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| Seahouses WwTW Scheme secures ICE award The £9M Seahouses Wastewater Treatment Works Scheme, undertaken for Northumbrian Water, has won the Institution of Civil Engineers' (ICE) prestigious Robert Stephenson Award. The project, carried out by a team comprising Black & Veatch, Entec and Carillion, ended the discharge of raw sewage into the North Sea by constructing a new wastewater treatment works (WwTW), pumping stations and sewers to serve the Northumbrian town of Seahouses and the surrounding areas. This stretch of the northeast coastline has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. As a result maximum attention had to be paid to protecting the local environment while the work took place. To ensure the WwTW was in harmony with landscape, the structure was designed to look like local farm buildings and finished local stone with a traditional slate roof. Black & Veatch's role in the Seahouses WwTW Scheme was as a process and mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, controls and automation (MEICA) contractor. The original specifications and civil design was produced by Entec, which also provided the New Engineering Contract (NEC) project manager and supervisor. The civil engineering work was undertaken by Carillion. The scope of the scheme included the construction of the WwTW, building or refurbishing seven pumping stations and laying associated transfer sewers. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |