WRc introduce additional water network and leakage expertise to our growing team

We are delighted to announce an exciting new addition to our Technical Consulting business: the Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) team from fellow RSK company MWH Treatment. Our water network and leakage experts are excited to welcome ten engineers and consultants to this growing technical directorate, led by Glen Mountfort. The team will be based at the WRc new regional office at Soapworks in Manchester.

Working with WRc’s Head of Water Networks, Richard Foster, the IAM team bring with them capabilities within one of the sectors biggest challenge areas securing client benefits relating to water quality, leakage, supply interruptions, risks of severe restrictions, and customer satisfaction. Their clients include Severn Trent Water, Thames Water and Anglian Water, among others.

• Network Modelling: IAM’s industry leading modelling capability has been used to build, understand, and optimise clean water networks for over two decades. Utilising bespoke software, what started as a small tool to help determine leakage levels now leads the way for water companies to analyse bulk data quickly and efficiently.
• Network Analysis: Allowing management of a water company’s entire data sets in one place to better understand network performance and operational risk and inform investment. Work currently ongoing with STW, such as their operational support tool WANDA software (Water and Network Distribution Analytics), delivers improved outcomes during incidents on the clean water network used within STW operational control room.
• Leakage Consultancy: As well as the longstanding implementation of their leakage framework with Severn Trent Water, the team have also delivered successful Pressure Management for Thames Water, as well as many other solutions for UK and overseas projects.

The IAM team’s engineering expertise is led by Chris Morriss for network modelling and field work, and James Tremlett for network analysis. James shares his excitement to get on board at WRc:

We are an established team with many years behind us of providing a close-knit operation within the wider MWHT business. While being thankful for where we have come from, I’m really excited to have been given this opportunity for further expansion for our team; this transition provides us with space to grow with the great people at WRc and we look forward to unlocking avenues and new ventures together across a wide client base.

Richard Foster comments:

The combination of IAM’s network operation and optimisation capability with WRc’s engineering, scientific analytics and research focus creates an expert Water Networks team that can now provide a complete approach for our clients to better understand and manage their water networks. The integration of asset health understanding and operational support that is available within one WRc team ensures that clients are provided with holistic solutions to network challenges that do not favour one ODI to the detriment of another. The UK water industry is at a stage in its journey where new ideas and new ways of working are required for a step-change in performance, and the new Water Networks team at WRc provide the expertise and support to the industry to enable this change.