Pipeline assessment and water-supply risk management
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The Water Business Unit at Hatch has two key differentiators, according to Andrew Officer, Regional Director. “We have a true multidisciplinary approach or capability on projects. We are able to undertake all aspects of bulk water infrastructure projects, right from the process side through to structural, electrical, systems and process control. That appeals to clients. The one-stop shop capability give you a far more cohesive and coordinated approach to projects.
“Secondly, we are able to combine significant engineering design capabilities with delivery capabilities. A lot of our competitors are good at the one or the other. I think that is a significant differentiator for us,” Officer elaborates.
He highlights that the Water Business Unit has identified two new focus areas that will broaden its service offering and technological base. The first of these is pipeline condition assessment and rehabilitation.
“We have seen or been involved in a number of opportunities recently where we have been able to build up this expertise and gain a significant knowledge of the market and associated pipelining and coating system rehabilitation technologies,” Officer reveals.
“A lot of our clients are facing assets that are deteriorating and hence facing reduced life expectancies. Being able to refurbish these assets allows one to extend your capital expenditure programme.”
The second emerging area, which is coming into its own in KwaZulu-Natal, is water-supply risk assessment and mitigation. “We are seeing that as a potential growth area where one is able to analyse real risk of bulk water supplies to clients and help them mitigate these risks. That goes hand in hand with energy reduction.”
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Hatch supplies process and business consulting, information technology, engineering, procurement and project and construction management and operational services to the mining, metallurgical, energy and infrastructure industries.
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