By rosebell
In order to advancing the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP), Turner & Townsend Infrastructure has been named as the preferred bidder for the role of independent technical adviser (ITA) by United Utilities.
With the aim of designing, building, financing and maintaining the replacement of the six tunnels sections (almost 50km) along the 110km Haweswater Aqueduct route, the water company for the north-west identified the Strabag Equitix Consortium as the preferred bidder as the competitively appointed provider (CAP) earlier this year.
Considering that the original aqueduct was completed in the 1950s to increase water supplies to Manchester and the Pennines from the Lake District, HARP is due to be the largest infrastructure project undertaken by United Utilities since privatisation and its intention is to ensure the resilience of the asset for decades to come.
According to United Utilities head of program delivery John McNeill:
“The ITA would play a crucial role for HARP by providing objective, independent assurance on costs and delivery of the project. This is the culmination of a lot of hard work from a dedicated team, and we are really pleased to have now established our preferred bidder for the ITA role.”
