**London**: United Utilities is set to make a historic investment in water and wastewater infrastructure, having selected key partners to implement its Assurance framework. The focus is on transparency, compliance, and sustainability, with Mace and Mott MacDonald taking lead roles in Commercial and Assurance Audit services.
United Utilities, a leading water and wastewater company in the UK, is poised to make its most significant investment in infrastructure in a century. To facilitate this ambitious plan, United Utilities has announced the selection of partners to implement its Assurance framework, following a competitive tender process.
The chosen partners include Mace Consult Limited and Mott MacDonald Limited, which will deliver Commercial and Assurance Audit services. Additionally, the framework will see support from Mace Consult Limited, Mott MacDonald Limited, Stantec UK Limited, and Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Limited, who will provide Commercial and Capital Delivery Resource Support. Mott MacDonald Limited will also be responsible for Estimating services.
These partnerships are expected to enable United Utilities to commence its investment initiatives effectively. The commercial audit and assurance services provided by Mace and Mott MacDonald aim to ensure accountability and compliance throughout the process. Meanwhile, the resource support team will facilitate various functions, including quantity surveying and project management, ensuring that capital programmes can get underway without delay.
Additionally, Mott MacDonald Limited’s role in providing cost intelligence and carbon estimates will align with United Utilities’ commitment to achieving net zero, highlighting the importance of sustainability in this major investment.
Jane Simpson, Capital Delivery Director at United Utilities, emphasised the importance of these partnerships in realising the company’s ambitious objectives. Speaking to Smart Water Magazine, Simpson stated, “These partners, along with those already appointed, will play an important role in helping to deliver our ambitious proposals.”
Simpson elaborated on the company’s commitment to transparent and efficient service delivery, affirming, “We strive to evolve and improve our approach to assurance in order to provide confidence to all customers and stakeholders that we will continue to deliver the services they want in both an efficient and affordable manner and report on our performance.”
The collaborative efforts between United Utilities and its partners are aimed at achieving programme-level and outcome-focused objectives as they embark on this unprecedented investment journey in the water and wastewater sector.
Source: Noah Wire Services
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