visualization and Simulation the Water Framework Directive in 2000, which has a goal of restoring polluted waters to “good” status by 2015. Project Objective To achieve this, the Environment Agency has been working with Deliver a £40 million environmental improvement program at Bolton United Utilities and other water industry stakeholders to determine Wastewater Treatment Works in the United Kingdom what improvements should be made as part of their ﬁve-year BE Award Winner Making the Grade M 52 BE MAGAZINE | Volume 4, Issue 3

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Contents Rising to the Challenge News BE Newsletter Highlights More ITS Sightings Racing Concrete Canoes Lights, Camera, Action! Making the Cut People’s Choice Awards 2007 Executive Keynotes Building Clear Vision of a Dream Concrete Results Reaching New Heights Building News From Bentley Golden KIWI Awards 2007 Civil A Coordination of National Highway Proportions Training Troops Beautifying Highways, One Sign at a Time Civil News From Bentley Geospatial Facility Facelift Planning for Uncertainty Geospatial News From Bentley MicroStation at the Heart of LiDAR Surveying Solutions Plant Making the Grade Data Deja Vu Data Clouds Provide Clear Visual of Underground Saving Precious-Metal Mining Time Plant News From Bentley Advertisers Index Special/Academic The Art of Visualization Training Is Key To Delivering State-of-the-Art Solutions Bridging the Information/Infrastructure Gap

BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 3

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