Engineering services company AtkinsRéalis announced that the Water Smart Alliance (WSA), a joint venture with Stantec, has won a US$43-million Water Program Management contract by the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water).
"AtkinsRéalis has been designing and building water infrastructure around the world for more than a century," said Ian L. Edwards, President and Chief Executive Officer, AtkinsRéalis. "We are committed to developing and implementing innovative and cost-effective solutions to protect and sustain our planet's most critical and valuable resource."
According to the press release, Water Smart Alliance will help DC Water refine and optimize the water portion of their capital improvement plan (CIP), currently valued at US$2B+ii, using best-in-class technologies and will support DC Water achieve the following:
- Adopt innovative ideas related to collaborative delivery, capital improvement plan optimization, data analytics, and other key business processes to continue DC Water's status as a best-in-class utility.
- Enhance resource optimization to manage scope, schedule, and budget effectively across component projects.
- Advance effective governance within the Water Program.
- Achieve optimal renewal and replacement rates for DC Water's aging infrastructure.
- Implement enterprise-wide asset management program.
- Enhance water supply resilience to the nation's capital.
"DC Water is widely recognized as an industry pioneer having incorporated several cutting-edge technologies and processes and is leading the digitalization charge among its peers," said Steve Morriss, President, U.S., Latin America, and Minerals & Metals, AtkinsRéalis. "We are excited to bring our brand of innovative, collaborative and data-driven programmatic solutions to reinvigorate DC Water's program for service and capital improvement."
